fter and their eyes glisten. Then, when it
is all over, they burst into an enthusiastic encore, or resume their
suspended conversations.

On the night of the reception of the news of Napoleon's capitulation at
Sedan, the Atlantic Garden was a sight worth seeing. The orchestra was
doubled, and the music and the songs were all patriotic. The hall was
packed with excited people, and the huge building fairly rocked with the
cheers which went up from it. The "German's Fatherland" and Luther's
Hymn were sung by five thousand voices, hoarse or shrill with excitement.
Oceans of beer were drunk, men and women shook hands and embraced, and
the excitement was kept up until long after midnight. Yet nobody was
drunk, save with the excitement of the moment.

The Central Park Garden, at the corner of Seventh avenue and Fifty-ninth
street, is more of an American institution than the Atlantic. It
consists of a handsome hall surrounded on three sides by a gallery, and
opening at the back upon grounds a moderate size, tastefully laid out,
and adorned with rustic stalls and arbors for the use of guests. At the
Atlantic the admission is free. Here one pays fifty cents for the
privilege of entering the grounds and building. During the summer months
nightly concerts, with Saturday matinees, are given here by Theodore
Thomas and his famous orchestra--the finest organization of its kind in
America. The music is of a high order, and is rendered in a masterly
manner. Many lovers of music come to New York in the summer simply to
hear these concerts.

The place is the fashionable resort of the city in the summer. The
audience is equal to anything to be seen in the city. One can meet here
all the celebrities who happen to be in town, and as every one is free to
do as he pleases, there is no restraint to hamper one's enjoyment. You
may sit and smoke and drink, or stroll through the place the whole
evening, merely greeting your acquaintances with a nod, or you may join
them, and chat to your heart's content. Refreshments and liquors of all
kinds are sold to guests; but the prices are high. The Central Park
Garden, or, as it is called by strangers, "Thomas's Garden," is the most
thoroughly enjoyable place in the city in the summer.

XLVI. JAMES FISK JR.

James Fisk, Jr., was born at Bennington, Vermont, on the 1st of April,
1834. His father was a pedlar, and the early life of the boy was passed
in hard work. What little