New-York tribune., 1872-06-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
,oEis pANGERoUs GLASSES OF NEW YORK.


'q,be experiepce OF moro than twenty years OF
uctiyo personal labor among the neglected ana "uC
east vouIh of New-York which Is emoooieu :"
The present Instructive volume enables tho ""VI
10 sreak on the subject with peculiar au'hoii'S
ard force. Tie has brought to the fuihiuien'
OF his noble mission the resources OF an ac"'e
Aapd accomplished intellect rare ueeioo "a
philosophio culture, familiar acquaintance VIZ"
the WAYS of mankind in almost every quarter OF TIE
si,il;1ed vvord and a devoted conservation to his
task which If IL were not combined with a singular
Dract;eal wisdom and masculine vigor of action
n,sbt he deemed the offspring of sanity and ideal
entbpSasln. But the remarkable success OF Mr.
Rrace in his work affords the best illustration OF the
Qualities which lac has devoted to its performance
The Association of which hets the chief executive
officer during the twenty years OF Its existence mas
removed to country homes and useful employment
not less than twenty-five thousand persons, most OF
them poor and homeless children. IL mas iouhueu
and still supports five lodgingbOuses for street-wan
derine boys and young men, and twenty industrial
schools for children too poor, ragged and undisclp-
lined for the public schools, The most important
field Of its operation has been among the
destitute and tempted little girls in the streets
many Thousands OF which unfortunate class are an
npallv included in its benefcent system for reform
and prevention Of crime. II is certainly striking
fact that in a period of eleven years IN spite OF
thirteen and a half per cent increase OF popuiaton'
the ipnprsOninents Of female vagrants have fallen
Of from nearly 6OO0 to less than $50 The reports Oh
arrests from the Commissioners of Police are almost
equally encouraging. In twelve years the commit
ments of Young girls for thieying which. according
10 the increase Of population, would have oeeh more
than OOO have fallen from ga to 572
The uoliey of the Association, although OK an emf
nenty charitable character, has always beendhe en-
souragcment of selfhelp In oil its branches IL
IL Ill H.. hnff
take care of themselves All the subjects OF Its omar
rty are taught to work. The poor do not become
poorer or more idle under its influence but are con-
tnually rising cut Of their condition, and making
their wav in the world. The Association has always
eudeayored to conform its action TO natu-
raj and economic laws. With this view
it has taken advantage Of the immense
iemand of labor in the rural districts,
and has thus been enabled to accomplish Its most
valuable results with remarkable economy. 1t has
been saved the vast expense of asylums by placing
It's destitute children in their natural plaee-with
family Its lodging houses have avoided the usual
hangers of such places Of refuge that OF becoming
home for vagrant boys and girls by constantly pass
ing their little subjects to the country, OF to places
IF work. after forcing them to leave the house.
The officers and servants of the Association have
engaged in its labors as general rule through love
Of its objects. From the highest to the lowest they
held 10 gtflCt system OF hAose
of them have discharged their duties with fidelity
and earnestness that is rarely found in houses OF
business or commerce. Not single person in the
employment of the Society has ever betrayed his
trust A million of dollars has passed through the
hands of it's officers, but according to the public
ytatenent of its interchangeable Treasurer Mr..
John E. Williams, President of the MetrOpol-
ltan Bank not a dollar, to his knowledge,
has ever been misappropriated or squandered. At
this moment with an expenditure of S175JOOO per
annum the Association has not dollar of debt.
The details given by Mr.IBrace of the subterranean
portions of New-York society which seldom come
to the surface without explosion, possess peculiar
interest both for municipal authorities and
for phflanthropists. This city, though much
younger than its European rivals, pre-
eents varieties of life among its seething
masses quite picturesque, and certainly
Isere dangerous than are usually found the otheT
side of the Atlantic. The thrOng of different ma
tonaties in the American city variegates the scene
while the enormous crowding intensifes the evils
peculiar to large towns to degree seen only in a
few districts in such cities London and Liverpool
1t s hopeful feature of the dangerous classes of
New-York that they do not tend to become fixed and
inherited, as in European cities.
But though the crime and pauperism Of EewYork are
not deeply stamped IN the blood OF the population,
they are even more dangerous The intensity OF the
American temperament is felt in every fiber Of these
children OF poverty and vice. Their crimes have
the unrestrained and sanguinary character Of race
accustomed to overcome all obstacles. They rife
bank, where English thieves pick pocket they muir
der, where European Proetdres cudeeI or nght with
the sacking Of a city where English rioters would
sTs Ts4"as % Gr Te man rSs
but the children of Irish and German immigrants They
ignorant London 6asbmen cOstermongers.
They brutal than the peasantry from whom
ssS ucS Sau as Dead RSS PaeSsy and
various target companies They are our entdns Perd1s
lending old man, ike Mr.. Rogers is nothing TO them
graded bloody. NewYork has never experienced the
full effect Of the nurture OF these youthful ruians as
abe will day. They showed their hand only slightly
in the riots during the At present. they are Ike the
are the @rouehs who sustain the ward OPTICIANS, and
fnghten honest voters. They repeat to an un-
panera et eircensesS or Cty-Hai places dpohouses
where they have full credit
In city like this there are causes constantly at
work,-the consequences of accident, Ignorance, and
vioe-whch serve TO swell the ranks of rufians and
criminals. A great number of unframed passionate,
and unscrupnlous boys and young men are thus
formed who form the elements Of the social Volcano
1t has been common since the recent terrible Com
munstic outbreak in Paris 10 that France alone
exposed TO such horrors but In the Judgment OF one
for twenty years there are Just the same explosive
social elements beneath the surface Of HewYork as Of
Paris
There are thousands on thousands in New-York
who have no assgnable home, and nit" from attic
sands more or less connected with criminal enter
pses and s 9Hsr tens & & q STss6 6 PfSS PS
earnings swarmng In tenement houses who behold the
gded OF toll all about them, but are never per-
Az these great masses Of destitute miserable, and
criminal persons believe that for the rich have had
all the good things OF life, while to them have been left
the evil things Capital to them Is the tyraDt
LET the civzng Influences Of American life fail TO reach
them, and u the opportunity oneTed we should gee an