Souvenirs of Travel (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

George Madison Brown Maughs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1333506724 ISBN 13: 9781333506728

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Souvenirs of Travel

New York City is one of the marvels of our new and rapidly developing country. Only 150 years ago it was an obscure Dutch village, and indeed only one hundred years ago it was but a small town, the centre of a fur trade, the treasures of which were gathered from the unknown rivers and unexplored wilderness of an unknown region extending to an unknown distance towards the setting sun, and perhaps to the North pole, certainly to arctic snows. And possibly to the tropics. Now it is the third city in europe or America in population, wealth and commercial importance, with costly private palaces and public buildings, that vie in splendor with those of kings, while her warehouses are filled with the costly products of the civilized world, and her merchant princes extend their trade to the ends of the earth, and the world feels the throbbings of this money centre.

Fortunately, I was enabled to transact some banking bu51 ness, after which, late in the evening, in company with Dr. And Mrs. B, we had a trip on the elevated railroad to Harlem and return. Next morning, July 4th, being a holiday and also rainy, we remained in the hotel; wife busy packing trunks and arranging for our long voyage. The next day, Saturday, July 5th, contrary to the custom in St. Louis, being also a holiday, we were unable to make some needful purchases, previous to embarking. Indeed, so entirely had we been engaged up to the moment of our leaving home' that we had not even a map or guide book, as well as many little necessaries we had in tended getting in New York, and none of which could we get, on account of this awkward intervention of the holidays.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1333506724
• ISBN 13: 9781333506728
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424