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THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
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TIME object of this tale is to exhibit in different
i phases, in high life and low life, tho accursed
effects Of incorporate drinking, the bano Of social
lfo the curse Of civilized man. The characters are
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described with much spirit and graphic effect.
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It is not ofton that we read o story of any kind,
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which but very few novels have afforded us. 1t
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Written with marked ability Zanssuille Courier.
thrilling picture Of the effects Of that Internal
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home and tolls Of the hunger and tho aar, the toll
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IN Tho incidents dramatic, and the intor.
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to the Presbyterian Herald.
Graphic truthful, chasto, and dccply affecting the
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absorbed in the plot if bchcld before our own
eyes tho realities Of the authors delineations
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