New York in fiction . seemsto have an influence over the novelists165 NEW YOBK IN FICTION of New York something akin to that solong wielded by the trees and asphalt ofWashington Square. There is in theturmoil, the Hght, the rush of the formersomething very typical of New York tall tower of the Grarden loominghigh over the adjacent structures has af-forded our writers an inspiration whichthey occasionally use with singular felic-ity. That tower is one of the staplesubjects of conversation of Mr. Davissheroes and heroines when they happento be in South America or Tangiers — oron board s
New York in fiction . seemsto have an influence over the novelists165 NEW YOBK IN FICTION of New York something akin to that solong wielded by the trees and asphalt ofWashington Square. There is in theturmoil, the Hght, the rush of the formersomething very typical of New York tall tower of the Grarden loominghigh over the adjacent structures has af-forded our writers an inspiration whichthey occasionally use with singular felic-ity. That tower is one of the staplesubjects of conversation of Mr. Davissheroes and heroines when they happento be in South America or Tangiers — oron board steamers in the South Atlantic— any place sufficiently distant from NewYork. The hero of one of Brander Mat-thewss Viyupttfs of Maiiliattan, the fail-ure in life, pointed out of Delmonicoswindows and confessed to his friend ofthe old college days that he would dieout of sight of that tower. Many ofthe old landmarks that have passed awayin recent years were linked with theSquares associations in earlier fiction. 166.
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