Excerpt from The Mysteries and Miseries of New York: A Story of Real Life Nor in the olden time when the people differed as much from us in character as in costume, do we commence this story - but now, in modern days, when every man, woman, and child, who reads it, can recognise its characters and descriptions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com...