. How to know New York City : a serviceable and trustworthy guide, having its starting point at the Grand Union hotel, just across the street from the Grand Central depot. ted Jay Gould in the famous Black-Friday finan-cial battle. Opposite East 64th Street is the old Arsenal andMenagerie. Between East 66th aLnd 67th Streets is the group ofhouses in which dwell the Soto family (No. 854), and Mrs. de Barrios(No. 855), the widow of the famous Central-American statesman,killed in battle a few years ago. No. 3 East 66th Street was the homeof the late Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and his family still dwe
. How to know New York City : a serviceable and trustworthy guide, having its starting point at the Grand Union hotel, just across the street from the Grand Central depot. ted Jay Gould in the famous Black-Friday finan-cial battle. Opposite East 64th Street is the old Arsenal andMenagerie. Between East 66th aLnd 67th Streets is the group ofhouses in which dwell the Soto family (No. 854), and Mrs. de Barrios(No. 855), the widow of the famous Central-American statesman,killed in battle a few years ago. No. 3 East 66th Street was the homeof the late Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and his family still dwell No. 871 is the mansion of Mrs. Robert L. Stuart. The splendidLenox Library extends from East 70th Street to 71st Street. A little way to the right looms up the lofty, quaint, and picturesquegray house of Charles L. Tiffany, designed by McKim, Mead, andWhite, with its mediaeval portcullis, red-marble Moorish stairway,teak-wood doors, blue-and-pearl dining-room, etc. Here also dwellsthe famous railway king, Henry Villard. The upper floor, under thegreat, dusky tiled roof, is a vast studio. This house is described inthe Century Magazine for February, io6 How to Know New York. NEW YORK IN SUMMER. EXCURSIONS AND ISLAND RESORTS. Hot nights in New York are rare. At dusk, on the warmestdays of summer, a sea-breeze springs up, which makes the nightscool and delightful. No other city offers such an endless variety oiexcursions on river, harbor, bay, and ocean. Completely surroundedby water, at the mouth of the magnificent Hudson, and hard by th&broad Atlantic, New York offers countless attractions to those insearch of rest, recreation, and health. Every day, for weeks, somenew excursion on the water may be taken, leaving the city in themorning, and returning in the cool of the evening. The city hotelsare not full in summer; and travellers can be made more comfort-able than in crowded seaside resorts, and at much less cost. Space will permit us to mention only a few of
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