Tricks and Traps of New York City

By Seymour B. Durst.

“If the production of highly finished scoundrels ever becomes a matter of emulation among the nations of the earth, patriotism, a national pride in our country, and the undeniable facts in the case lead us to assert, that America need yield the palm to none and should there ever be a great World Exhibition of Rogues, in which all nations shall vie with each other in producing fine assortments of scamps, we modestly claim in behalf of our beloved city of New York the very first place for its fine corps of swindlers.”

Boston: C.H. Brainard, 1857. 64p.