Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-10
BOOKS RECEIVED FOR THE WEEK.

'White Slaves, or the Oppression of
the Worthy Poor" by Rev. Lewis Albert
Bank, ID. D., author of 'sThe Peoples
Christ" Lee & Shepard publishers, We'll
din, Pittsburg; price, 81 so. The Rev. Dr.
Banks has made a personal investigation
into the homes of the poorer classes, and In
this book the results are given. The larger
part of the matter contained in its pages
was originally delivered in a series of dis
courses from the pulpit of st. Johns M. L.
Church, South Boston This work is illus
trated from photographs taken by the au-
thor. The facts given are such al. to startie
the public.
"Drift From the Sea of Life, )" illustrated
by C. Mcknight Smith. Published by
| Frederick A Stokes & Co.; j. r. Weldin,
| Pittsburg: price, 50 So This is also gift
book, with elaborate illustrations in tones
of gray and brown. The verses, which
breathe of the sea, are selected from we'll
| known poets, such as Swinburne, Arnold,
Longfellow Mrs. Southey and others.
| ''The Brownie Paper Dolls. !" Publisher,
| Frederick A. Stokes & Co., New York;
Weldin, Pittsburg; price IS cents These
paper dolls are intended to be cut out In the
usual way, so familiar to children. The
first cut in the book represents the Brownie
entire figure, and this is of course the figure
on which all the various costumes in the
book are to be placed.
"An Old Sweetheart of Mine" by James
Whitcomb Riley. Publishers. Bowen, Mer-
rill & Co., Indianapolis, Ind; Weldin &
Co., Pittsburg This poem is gotten up In
the form of a gift book, very prcttily illus
trsted in colors. Mr.. Reilly is So we'll
known in Pittsburg that it is hardly neces-
sary to comment upon his writings. Suffice
it to say that this little poem is full Of
beauty, with that underlying vein of tender
ness which characterizes so much of his
poetry. 1t would be very suitable Christ
mas remembrance. 1t is, indeed, SO bright
that we give some of the verses:
As one who cons at evening DER an album
all alone
And muses. on the faces of the friends that
So turn the leaves of fancy, till in snadowy
design
1 find the smiling features of an old sweet
heart of mine.
The lamplight seems to glinnmer with q
flicker of surprise,
As turn it low to rest me OF the dazzle IN
my eyes:
And 1 light my pipe in silence, save asigh
that seems to yoke
Its fate with my tobacco and to vanish into
smoke.
'Tis fragrant retrospection, for the loving
thoughts that start
Into being are like perfumes from the bios
som of the heart;
And to dream the old dreams over is
luxury divine,
When my truant fancies wander with that
old sweetheart of mine.
Though hear beneath my study like f1ut-
tering of wings,
The voices of my children and the mother as
she sings;
feel no twinge of conscience - deny me
any theme,
When care has cast her anchorin the harbor
OF a dream.
And again feel the pressure of the slender
little hand, -.
As we used to talk together of the future
we had planned;
When 1 should be a poet, and with nothing
else to do
But write the tender verses that she set the
music to.
When we should live together in cozy
Vlittle cot,
Hid in a nest of roses, with fairy garden
spot,
Where the vines were ever fruited, and the
weather ever fine,
And the birds were ever singing for that old
sweetheart of mine.
But, ah my dream is broken by q step upon
the stair,
And the door is softly opened and my wife
is standing there.
Yet, with eagerness and rapture. all my
To greet the living presence of that old
sweetheart of mine.