by Popular Writers At Home And Abroad

Edited by Ambrose P. Dietz, A.M.

Introduction by Ana T. Sadler

San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1879.

First edition, first printing.

"Published and sold for the Youths Directory of San Francisco, a benevolent institution for friendless boys".

An anthology of stories, verses, poems, essays of advice, short boyhood memoirs, short non-fiction boy incidents, and short adventurous history tales.

The Youths Directory in San Francisco helped direct homeless boys living on the street, toward education, offers ways for a crime-free future, provided food and a building, and set up an employment agency so the boys could find paying jobs.

This anthology is the result of numerous authors, poets, professional men, clergy, and historians who submitted complimentary pieces that were then chosen to be included in this marvelous benefit collection.

Mild stain to upper page corners, hairline cracks to the inner hinges--still very sound & sturdy--slight rub-wear to shelf-edges, rear cover lightly soiled, else very good in royal blue linen with blind embossed borders, gilt embossed titles and gilt illustration depicting two patched-clothing boys selling newspapers beneath a bridge to the front cover, and with gilt embossed titles and gilt illustration depicting a boy carrying a sign to the spine; no dust jacket.

A strikingly presentable vintage binding and an important California historical collectible.

Octavo; 424 pages.

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