Introduction

Since Washington Irving with delicious humor satirized the Dutchmen who founded New York, many writers have handled the history of America's chief city. Notable among them has been Mrs. Lamb, and it was thought her work left nothing undone.

The Author's Perspective

Mr. Todd, however, thought the picturesque story would be well re-told in language and form more likely to be attractive to young people, and this book is the result.

Style and Audience

The style is lucid, and there is little of the pedantic minuteness that makes so many histories hard reading. On the other hand, it has not been thought necessary to make the book puerile in order to get young people to read it, and there is nothing in it to remind one of the primer.

Conclusion

So it will prove entertaining, also to older folks who like to take their history in pleasant form.