The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11

"LIeHrs AND SHADOWS OF NAw
YORK LIFE or, the Sights and Sensa.
tions of the Great City," A work de.
scriptive of New York City in all its
various phases. Its splendors aud
Wretchedness It's High aud Low Life,
Its Marble Palaces and Dark Dens; Its
Attractions and Dangers; It's Rings and
Frauds; Its Leading Men and Politi.
clans its Adventures Ite Mysteries
and Crimes. By James d. McOabe, Jr
The National Publishing Co., o!
Philadelphia, have just issued one oI
the most remarkable and attractive books
of the day, bearing the above title. L,
is comprised in one large octave vol
ume of $50 pages, and illustrated with
nearly 200 fine engraviugs of noted
places, lite and scenes in New York.
TO Mr.. McCabe is due the credit of
having produced the most complete and
graphic account of the great city, and
its busy and varied life that 1t has been
our fortune to meet with. His book is
brim full of solid and useful informa.
ton, and abouuds in descriptions of the
various public buildings of New York,
its palaces, prisons, hotels, chuchcs,
stores, hospitals, etc.
The work sets forth in glowing colors
the noble work for suffering humanity,
which is going on every day in the
great city, and reveals with bold hand
the terrible crimes the dark mysteries,
and the hidden sins of metropolitan lite.
We are introduced into the home of the
Fifth Avenue millionaire; and carried
with equal interest to the squalid cellar
of the Five Points beggar. We are
brought face to face with the good and
the bad, the high aud the low, with
leading merchants, bankers, editors, and
actors, with bummers, thieves, deteC.
tives, aud murderers, with working wo-
men, ballet girls, adventuresscs, and a
host of others, and we seem to be listen
ing to theirs stories from their own lips,
SO thoroughly does the author enchain
our interest. Our warihest enthusiasm
and our deepest contempt are alternately y
aroused by the thrilling recitals Of their
deeds of virtue and vice. The history
and frauds of the famous Tammany
Ring are related with great force and
candor, and this portion aloue is worth
the price of the book.
In short the book is New York iu
miniature. The author has penetrated,
under the protection Of the police, iuto
the darkest aud most dangerous hsunts
of crime in the city, and has thus been
enabled to obtain accurate information
on the topics whereof he treats. Visi-
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Or know as much of the city as they
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for its powerful warnings against the
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