At the intersection, and fronting Madison Park, is the magnificent Fifth Avenue Hotel, built of white marble, and said to be the largest and most elegant in the world. As wo look up from near the St. Germain, this immense hoixsc, six stories in height, is seen on the left, and the trees of Madison Park on the right. In the middle distance is the "Worth House, a large private boarding establishment, and near it the granite monument erected by the city of New York to the memory of the late General William J. "Worth, of the United States army.

This is the only public monument in the city of New "York, except a mural one to the memory of General Montgomery, in the front wall of St. Paul's Church. It is of Quincy granite ; the apex is fifty-one feet from the ground, and the smooth surface of the shaft is broken by raised bands, on which are the names of the battles in which General Worth had been engaged. On the lower section of the shaft are representations of military trophies in relief. General Worth was an aide-de-camp of General Scott in the battles of Chippewa and Niagara, in the summer of 1814, and went through the war with Mexico with distinction. His name holds an honourable place among the military heroes of his country. The monument was erected in 1858.

jij OWN Broadway, a few streets below the Fifth Avenue Hotel, is Union Park, whose form is an ellipse. It is at the head of Old Broadway, at Fourteenth Street, ■^' and is at such an elevation that the Hudson and East Eivers may both be seen by a spectator on its Fourteenth Street front. It is a small enclosure, with a large fountain, and pleasantly shaded with young trees.