Cambridge Jeffersonian in Cambridge, Ohio

A Strange Night in New York and Miscellany

A chaotic, satirical collage of anecdotes from late 19th century city life. It covers a beguiling street scene, a comic tale on street vendors and a Chinaman, a shipboard gibbon’s bond with a dog, a Pope portrait, a ragged zoo of rats in Mott Street, and urban curiosities. The snippets sketch social manners, transport, crime, mischief, and oddities with colorful names, places, and characters.