New York in fiction . WHEKE VAN FOUND THK BURGLAR. — R. II. DAVIS. of Greenwich ViUage. But that waswritten many years ago, before the inva-sion of the old American Avard by the124 JSTFW YORK IN FICTION foreign element had really begun, andwhen a few minutes walk from the tall. HOlSE BEFORE WHICH LENA 1>IEI). E. W . lOWNSENDS BY WHOM THE OFFENCE COMETH. clock tower of Jefferson Market whiskedone back to the atmosphere and condi- 125 NEW YOUK IN FICTION tions of the early half of the sight of that tall clock tower filledthe soul of Chad {Colonel Carter ofCarfersriUe) wit


New York in fiction . WHEKE VAN FOUND THK BURGLAR. — R. II. DAVIS. of Greenwich ViUage. But that waswritten many years ago, before the inva-sion of the old American Avard by the124 JSTFW YORK IN FICTION foreign element had really begun, andwhen a few minutes walk from the tall. HOlSE BEFORE WHICH LENA 1>IEI). E. W . lOWNSENDS BY WHOM THE OFFENCE COMETH. clock tower of Jefferson Market whiskedone back to the atmosphere and condi- 125 NEW YOUK IN FICTION tions of the early half of the sight of that tall clock tower filledthe soul of Chad {Colonel Carter ofCarfersriUe) with unutterable Matthews, in one of his Man-Jiaftan Vignettes, speaks of John Suydaninoting the high roof and lofty terraceabove all the yawning baskets of vege-tables and the pendent turkeys. InAunt Elizas Triumph Mr. Townsendtakes us to Grreenwich Village, Aunt Elizaliving in a house on Bank Street. Edgar Fawcett, in the story of A NewYork Family, pointed out the significantfact that all the great capitals of history,after many hesitant swerves and recoils,have taken a steadfast western feature, however, is probably lesstrue of our own than of any othermetropolis of modern times. Chelseaand Greenwich Village were thrivingpopulated communities when


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