PREFACE TO NEW EDITION

Five years have elapsed since the first appear¬
ance of this book ; and in the interval I have
visited New York for a second time. My second
visit has naturally reminded me of the fact that the
great city, which is the best representative of pro¬
gressive American city life, has changed since the
time when I VvTote this book. But the value of
the book is little affected by the change; for the
main features of American life as I have attempted
to describe them here remain the same as before.
Moreover, results of my second visit are recorded
in my new book entitled, America Revisited. I
have, therefore, consented to the publisher's pro¬
posal for a new edition.

The main purpose of this new edition is to offer
the book in a better typographical form, for the
original edition has suffered much in successive
printing.   A feature of the present edition is a com-