North America

In January, 1866, Bishop Simpson, of the Methodist Church, startled the country with the declaration, made at a public meeting at Cooper Institute, that the prostitutes of New York City were as numerous as the members of the Methodist Church. The following letter of Mr. John A. Kennedy, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police, furnishes the most authentic statement of the facts of the case:

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