The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-13
A WORK or THRILLING INTEREST

NEW YORK BY SUNLIGHT AND GAsLIGHT. A
WORK DESCRIPTIVE OF THE GREAT AMER
loan METROPOLIS. BY JAMES d. MCCABE.
Dlessrs. Douglass Brothers X Payne Of
Cincinnati, have just published one of the
most interesting AID attractive books OF the
day, bearing the above title. 1t is COM
prsed IN one large octave volume OF 700
pages, Is illustrated with over 100 fine, new
eDgravlngs on wood, Of famous localities,
scenes and incidents of life in New York rs
clearly printed on fine paper, and is ele-
gantly and tastetully bound. The book is
from the pen OF James ID. McCabe, the we'll
known author, whose long residence in New
York, and intimate knowledge Of the life
and ways Of that city have fully qualified
him to make this, his latest production,
brilliant and vivid picture of the Great
American Metropolis.
The book is rs fasinating as a novel,
and fully attests the reality of the Oft
quoted saying that truth is stranger than
fiction The author draws no fancy sketch
but presents to his readers an accurate
picture OF real life. He introduces us to
all Kinds OF people; the high and the low,
world of fashions; lays bare the follies
and frvoltes Of Fifth avenue and the Up
per Ten, and by change of scene con.
! duct US Through slums Of Baxter streets
and the Five poi nts. and fhe dark dens ~
Water street. In the brilliant pages of
this remarkable book We are brought face
TO face with every phaise of New York life
We are made acquainted with the ways of
the Nv ! md b ars Of Wall street; the
tricks oI tue sharpers and swim ers
who flourish in the Metropolis; the terrible
lives Of the Lost Ssterhood; the devious
devises Of thieyes, river pirates, gamblers,
tramps and adventures; the police and
fire departments, detectives pawnbrokers,
politicians merchants, cergymep, &C.
tors and actresses, editors, public men, and
all the various people who make up the
most remarkable PHASES of our civilization
The splendors and attractions OF the great
city are glowngly described. Its marble
palaces, great houses OF trade, swift, rush
ing, elivated railroad trains, stately church
es grand streets, gorgeous theatres, and
terrible prisons appear before us in life.
And the darker side of the city; its vile
dens, low haunts, resorts of crime and
vice, gaudy dance halls, and sources of
temptation and danger, are sketched with
equal tdel ty.
The work, covering so wide a field, and
Astounding in such sharp and startling con-
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to all classes of readers. 1t is full OF USE
tul mud valuable information, and abounds
in eloquent warnings against the dangers
which are SO alluring to strangers, 1t is
in short, New York in miniature, and offers
to the reader an opportunity of obtaining
better acquaintance with the great city
than could be gained by anything short Of
long residence in it. 1t is written from
an elevated standpoint, aud is pure in tone
while dealing with the darkest features of
city life. We cordially commend it to our
readers as the best description of New York
in print,
The low price at which the book is is
sued brings IL within the reach Of all. and
no one who wants to know New York as vt
really exists should fail to buy it, 1t is
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