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amount to about $200,000, and the annual income to $7,000
or $8,000. There is a flourishing grammar school attached to
the institution, over which a professor presides, as rector.
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
This is a fine edifice, of white marble, in the Gothic style
of English collegiate architecture, and stands on Washington
Square, between Washington Place and Waverley Place. It
is 180 feet long and 100 wide, with a centre building and
] wings, and an octangular turret on each of the four corners.
] The chapel, a highly finished room, receives its light from a
<! window of stained glass in the west front, 24 feet wide and 50
\ feet high. The wings are four stories high, and the corner
towers Hye stories high. This institution was founded in 1831,
has a president and 11 professors, has in the collegiate department 145 students, and a valuable library and philosophical
apparatus. Connected with it is an extensive grammar school,
and a flourishing medical department.
THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of the City of New
York, has a handsome edifice in Crosby street, near Spring
street, and was founded in f§07; has eight professors, and
about 100 students. The lectures commence on the first
Monday in November, and continue four months. Degrees
are conferred by the regents of the University, at the recommendation of the board of trustees. The whole expense of
the course is about $100.
THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL.
< The New York Hospital, at 319 Broadway, is a collection
of extensive buildings, in a handsome situation, with a fine
yard. It has a large number of physicians and surgeons attached to it, and generally over 200 patients.
THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The New York Lunatic Asylum, connected with the New
York Hospital, located on One Hundred and Seventeenth
street, west of Avenue Tenth, is a large and fine building, at-
tached to which are 40 acres of ground, laid out in gardens,
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amount to about $200,000, and the annual income to $7,000
or $8,000. There is a flourishing grammar school attached to
the institution, over which a professor presides, as rector.
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
This is a fine edifice, of white marble, in the Gothic style
of English collegiate architecture, and stands on Washington
Square, between Washington Place and Waverley Place. It
is 180 feet long and 100 wide, with a centre building and
] wings, and an octangular turret on each of the four corners.
] The chapel, a highly finished room, receives its light from a
