=Five Divisions of the Hudson=—­which possess interest for all, as they present an analysis easy to be remembered—­divisions marked by something more substantial than sentiment or fancy, expressing five distinct characteristics:—­

1.  THE PALISADES, an unbroken wall of rock for fifteen miles—­GRANDEUR.

2.  THE TAPPAN ZEE, surrounded by the sloping hills of Nyack, Tarrytown, and Sleepy Hollow—­REPOSE.

3.  THE HIGHLANDS, where the Hudson for twenty miles plays “hide and seek” with “hills rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun”—­SUBLIMITY.

4.  THE HILLSIDES for miles above and below Poughkeepsie—­THE PICTURESQUE.

5.  THE CATSKILLS, on the west, throned in queenly dignity—­BEAUTY.

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                On the deck
  Stands the bold Hudson, gazing at the sights
  Opening successive—­point and rock and hill,
  Majestic mountain-top, and nestling vale.

  Alfred B. Street.

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=SUGGESTIONS.=

From the Hurricane Deck of the Hudson River Day Line Steamers can be seen, on leaving or approaching the Metropolis, one of the most interesting panoramas in the world—­the river life of Manhattan, the massive structures of Broadway, the great Transatlantic docks, Recreation Piers, and an ever-changing kaleidoscope of interest.  The view is especially grand on the down trip between the hours of five and six in the afternoon, as the western sun brings the city in strong relief against the sky.  If tourists wish to fully enjoy this beautiful view they should remain on the Hurricane Deck until the boat is well into her Desbrosses Street slip.

=The Brooklyn Annex.=—­The Brooklyn tourist is especially happy in this delightful preface and addenda to the Hudson River trip.  The effect of morning and evening light in bringing out or in subduing the sky-line of Manhattan is nowhere seen to greater advantage.  In the morning the buildings from the East River side stand out bold and clear, when lo! almost instantaneously, on turning the Battery, they are lessened and subdued.  On the return trip in the evening, the effect is reversed—­a study worth the while of the traveler as he passes to and fro on the commodious “Annex” between Desbrosses Street Pier and Brooklyn.  Surely no other city in the world rises so beautiful from harbor line or water front as “Greater New York,” with lofty outlines of the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn reminding one of Scott’s tribute to Edinburgh: 

  “Piled deep and massy, close and high,
  Mine own romantic town!”

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    Down at the end of the long, dark street,
      Years, years ago,
    I sat with my sweetheart on the pier,
      Watching the river flow.

  Richard Henry Stoddard.

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[Illustration:  STATUE OF LIBERTY]

=NEW YORK TO ALBANY.=

=Desbrosses Street Pier to Forty-Second Street.=