# The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864

Author: Various

Genre: Continental Monthly

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18453

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## Summary

New York has become a great and magnificent metropolis. The avenues of the city extend for miles beyond the old landmarks. The adjacent farms have been converted into lots, and covered with handsome houses. The old buildings are torn down, and new and elegant ones erected in their place. The streets are thronged with a purely cosmopolitan class. You behold specimens of every nation under the heavens jostling the citizens on the sidewalk, or filling the omnibuses which choke the way. And from the commingled sounds of the tramp of horses, the rolling of vehicles, and the tread of human beings, there arises through the day and far into the night a perpetual but muffled roar from this great t...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-continental-monthly-vol-5-no-1-january-1864-18453/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-continental-monthly-vol-5-no-1-january-1864-18453/chapters/1/index.md)