of nearly $40,000. These rooms are occupied
chiefly by benevolent and charitable societies, so that the Bible House
has become the great centre from which radiate the principal labors of
charity and benevolence in the City and State.

The Bible House is owned by, and forms the headquarters of the American
Bible Society. The Bibles of this Society are printed here, every
portion of their publication being carried on under this vast roof. The
receipts of the Society since its organization in 1816 have amounted to
nearly $6,000,000. Thousands of copies are annually printed and
distributed from here. The entire Union has been canvassed three times
by the agents of the Society, and hundreds of thousands of destitute
families have been furnished each with a copy of the Blessed Book. The
Bible has been printed here in twenty-nine different languages, and parts
of it have been issued in other languages.

About 625 persons find employment in this gigantic establishment. Of
these about three hundred are girls, and twenty or thirty boys. The
girls feed the presses, sew the books, apply gold-leaf to the covers
ready for tooling, etc. About a dozen little girls are employed in the
press-room in laying the sheets, of the best description of Bibles,
between glazed boards, and so preparing them for being placed in the
hydraulic presses. Every day there are six thousand Bibles printed in
this establishment, and three hundred and fifty turned out of hand
completely bound and finished.

[Picture: TAMMANY HALL.]

Tammany Hall, in East Fourteenth street, between Irving Place and Third
avenue, is a handsome edifice of red brick, with white marble trimmings.
It contains several fine halls, and a number of committee rooms. The
main hall is one of the handsomest in the city, and was formerly used as
a theatre. It was in this hall that the National Democratic Convention
of 1868 was held. The building is the property of the "Tammany Society."
This Society was organized in 1789 as a benevolent association, but
subsequently became a political organization and the ruling power in the
Democratic politics of the City and State.

[Picture: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN.]

The Academy of Design is located at the northwest corner of Fourth avenue
and Twenty-third street. It is one of the most beautiful edifices in the
city. It is built in the pure Gothic style of the thirteenth century,
and th