. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . om its broken surface,flows the great river. By night as by day, by sunlight ormoonlight or starlight, it is always beautiful. Stormmakes it less agreeable, as fog and ice more dangerous,but its beauty is not obliterated. Snow from the north andthe lights of the city seen through it dimly and distantly,wind that seems to drive the water fiercely down the bayand turn the ferry-boats from their courses, waves blowninto whitecaps by the gale and driven with a slash againstthe pier heads, are often more beautiful than the weaveand rav
. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . om its broken surface,flows the great river. By night as by day, by sunlight ormoonlight or starlight, it is always beautiful. Stormmakes it less agreeable, as fog and ice more dangerous,but its beauty is not obliterated. Snow from the north andthe lights of the city seen through it dimly and distantly,wind that seems to drive the water fiercely down the bayand turn the ferry-boats from their courses, waves blowninto whitecaps by the gale and driven with a slash againstthe pier heads, are often more beautiful than the weaveand ravel of moonlight on the water, or the stars mirroredand reflected from the blue-black floor. In all moods and in all seasons the river is the majesticriver. It is the wide tideway of the city bearing the fleetsof passenger steamers, the long black hulls of commerce,the sails of pleasure, the despised lines of scows andlighters, even the dredgers of commercial necessity. As awater approach to a city it has few rivals. It might evenbe doubted if it has an Pl. 72. — The Harlem DOCKS AND SHIPS
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