January 1905 Issue [Article] Superstitions of a Cosmopolitan City Download PDF Adjust Share by Robert Shackleton, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 19th century 20th century Immigrants Magic New York New York (State) Social life and customs Superstition Working class More from Robert Shackleton Manhattan Magic The incongruity is the fascination of it all. In New York, the most modern of all large cities, the very embodiment of twentieth-century youth, thrives superstition, gray with countless centuries… A Benvenuto of the backwoods A great accomplisher Adjust Share