Literature Relating to Staten Island 25 



Tompkinsville, Stapleton, and New Brighton, as these appeared 



"long ago, in 1914." 



A. H. 



History and Legend of Howard Avenue, etc.^^ 



Probably no better and certainly no more interesting work on 

 our local history has appeared than is presented in this charm- 

 ingly written and artistically illustrated and printed volume by 

 Charles Gilbert Hine. The author resides on Grymes Hill, so 

 the views that he describes are those most familiar to him, and 

 it is a pleasure to read his appreciation of the changing scenes 

 produced by the seasons, or by the coming of night, or by fog or the 

 sun. To him the hill is always interesting, and so are the houses 

 along this elevated terrace that overlooks Stapleton and Clifton and 

 the Bay beyond. 



After "the general history and story of the locality including 

 the several names that have been applied to Grymes Hill in the 

 past and their origin," and the prologue by George William Curtis, 

 taken from " Prue and I," we come to the main part of the vol- 

 ume which treats of Howard Avenue and the Serpentine Road. 

 The author says " This way of ours reminds one of a corkscrew — 

 Lewis street the handle, Howard avenue the shank and the devious 

 meanderings of the Serpentine road the business end of the in- 

 strument." 



Then follows an account, often a considerable history of each 

 place along the above mentioned roads from the Turnpike to where 

 the Serpentine Road joins the Clove. What might have been a 

 prosaic recital concerning these places and their one-time occu- 

 pants, has been woven into an interesting narrative illustrated by 

 many an amusing anecdote. 



There are thirteen reproductions of photographs, most of them 



16 History and Legend of | Howard Avenue and the ] Serpentine Road, 

 Grymes | Hill, Staten Island | Gathered by Charles Gilbert Hine | From 

 Real Estate Records and | Long Memories | * * | Hine's Annual, 1914. 



Octavo, boards, 80 p., 14 pi. (incl. two maps and twelve views). Pri- 

 vately printed. Hine Brothers' Printery. 



