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New York, N.Y.
1901
Nov. 10-17
Nov. 16
(2)

The high buildings "sky scrapers" dwarf
the church spires.

Originals of Birds of Amer{ica} by J. J. Audubon
After dinner I went down town alone
and called at the New York Historical So-
city ot see the original water color
paintings of Audubon's elephant folio.
Birds of America — The building is so
over crowded and has so outgrown its
capacity that all the paintings are not
on exhibition as will be the case when
the Society moves into its new quarters
next the Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Still
there is a fine exhibit. In one large
room, twenty night of the pictures are
framed and hanging on the walls
and here I spent an hour by myself.
I felt as if I were on hallowed ground
in the presence of these wonderful works
of art. The full beauty and the won-
derful execution and bold conception
are seen in their full perfection in
these orginals and I was loath
to leave the room. The sun re-
flected from the red bricks building
across the street shed a subdued
light through the long windows and
cast a soft glow now on one picture
and again on another. At last I
tore myself away and took the cars
back to the hotel to dinner, going
through Madison Sq. and walking up 5th Avenue.