The Month of Spuytoi Dnyvil Creek in Early Days Earliest Map of the City A Bit of Old Neiv York 20

Before the Day of Skyscrapers 21

The House that icas Built for Washington The Staten Lsland Ferry and Barge Office (about nS33) 33 Peaks of the Manhattan Range The City that Hides Majihattan . TJie Barge Office and the Bay Cover noCs Island from Battery Park 43 A Tow Going out to Sea 53

Illustrations

Tlie Narrows, New York Bay A' CIV York Harbour from one of the Skyscrapers Brick Schooner and SJiad Fishers, off Fort Lee A Fleet Thronged the River . I^'roni an old print.

The Sybils Cave, Hoboken . The Elysian Fields, Hoboken From an old print.

An Early Yicw (about nS^o) of Haverstraw From an old print.

The Ubiquitous Trig .... From a draiving by the author.

Spreading the ]]liite Wings . From a draiving by the antlior.

Palisades From froma drawing the ]^ellow Rocks, Tap pan Zc by the author.

Departure of the '^Clermont'' on her First Voyage '' Car of Neptune,"' 1808 .... " Paragon,'' 181 1 ..... " Richmond," 181 j ..... The " North America" and " Albany,'^ 1 82^-1 82g The Modern Flying Dutcliman Riverside Drive, Manhattan The Apthrope Mansion, Bloomingdale . Grant's Tomb, Riverside Drive The Notable Buildings on Harlem Heights, ivherc tJic Battle was Fought in 1776

Burnham's Mansion House, Bloomingdale Road about i8jj

Illustrations Page Barnard College, on tJic Site of the Battlefield of Harlem HeigJits .... i6i Under the Palisades ....