North America

THESE houses differ from the saloons in two things - they are lower and viler, and their guests assemble for the purpose of dancing as well as drinking. They are owned chiefly by men, though there are some which are the property of and are managed by women. They are located in the worst quarters of the city, generally in the streets near the East and North Rivers, in order to be easy of access to the sailors.

by Henry Inman

by John Wesley Powell

1895

IN THE HIGH SIERRAS OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA

by George Wharton James

1915

by Isabella L. Bird

by Arnold Bennett

1912

The Story of the Exploring Expedition Conducted by Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.

by Dillon Wallace

by Cabeza de Vaca

by Francis Parkman

by Anthony Trollope