New York Old & New, subtitled Its Story, Streets, and Landmarks, is a two-volume book by Rufus Rockwell Wilson, published in October 1902 by J. B. Lippincott Company.[1][2] According to The Delineator, in the book Rockwell "tells the story of New York City by its landmarks and streets in an authoritative and comprehensive manner."[3] The first volume is 402 pages; the second is 390.[1]
 The book's title page | |
| Author | Rufus Rockwell Wilson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | History |
| Publisher | J. B. Lippincott Company |
| Publication date | 1902 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardback book |
| Pages | 402 (volume I) 390 (volume II) |
While the book has many illustrations taken from prints and photographs, its "decorations" are the work of Edward Stratton Holloway (1859–1939).[1]
Wilson dedicated the book to William Winter and also acknowledged New York and its Historians, a series of articles by Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851–1934),[4] for their "helpful suggestiveness".[5]
Contents
editReception
editAccording to the New York Tribune, the book was "well written and full of interesting matter."[6]
In 1904, Boston Public Library added it the book to its Annual List of New and Important Books collection.[7]
References
edit- 1 2 3 Henkels, Stanislaus Vincent (1909). The Bibliographer's Manual of American History: R-Z. nos. 4528-6056. 1909. S.V. Henkels & Company. p. 337.
- ↑ Literary News. Publication Office. 1903. p. 28.
- ↑ O'Loughlin, R. S.; Dwyer, Charles; Montgomery, H. F. (1903). The Delineator. Butterick Publishing Company. p. 331.
- ↑ Gilder, Joseph B. (1934-01-26). "AN EMINENT NEW YORKER.; The Late Mrs., Schuyler Van Rensselaer Was a Distinguished Author". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
- ↑ Wilson, Rufus Rockwell (1909). section 1. New Amsterdam and its burghers. section 2. The sway of the English. section 3. New York as a free city. J. B. Lippincott Company.
- ↑ Sale. Anderson Galleries. 1908. p. 23.
- ↑ Library, Boston Public (1904). Annual List of New and Important Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston. The Trustees. p. 45.