The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-28
VI.

As regards the details Of this guide book.
their accuracy may be tested BY q survey OF
the forty-aix pages allotted to the city Of New
York and the eleven pages assigned to Wash
ington-the Federal capital. BY tho way. occu-
pying the same amount OF space as 10 given to
Philadelphia. The account OF New York begins
with the acknowledgment that, In commercial
and financial importance 1t Is inferior to Lon
don alone among the cities OF the globe. Touch
ing the %singularly Heterogeneous character OF
its population. the editor points out that. II
the children Of foreign parents born in New
York be reckoned as foreigners. not more than
one.iourth or one-nfth Of the inhabitants can
be described as native Americans. In the his
torical sketch we hnd the staten ent that the
first English Governor was Sir Edmund An
dros, which, though technically true.conveysa
wrong impression. Andres was the first man
to receive the title Of Governor. but the func-
tions had previously been exercised BY Richard
Nichols and Francis Lovelnce. The list of
clubs Is Incomplete: among those omitted
are tho Lawyers. the Colonial. the Harlem.
and the Harvard clubs. The list Of
morning newspapers includes the Star. which
is d~efunct. and omits the Journal Of Commerce
and Morning Advertiser. Tho Commercial Ad-
v~e,tiser is also overlooked In the list OF even
ing papers. The list OF theatres. although It
oouppo'o" u.o"s"' oo"n w ua.e' oHn'to
tne Umpire ana the new American Iheatre.
The list Of restaurants. though not exhaust
i've. is tolsrahly full and carefully graduated.
A distinction lie drawn between those res
taurants that only furnish meals d Ia carte
and those which offer O table d'hote. The no.
tells are distributed In three ~classes. according
as they are conducted on the American plan.
on the European plan. or on both plans con-
!oinuy. ihey are Also grouped according 10
their location. whether below Canal street.
oet"een Lamar street ana fourteehtn street.
from fourteenth streetto Iwenty-sixth street
or ABOVE madison square. Among those
IN the last-named category the WAL
oori 10 placed hrst, inc hoi'ano mouse sec
ond' inc new Netheriands thiro. ana the
Imperial iourth' a place fnouid nave oeen
iound among the hrst iour Tor the BucEing0
nam. Among those above Madison square.
"here guests may i've on either inc American
or European plan. the Murray Hill Hotel Is
placed nrst. the Savoy second. and the Plaza
third. 1t Is doubtful whether this order
would meet with the approval OF experts. It
ID true. as the editor remarks that our
best a Ia carte restaurants are usually dear
ior q person dining alone. but that ID because
inc portions are large enough. nnd are IN Iact
!n'shoeo' ior TWO. IL ID not true mat many Oh
the taois d'hote dinners are wonderiniiS eood
ior inc prices charged. Ihsre are not more
than TWO table d'hote dinners In New YORK.
anu some would say. not more than one. 10
"hieh such praise Is hppiicapie. In .ne nst OF
eoniectioners Huylsr is put above Maillard.
Dutth editor would IND 1t nara TO explain
why the latter confectloner can get Sl.Zo per
pound ior chocolate creams when the former
is glad osoll for slightly cents. In paragraph
referring to tramways. we are TOLD that most
OF the Important cross streets are traVersed
oy tram"sys. This Is far from being the case
~ present though 1t Will eventually DO So
Inc cap system OF New YORK Is Justly Grill
c.ssa. ~ Is undoubtedly very INFERIOR 10 that
Oh washington. both on account OF the hieher
iares ana because the chbmen are NOT COM
pe'ieo 10 Keep the authorized table OF iares In
VIEW Apropos OF the messenger service. we
are toid that the Tees by tarii are ABOUT
thlrty cents per hour We DO not advise
European visitors to attem ut getting messen-
ger service at that rate.
In a paragraph on Trinity Church the cor