Excerpt from Darkness and Daylight, or Lights and Shadows of New York Life

His volume aims to give scrupulously exact descriptions of life and scenes in the great metropolis under three differ ent aspects: lst, As Seen by a Woman, 2d, As Seen by a Journalist, 3d, As Seen and Known by the Chief of the New York Detective Bureau. It was essential that each of the writers selected for this undertaking should possess a thor ough practical knowledge Of the subject, combined with ability to describe what they have seen and experienced.

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