Chapter 1
_ CHAPTER I

 
                     CITY CRIMES；
                          OR
             LIFE IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON.
               A VOLUME FOR EVERYBODY:
              BEING A MIRROR OF FASHION,
                A PICTURE OF POVERTY,
             AND A STARTLING REVELATION
                OF THE SECRET CRIMES
                  OF GREAT CITIES
 
               {First published 1849}

CHAPTER I

A Young Gentleman of Wealth and Fashion--a noble resolve--the flatterers--the Midnight Encounter--an Adventure--the Courtezan--Temptation triumphant--how the Night was passed.

‘What a happy dog I ought to be!‘ exclaimed Frank Sydney, as he reposed his slippered feet upon the fender, and sipped his third glass of old Madeira, one winter‘s evening in the year 18--, in the great city of New York.
Frank might well say so； for in addition to being as handsome a fellow as one would be likely to meet in a day‘s walk, he

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