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to South Beach, which the author describes as " a people's play- 

 ground, where peanut, ice cream and chewing gum consumption 

 is going on under the nose of history." 



Chapter VIII describes the route to Richmond by \\\\y of the 

 Richmond Road, mentioning Emerson Hill and its associations, 

 the Ferine House, the Moravian church and cemetery, the Black 

 Horse tavern and other places of interest, with historic incidents 

 and traditions connected with them and their vicinage. Chapter 

 IX is concerned with Tottenville and Perth Amboy, in which, 

 necessarily, the Billopp House plays an important part. This is 

 a revised and abbreviated reprint of an article that appeared in 

 the New York Times of September 7, 1913, under the title 

 " Following Billopp's Route to Tottenville," and was briefly re- 

 viewed in our Proceedings, vol. 5, p. 16. 



Pictures of histoiic interest include the old Vanderbilt home- 

 stead at Stapleton, the Planter's Hotel, the Cortelyou homestead 

 at New Dorp, the Moravian Church, the Ferine House, Saint 

 Andrew's Church, and two views of the Billopp House. There 

 are also pictures of structures of more modern interest, such as 

 the Garibaldi cottage at Rosebank, the Court House at Rich- 

 mond, etc. 



A. H. 



The Story and Documentary History of the Ferine 



House, etc.^ 

 This second of Mr. Hine's charmingly written and beautifully 

 illustrated contributions to our local history is a worth}^ successor 

 to his History and Legend of Howard Avenue and the Serpentine 

 Road. The author is more than a mere compiler of historical 

 facts and legends. His literary style is delightful and his appre- 

 ciation of the esthetic side of life is exemplified in the illustrations 

 and typography of the edition de luxe volume now before us. If 

 the Antiquarian Society never accomplished anything more than 



* The Story and Documentary | History of the Ferine House 1 Dongan 

 Hills, Staten Island | Headquarters ot the Staten | Island Antiquarian Society 

 1 By Charles Gilbert Hine | 1915 1 Published by the 1 Staten Island Antiqua- 

 rian Society, Inc. Roy. 8vo, boards, 88 p. and index, illustrated. 



