OF

CITY LIFE;

OR,

STRAY LEAVES FROM THE WORLD'S BOOK,

BEING A

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,
One whom distress has spited at the world,
Is he whom tempting fiends would pitch upon
To do such deeds as make the prosperous men
Lift up their heads, and wonder who could do them.

J. W. MOORE, No. 193 CHESNUT STREET,

OPPOSITE THE STATE HOUSE.

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 PLAYMATE AND FRIEND, ALL THOSE AMIABLE TRAITS OF CHARACTER, AND NOBLE QUALITIES, WHICH NOW

CALL FORTH THIS HUMBLE TESTIMONIAL OF

CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM

FROM

THE AUTHOR.