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Rambles in America, past and present

Alfred J. Pairpoint · 1891 · Scanned text · Free in the US

89,713 words · about 6 h 17 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Alfred J. Pairpoint
Language
English
Published
1891
Length
89,713 words · about 6 h 17 min
Sections
4 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (4)

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Front matter

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PAST A^D PEESENT.

ALFRED J. PAIRPOINT.

Table Of Contents

FART I.

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New Bedford, Mass. 9

Part II

Montreal Carnival Week, January, 1885 . Down the St. Lawrence to Quebec .

Return up the St. Lawrence ....

Lake Ontario, its Cities, and its Thousand Islands

Niagara Falls

The Niagara Suspension Bridge

Capt. Webb's Fate at Niagara ....

New York Revisited

East River Suspension Bridge .

New York Confidence Men and their Victims . Coney Island, 1882, 1883, 1889 ....

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park American Peculiarities. {Illustrated) Surprise Parties in America

Country Board ing-Houses

Divorces in America . . .

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