aspects of a great country that is much less accurately known by the average European than its importance warrants. On the MAPS and PLANS the Editor has bestowed especial care; and it is believed that in this respect the Handbook is more completely equipped than any other publication of the kind relating to the United States. Such merit as they possess is largely due to the kind and efficient coöperation of Mr. Henry Gannett, Chief Topographer of the United States Geological Survey. The POPULATIONS are those of the census of 1890; but it should be borne in mind that, in so progressive a country as the United States, these are often very much below the figures of 1893. HOTELS. The Editor has endeavoured to enumerate, not only the first-class hotels, but also the more deserving of the cheaper houses. The comfort of an American hotel is, however, much more likely to be in the direct ratio of charges than is the case in Europe (comp. p. xxvi). Although changes frequently take place, and prices generally have an upward tendency, the average charges stated in the Handbook will enable the traveller to form a fair estimate of his expenditure. The value of the asterisks, which are used as marks of commendation, is relative only, signifying that the houses are good of their kind. To hotel-proprietors, tradesmen, and others the Editor begs to intimate that a character for fair dealing and courtesy towards travellers forms the sole passport to his commendation, and that advertisements of every kind are strictly excluded from his Handbooks. Hotelkeepers are also warned against persons representing themselves as agents for Baedeker's Handbooks. A Handbook to Canada is now being prepared and will appear during the present year. CONTENTS. Page IX. A Short History of American Politics, by John Bach X. Constitution and Political Institutions of the United XI. Aborigines and Aboriginal Remains, by O. T. Mason XII. Physiography of North America, by N. S. Shaler XIII. Climate and Climatic Resorts of the United States, a. Painting and Sculpture, by William A. Coffin. b. Architecture, by Montgomery Schuyler Environs of New York 50. From New York to Chatham 51. b. Viâ New York and New England Railway c. Viâ Providence and the Shore Line a. By the Eastern Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad 89 Nahant 90. -Marblehead 90. From Beverly to Gloucester b. By the Western Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad 94 86 87 b. Viâ the Maine Central Railway From Quebec Junction to Quebec 111. From Concord to Lexington 113. 120 wood. g. The Franconia Mts. Profile House 128. h. Jef- ferson Hill 130. -i. Mt. Washington 131. a. By Boston & Albany Railroad. 25. The Adirondack Mountains . a. From Plattsburg to St. Regis, Tupper, and Saranac Lakes 167. b. From Port Kent to Ausable Chasm and Lake Placid 170. c. From Westport to Elizabethtown, Keene Valley, and Lake Placid 170. d. From Saratoga to North Creek Environs of Saratoga. Mt. McGregor 182. 27. Lake George and Lake Champlain 28. From New York to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. a. Viâ New York Central and Hudson River Railway. Johnstown. The Six Nations 187. From Utica to Ogdens- burg. Trenton Falls 188. From Utica to Binghamton. a. From New York to Long Branch and Point Pleasant by Rail 221. b. From New York to Long Branch viâ Atlantic Highlands and Sandy Hook 222. - c. From Philadelphia to Long Branch 223. d. Barnegat Bay 224. -e. From New York to Lakewood and Atlantic City 224. — f. From Philadel- |