Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-25
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEMP FRANCE TALE
MRS. BEN DARBY;

THE GREAT AhEktCAN TENPEkANCE TALE.
MRS. BEN DARBY;
THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
One Volume l2mO, 81.
yHE object Of this talc is to exhibit in difforont
i phases, in high life and low life, the accursed
effects of incorporate drinking tho banc of social
life the of civilized man. The characters are
we'll and sharply drawn, and the various scenes are
We arc disposed to regard the book as the best
ofits kind that has yet appeared Boston Traveller.
It is not ofton that We read a story Of any kind,
but we havo broken practice, and have read this
book not only with pleasure, but with qualification
which but very few novels have ever afforded 1T
is quiet and simple, but still striking and effective
picture of American social life.-Chseago Tribune
Written with marked ability zanssvills Courier.
thrilling picture of the effects Of that informal
bane Of social life, intomperance.- Ricjsmona Pal
LaoiiMm.
The style is attractive and fascinating thofe is a
freshness and originality about it, that is very pleas
ing One Of its chief merits is the excel
lonce of its conyersations.-E Enquirer.
Has many thrilling passages and well drawn
characters that you road it with absorbed attention
1t cannot fail to pcheyc for Mrs Collins envabe
popularity Sho takes us with her to tho drunkard 3
home, and tells of the hunger and tho fear the toll
and the suffering that are there. She paints with
womans delicate skill, tho mock patience, tho
long abused, but unchanging love of the drunkard
wife, touches tho deepest chords of tho heart, and
lnakes them vibrate with pity and with indignation
Christian Herald
Though Mrs Collins has already hosts of admi.
OF her literary productions this work, we pro-
dict, will increase that number tenf fold and give
her reputation worthy of her high talcnts.-N Mem
Albany Tribune.
Tho style is easy, natural, beautiful, chasto, and
at times very eloquent. We would commend it os-
pccially to young ladies' that they may SOC to what
dangers they exposed in forming alliances with
the fashionable in high life.-OhiO Organ.
deeply interesting and powerful work It vivid
ly portrays of the terrific exploits of strong
drink in both high and low lifc Nor are such scenes
as it depicts either imaginary or few Let this book
circulate 1t has bcnefcent ann, and is tho vehicle
of admirably old and most salulary lcssons-P Pres
byf1Iah.
Has skctchcd it in its danticst form of
fascination, we'll in its grim and dismal aspect
of open degradation. Rarely has woman yonturcd
to hold the torch to such dark recess of human
woc.-Datiy Times.
beautiful, more intensely absorbing more oycrpow-
ering in the pathetic than the thirty fourth chaptcr
1t is indeed q gem. We doubt whether the cclebra
ted chapter devoted to tho death of Eva, in Uncle
Toms Cabin, Is superior. 1t is certainly
tho most powerful temperance tale that VIC have ever
used.-.jonraai and Messenger.
Beautifully written. 4 A work of great
strength and power.-Gospei Herald
The incidWts dramatic and tho inter
est intense to the ond.-Uhio Statesman.
wieds an easy pen, and sketches mon and man.
ners to the lifo.-Prcs6perian Herald
Graphic truthful chastc, and deeply affecting. thu
story winds itself into our feelings and VIC become
absorbed in the plot, If we behcd before our own
eyes the realities Of the authors deneations-D as
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