Michael Leavy, the author of two previous Arcadia books, has compiled fascinating stereo views, daguerreotypes, and tintypes that portray the Charles Dickens-like quality of the ward, with its sleigh bells, church chimes, fashionable families, orphan asylums, and down-and-out characters. He has produced an endearing work that will become a resource for the history buff and a family treasure for those who marvel at the beautiful, towering residences and lingering mystique of Rochester's Corn Hill.