success are better for doing this, than
they would be by adopting a general practice. Indeed, it would be simply
impossible for one man to practise in all.

Many of the best lawyers rarely go into the courts. They prefer chamber
practice, and will not try a case in court if they can help it. The
process in the courts is slow and vexatious, and consumes too much of
their time. Their chamber practice is profitable to them, and beneficial
to the community, as it prevents much tedious litigation.

Many lawyers with fair prospects and comfortable incomes, who are
succeeding in their profession in other places, come to New York,
expecting to rise to fame and fortune more rapidly here. They are
mistaken. The most accomplished city barrister finds success a slow and
uncertain thing. It requires some unusually fortunate circumstance to
introduce a new lawyer favorably to a New York public.

The profession in this city can boast some of the most eminent names in
the legal world, such men as Charles O'Connor, William M. Evarts, and
others of a similar reputation.

The Medical Profession is also well represented. It is said that there
are about as many physicians and surgeons as lawyers practising in the
city. New York offers a fine field for a man of genuine skill. Its
hospitals and medical establishments are the best conducted of any in the
country, and afford ample opportunity for study and observation. The
opportunity for studying human nature is all that one can desire. The
most eminent medical men in the country either reside here or are
constantly visiting the city.

Some of the city practitioners are very fortunate in a pecuniary sense.
It is said that some of them receive very large sums every year. Dr.
Willard Parker was once called out of town to see a patient, to whom he
sent a bill of $300. The amount was objected to, and Dr. Parker proved
by his books that his daily receipts were over that sum. He is said to
be an exception to the general rule, however, which rule is that but very
few of the best paid medical men receive over $20,000 per annum.
Surgeons are paid much better than physicians. Dr. Carnochan is said to
have received as much as $2000 for a single operation. As a rule,
however, the city physicians do little more than pay expenses, especially
if they have families. From $5000 to $10,000 is a good income, and a man
of family has but little chance of saving out of this if he lives in any