CONTENTS PROLOGUE An Autumn Visit 3 DECADE FIRST, 1847-1857 The First Green Shoots 12 DECADE SECOND, 1857-1867 The Fair Young Stalks 41 DECADE THIRD, 1867-1877 The Ripening Grain 66 DECADE FOURTH, 1877-1887 The Waving Field 81 DECADE FIFTH, 1887-1897 The Golden Sheaf 98 DECADE SIXTH, 1897-1907 The Harvest Festival 126 DECADE SEVENTH, 1907-1917 Pastures New 148 EPILOGUE Through the Institution 196 ILLUSTRATIONS Mother E. A. Seton Frontispiece From an engraving on steel The First Mount Facing page 12 At One Hundred and Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue Archbishop Hughes 41 From an early portrait in oil by Healy Fonthill Castle 54 On Campus Cardinal McCloskey 66 From a photograph by Mora Administration Building 81 Main Entrance The Entrance Gate 90 On Riverdale Avenue Archbishop Corrigan 98 From a photograph by Anderson College Chapel 116 View of Sanctuary Cardinal Farley 126 From a photograph by A. F. Levi Birdseye View of Campus 148 The Hudson River 196 From the Main Building Digitized by Google., Electronic reproduction, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized, Description based on print version record