time to authorship. Apparently his success somewhat turned his
head. He lived beyond his means, passing his summers at Newport,
Lenox and other expensive places, until his unbusinesslike habits
and chronic indebtedness became notorious. In 1878 he accepted a
consulate at Crefeld, Prussia. He spent the rest of his life
abroad and died in England in 1902.

Modern buildings of interest include the City Hall,* a beautiful French
Gothic building; the State Educational Building, with its valuable
library; the Albany Institute, with its art galleries; the Cathedral of
the Immaculate Conception, built of brownstone, with spires 210 ft.
high; the Cathedral of All Saints, a fine specimen of Gothic
architecture, said to be the first regularly organized Protestant
Episcopal cathedral erected in the United States (1883), St. Peter's
Church, and, most important, the State Capitol.*

[Illustration: The First Passenger Train in N.Y. State
Leaving Schenectady for Albany, July 30, 1831

On its first trip this train, now preserved on the right balcony
of the Grand Central Terminal, attained a speed of nine miles an
hour. The route between Albany and Schenectady was practically
identical with that of the present New York Central lines.]

The Capitol occupies a commanding position in Capitol Square. It
is built of white Maine granite, and cost about $25,000,000.
Millions were spent in alteration and reconstruction, due to the
use of inferior materials and to mistakes in engineering design.
The cornerstone was laid 1871, and the building was completed,
with the exception of the central tower, in 1904. The legislature
first met here in 1879. The original designs were by Thomas
Fuller, who also designed the parliamentary building at Ottawa,
but they were considerably altered. The beautiful Western
staircase of red sandstone (from plans by Isaac Gale Perry) and
the senate chamber (designed by H. H. Richardson) are the most
striking features of the building. The present capitol suffered a
heavy loss in the burning of its library in 1911, by which many
unreplaceable books and original documents were destroyed.

The city has 11 parks, comprising 402 acres; the most notable is
Washington Park, which contains two well known statues--one of Robert
Burns, by Charles Caverley, and the bronze and rock fountain, "Moses at
the Rock of Horeb," by