Edith Wharton

<p><span class="deck"> A Little Visit to the Lower Depths via</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The city has been a lure for millions, but most of the great American minds have been appalled by its excesses. Here an eminent observer, who knows firsthand the city’s threat, surveys the subject.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Beatrix Farrand’s exactingly beautiful designs changed the American landscape.</span></p>