women and beautiful children it contains, looks extremely
well in Broadway, and would not be much amiss any where.

The luxury of the New York aristocracy is not confined to
the city; hardly an acre Of Manhattan Island but shows
some pretty villa or stately mansion. The most chosen of
these are on the north and east rivers, to whose margins their
lawns descend. Among these, perhaps, the loveliest is one
situated in the beautiful village of Bloomingdale; here,
within the space of sixteen acres, almost every variety of
garden scenery may be found. To describe all its diversity
of hill and dale, of wood and lawn, of rock and river, would
be in vain; nor can I convey an idea of it by comparison, for
I never saw any thing like it. How far the elegant hospital-
ity which reigns there may influence my impressions, I know
not; but, assuredly, no spot I have ever seen dwells more
freshly on my memory, nor did I ever find myself in a circle
more calculated to give delight in meeting, and regret at
parting, than that of Woodlawn.

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