New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
AN ILLUSTRATED WORK on AMERICA foh
GERMAN READERS.

GERMAN READERS.
EoRD ANERIKA, seine s'ac una r Ms' uon Hssse
s w, is" NJ Rcrtracen Won Udo BFachvcgel Bret
Harte Theodore Krcnhon; naTy pa We Taylor
und Anderen. Lepsc: Gustav weiGeL Ne"-'orA
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An illustrated work on the United States de-
seribinc what is most striking 10 the European
tourist and most interesting to the foreigner VINO
wants to see the untry through others eyes wiph
out crossing the ocean, something unique IN Ter
man litera lure The author fitted himself fOr MS
task by a residence of several years, and where MS
own travels failed 10 supply the needed information
20 make tho book what he designed 1t to be lie was
fortunate in being able to have the assistance
Of other competent writers. The Work is IN
four volumes, crown octave, ""u
illustrated with three hundred WOOD engra''hsS'
taken for the most part from maeazhes' euauo
books and other recent American publications. Inc
antbo,,s plap as avowed in the preface Is to avoid
criticism and cndeavor to give fair description Oh
American landscapes cities. and natural curlosltes
md of the life of the people and thus to present 10
German eyes. by the aid of pen and pencil iai'p
full panorama OF the most interesting country III inc
world. IL he had followed this plan closely he
would have produced remarkably good guioe-
book but that would have been all. Happily Ms
talent for critical observation and lively descriptive
writing did not allow itself to be suppressed ana
comment praise OF appropriate criticism, when re-
,;.ves IL frnm dulness Thus the work is as readable
for Americans who want to know how their country
impresses cultivated. acute, obServant GERMAN as
for Germans who want information about the la""
where so MANY thousands Of their countrymen have
fouud liberty and prosperity. The first volume
opens with a description of New York:
Ancient history tells us of the former wonders OF
the world i we were TO r eS@d tbe mammoth city
on the Hudson first in the llst-and thiS IN 1D is
Of its ITS IS ons of the most beautiful
cities OF the world. Name New-iork 10 an hhe s
can and w will lift his head pTo"S; ev speI to the
Soarsst emicrant. who disappointed and deceived;
has returned to the Old World, and his race VIII
tr w .gh Of regret No city presents itself to
the eve in such magicaiy impresssine
asones and mnarets nor Naples, nor Rio Janelro,
nv r g., Francisco = Ii the impression made
Sy the the paradise-ike shores of Long Island and
S;otcn Island moved the enthusiasm OF the travel
inr n was only the prologue to the pleasure whcn
Tie t;rst glance OF the Bay of Ncw-York affords. II
onied the proyerb of the Italians, Ndpoh redere
q pin morre il is this bay: On the lel, you puss
H. mighty fortress of Fort Richmond and the shore
Wv of Fort Tompkns-gray walls dotted with
black cannon. the porters lodge 3I ~" vi I'M
Opposite on Long Island frowns f3f. du of tb
wavcs stands red Fort LAFAYETTE Between these
entines of the great harbor the eye sweeps tI ho
ri m
,"tropol,s of the New World is spread OUT; Inc
VIEW i still hemned in by other islands ana forts
which rise out OF oI tue Ts' en- Oriental tale, like
sreau ont If the Thousand and one Nlghts'
he mlon-,ty in all her lordiy splenH4r oJi of
go white sails gsten in the sunshine IKE HOOKS oI
,yyans nnon the broad river arms WHICH ehpIsce
he great city. Railway trans shoot along tne
.hores and the ferry-boats-those famous SWIM
sn ' naloccsNpush the waves aside with their
broad breasts while their walkinghean's uliice ny
and down driving their powerful whcels, I"iu9 la
with SfTPHucrS
Snred sails and among them rest tine ggantinn
black forms Of the transatlantic s'taines. nui lii az
,nd If the pcture-the wavc-encirc!cd island OF
Manhattan on who's hack rse the hundred thous-
and housrs of New-York, dominated by three Le-
markable buildings whose names are an lhoeA 10 ,e
character of the American people ID ihree Oh l,5
principal traits-Rapdity, Business Eh,igN ano
observation-disclosures These buildings are the 'hiee
higlest monumental structures of the clty-thc
telegraph palace, the Post Office and the palace oi
Tar NKw-YoRK TRIBUNE.
largo portion of the first volume is devoted to n
description Of New-York City. OF Broadway the
author writes;
The name has a magical sound all oyer The world;
America is so closely associated with New YORK ana
New-Yorll with Broadway That one iivommntalliy
thinks of the street as s3Gl as INC Ne" mOdu Us
America ard there is nowhere man who has heard
NJ America and has not heard of Broadway. Lon
don has its strand Paris IT'S o"nPendu n%n Pg'
strasse all Put together do not equal III business I'M
variance this single strcet-this one ana only
kroadwoy They inclosc the hearts OF those cities
lie Golden rings hut Broadway is itself The heart OF
New-York. It's the pride of every Amer car bnt II
Is also the pride Of ciyilzaton m inc olu orid as
compared with Broadway for grandeur beauty ac-
nyity contrasts aud Importance walk through
Rroadway is journey through the Continent. IL
would take volumes TO describe IT, and these vol
umes would be crowded with tho history OF the
greatest Union OF States IN the world inc hls'Siy
Sf the greatest discoveries and inventions, the his
torg OF the most remarkable industries the history
of the worlds commerce. In no country is there any
enterprise of any magnitude which has not some
salat;on with Broadway. Scarcely single building
in this street could burn down wlthont many hrnl:
and individuals in all parts of the world being at
Broadway-thc broad road-this IS the only cor
rect the only possible name for this street II I
The race course for the greatest of American races
whose horses are Industry and Commerce. whos
ockeys are men. and whose prizes are dollars. Ont
side of the race-track away in the country per
hans In the Roxy Mountains. perhaps III California
The Industries and enterprises are born ann grow
M. but in New-York they get Their TldeIs. ana o.
Hroadway they are placed upon the course IN
greatest speed and daring WINS the prize or MI
lions Broadway rs the arena for the New world
TI,c imprcssiun which promenade through thi
r.,rxelous street makes upon a European is over
powering. In after years his memories o, Amerc
NAV fade ont. but the street pictures OF broauwa
Will never be cfaced 1t is not the five, SIX; elgl
.nd pine-story palaces that stretch on
before him for miles in an nnbroken double row
moi the thousands of vehicles OF every DESCRIPTION
tSat nress upou each other mile-lOng procession
NOT the masses OF people that rush up ana down, u
and out through each other all TINS IS lIPDsin d,
but il is the qct and noiselessness WIN when TN
n ,oovrment goes Or--the absence OF crushing an
Rushing of cries and cxcamatons, thai Is c1traoi
binary and is found in no other great Guy:
One sees that Broadway is n street win one en-
Il, Europe and the other in America. Where sha
first what first see OF AN s stTest ys ,o,e
long occupied on both sides with rows OF building
that are palaces in the strctest sense OF me wore
Cor ,ybaieyer NAV be said against their style OF al
ci;tecture they are magnificent structures IN II
spect TO solidity of material. elegance ana expens