Front matter
Reading edition
INCLUDING
THE STORY OF LITTLE KATY,
MADALINA, THE RAG-PICKER'S DAUGHTER,
WILD MAGGIE, &c.
WITH ORIGINAL DESIGNS, ENGRAVED BY N. ORR.
BY SOLON ROBINSON.
"Bid that welcome Which comes to punish us." "A beggar's book outworth's a noble's blood." "Of every inordinate cup beware, Or drink, and with it misery share."
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HORACE GREELEY,
AND HIS CO-LABORERS,
EDITORS OF THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE;
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