Author: Rebecca
Title: Tramps in New York
Description: NY: The American Tract Society, (1863). (1863). NY: The American Tract Society, (1863). (1863). Good. - 12mo, brown cloth (bumped & stained); titled in gilt on spine with decorations in blind on covers. 104pp. (occasional foxing; edges of leaves dampstained). Illustrated with a frontispiece & a plate. Good.

Rare. Not located in RLIN.

"I would not that innocent feet should have accompanied me in all my weary tramps through the vast city and environs of New York.." -- Author's Preface.

The author visits the policeman's Sunday-school, the Sailors' Experience-meeting, Five Points Mission School, News-boys in their lodging-house, penitentiary dinner, "Estare", a former New Orleans slave, etc. Good .

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; TRAMPS; TRAMPING; STREET LIFE; POVERTY; CHARITY; MISSION.

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