"A day on Coney Island"

containing a description of that celebrated watering place; its geological formation and social history, with a graphic description of its magnificent surroundings, as viewed from the great iron observatory ; containing, also, an account of the "dream" of A.T. Stewart, in which he endeavors to extend his financial operations to our dreamy satellite ; also, his introduction to several distinguished lunarians ; the work concludes with a brief description of the principal hotels at Coney island and finally foreshadows the ultimate submersion of this lovely island beneath the frozen waters of the ocean ; in heroic verse

by J. P. Sweet