New York Sketches

New York Sketches: Illustrated by Jesse Lynch Williams first published in 1902.



Jesse Lynch Williams (1871–1929) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning author and dramatist.



In this book the author describes with drawings the beautiful scenery's of New York City.



DOWN along the Battery sea-wall is the place to watch the ships go by.



Coastwise schooners, lumber-laden, which can get far up the river under their own sail; big, full-rigged clipper ships that have to be towed from the lower bay, their topmasts down in order to scrape under the Brooklyn Bridge; barques, brigs, brigantines—all sorts of sailing craft, with cargoes from all seas, and flying the flags of all nations.



THE walk up-town reaches from the bottom of the buzzing region where money is made to the bright zone where it is spent and displayed; and the walk is a delight all the way. It is full of variety, color, charm, exhilaration—almost intoxication, on its best days.