Only a dog do you say, Sir Critic?
Only a dog, but as truth I prize,
The truest love I have won in living
Lay in the deeps of her limpid eyes.
Posts Tagged ‘Green-Wood Cemetery’
1853: The English House Sparrows Who Took Up House and Hotel in Manhattan
Posted: 4th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Birds and PigeonsTags: Brooklyn Institute, English Sparrows, Green-Wood Cemetery, Henry Spingler, New York History, Nicholas Pike, Union Square
Having heard that the house sparrows of European cities were helping to control insect infestations, a group of prominent New Yorkers, including dry goods merchant Alfred Edwards, imported eight pairs of sparrows from England in 1850.
