Literary New York . •,corner lfconfc oft h isT Tiieitre was lai Iff \ 1: on tKte 5??! day of May n Henderson Vmilitoti JL» e w i s: Hall e rr> ;I: [j i--jV4^.!i!ii &;J J oh n Hodgkinf on J gers J Win I ar f ? LV-i^. one man of business. He was theproprietor of the theatre, and althoughhe wrote plays, and painted pictures, 6? Literary New York and wrote books, William Dunlapwas a man of affairs. His home wasaround the corner in quiet Ann Street,which in another hundred years cameto be a very noisy street indeed,crowded with venders of every sortof odds and ends that can be im-agined. A
Literary New York . •,corner lfconfc oft h isT Tiieitre was lai Iff \ 1: on tKte 5??! day of May n Henderson Vmilitoti JL» e w i s: Hall e rr> ;I: [j i--jV4^.!i!ii &;J J oh n Hodgkinf on J gers J Win I ar f ? LV-i^. one man of business. He was theproprietor of the theatre, and althoughhe wrote plays, and painted pictures, 6? Literary New York and wrote books, William Dunlapwas a man of affairs. His home wasaround the corner in quiet Ann Street,which in another hundred years cameto be a very noisy street indeed,crowded with venders of every sortof odds and ends that can be im-agined. A block away, around an-other corner in Bee km an Street, onthe south side below Nassau, wasDunlaps home when he had givenup the theatre, settled down to litera-ture, and got to writing his importantbooks, the American Theatre andthe History, Rise, and Progress ofthe Arts of Design in the UnitedStates. While he was yet managingthe theatre, Dunlaps favorite stroll-ing-place was up along the parkslde,past the Brick Church, and so on afew steps across Nassau Street towhere Spruce Street has its any pleasant afternoon he couldbe found standing on that corner, for
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