Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-22
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEMpRRASCr TALE.

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THE GREAT AMERICAN TEMPERANCE TALE.
MRS. BEN DARBY;
OR,
THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE
One Volume limo, 81.
TIME object of this tale is to exhibit in different
i phases, in high life and low lifs the accursed
effects Of incorporate drinking, the banc Of social
life, tho curse of civilized man. The characters arc
well and sharply drawn, and the various scenes are
described with much spirit and graphic effect
We arc disposed to regard the book as the best
Of its kind that has yet appeared Boston 1fapsr.
It is not often that we read story of any kind
but we have broken practice and havc read this
book not only with pleasure, but with qualification
which but very few novels have afforded us. 1t
is quiet and simple but still striking and effective
picture Of American social life.- Chicago Tribune.
Written with marked ability Zanesviile Courier
thrilling picture Of the effects Of that internal
bane Of social life, misrepresentation Pal
l1dtum.
The style is attractive and fascinating; there is a
freshness and originality about it, that is very pleas
ing One of its chief merits is tho excel.
lence of its conversations. Enquirer
Has so many thrilling passages and well drawn
characters that you read it with absorbed attention
1t cannot fail to achieve for Mrs Collins an envable
popularity. She takes with her to the drunkards
home, and tells Of the hunger and tho fear, tho toll
and the suffering, that are there She paints with
q womans delicate skill, the meek patience the
long abused, but unchanging love of the drunkards
wife, touches the deepest chords Of the heart and
makes them vibrste with pity and with indignation.
Christian Herald.
Though Mrs. Collins has already hosts of admi-
rers OF her literary productions this work. We pre-
dict, will increase that number ten fold and give
her reputation worthy of her high tslents.-Nep
Albany Tribune.
Tho style is easy, natural, beautiful chaste, and
at times very eloquent. We would commend Il as
pecially to young ladies' that they may see to what
dangers they exposed, in forming alliances with
tho fashionable in high life-Ohio Organ.
A deeply interesting and powerful work. It vivid.
ly portrays some Of the terrific exploits Of strong
drink In both high and low life Nor are such scenes
as it depicts either imaginary or few Lot this book
circulate II has bcnefcent aim and is the vehicle
Of admirably old and most salulary lessons--Pyss
byferian
\ = Has sketched il in its dainticst form Of
fascination, well in its grim and dismal aspect
of open degradation. Rarely has a woman yeotnred
to hold the torch 10 such a dark recess of human
woe.-D DAILY Times.
We know Of no passage, anywhere, more unqsely
beautiful, more intensely absorbing, more overpow
crng in the pathetic than the thirty fourth chapter
Ii is indeed gem We doubt whether the celebra
ted chapter devoted TO the death Of Eva, Ia Uncle
Toms Cabin, is superior. II Is certainly
the most powerful temperance tale that have ever
perused. Journal and MesSagr
Beautifully written. A work Of great
strength and power.-Gospa Herald
= = The incidents dramatic, and the inter-
est intense to the end Ohio SfatesmoR
wields an easy pen, and sketches men and man
ners to the life.--P Presbyterian Heyald.
Graphic truthful, chaste and deeply affecting, the
story winds itself into our feelings, and we become
absorbed in the plot If we bcheld before our own
eyes the realities Of the authors delineations. Ddi
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