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House, 1476 Richmond Road, Dongan Hills, Staten Island," 

 and may be obtained at the price of ten cents. It is a useful, 

 handy work for those who may not have the time or opportunity 

 for research in the somewhat voluminous literature relating to 

 the history of Staten Island. .The two maps, which together form 

 a continuous one of the Richmond Road and vicinity from Staple- 

 ton to Richmond, are provided with locality numbers which 

 refer to similarly numbered descriptions in the text. It is 

 similar to the pamphlet issued by the City History Club in 1908 

 (No. X — Historic Richmond) and, in particular, is an ampli- 

 fication of section 4 of that publication, which describes the routes 

 from St. George to New Dorp and Richmond. This should have 

 been cited and acknowledged specifically by the author as one of 

 his sources of information, on account of its general interest for 

 the reader. 



In addition to the well known historical facts relating to the 

 region the author has included numerous anecdotes, stories and 

 legends, a number of which are not to be found elsewhere in 

 print. In connection with the Latourette House on Richmond 

 Hill, for example, the author states, apparently as a matter of 

 fact, that " a curious supernatural occurrence happened in this 

 house so recently as 1913, when the ghost of old David Latourette 

 appeared twice to its occupants. In the first instance a mother 

 and daughter of a well-known New York family, who were 

 sleeping together, were so terrified at the apparition that they 

 refused to remain in the house and left about 2 o'clock a. m. In 

 the second, an old man was seen sitting in the parlor by one 

 temporarily in the house who knew nothing of the previous 

 appearance, and who innocently asked who the stranger was. 

 When a member of the household went to see, no one was found. 

 It was not possible for a stranger to have come and gone without 

 its being known. The description fitted very closely that of 

 David Latourette." 



The work is infinitely superior to most of the other numerous 

 guidebooks of Staten Island, and it is to be hoped that the author 

 will write more of a similar nature. The only criticism that might 



