Series of Tales, Sketches, Incidents, and Scenes, FOUNDED UPON THE NOTES OF A HOME MISSIONARY. BY JAMES REES, Author of "The Philadelphia Locksmith," "The Nighthawk Papers," &c. The needy man who hath known better days, HOME. PHILADELPHIA: OPPOSITE THE STATE HOUSE. T 43-49322 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by JAMES REES, in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. King & Baird, Printers, No. 9 George Street. THIS LITTLE WORK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE REV. JOHN STREET; BY ONE WHO IN THE DAYS OF HIS BOYHOOD, RECOGNISED IN HIS CHARACTER, AND NOBLE QUALITIES, WHICH NOW CALL FORTH THIS HUMBLE TESTIMONIAL OF CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM FROM THE AUTHOR. 1 |