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THIS GREAT AMERICAN TEMP ERASCE TALL
MRS. BEN DARBY;

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TIME object Of this tale is to exhibit in different
i phases, in high life and low life, tho accurscd
effects of intcmporate drinking the banc Of social
life the curse Of civilized The characters are
well and sharply drawn and tho various scenes are
described with much spirit and graphic effect
We are disposed to regard tho book as the best
of its kind that has yet appeared-Boston 1raoeff-
1t is not often that We read story Of any kind,
but we have broken our practice and have read this
book not only with pleasure, but with qualification
which but very fcw novels have afforded us. II
is quiet and simple but still striking and effective
picture Of American social lfe. Chicago Tribune.
Written with marked ability .--ZanespiAs Courie,.
A thrilling picture Of the effects of that informal
bane of social life, intempcrancc.--Ric Richmond Pai
ladsum. GSg.I
The style is attractive and fascinating there is a
freshness and originality about it, that very pleas
ing n One of its chief merits is the excel
lenco of its conversations.--Engn
Has SO many thrilling passages and well. drawn
characters that you read it with absorbed attention
1t cannot fail to achieve for Mrs Collins enviable
popularity. She takes us with hor to the drunkards
homo, and tells Of tho hunger and the fear, the toll
and tho 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 thcm vibrate with pity and with indignation
Christian Herad
Of her literary productions, this work, we pro
dict, will increase that number ten fold and give
her reputation worthy of hcr high talents e,c
AiJany Tribune
The style is easy, natural, beautiful chastc, and
at times very eloquent. We would commend it es
pocially to young ladies' that they may to what
dangers they exposed, in forming alliances with
the fashionable in high life.--Ohio Organ.
A deeply interesting and powerful work. 1t vivid
y portrays some OF the terrific exploits of strong
drink in both high and low life Nor are such scenes
as il depicts either imaginary or few Let this book
circulate 1t has benefcent aim and is the vehicle
Of admirably old and most salulary lessons Pres
bytersam
Has skctched it in its dainticst form Of
fascination as well in its grim and dismal aspect
of open degradation. Rarely has woman venturcd
to hold tho torch to such dark recess of human
woe.-Daiiy Times.
We know of no passage anywhere, moro unqscly
beautiful, more intensely absorbing, more oyerpow-
ering in tho pathetic than the thirty fourth chapter
1t Is indeed gem. We doubt whether the cclebra
ted chapter devoted to tho death Of Eva, in Uncle
Toms Cabin, is superior. 1t is certainly
the most powerful temperance tale that VIC have over
perused.-.IOmnal and Messenger.
Beautifully written. A work of great
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Tho incidents dramatic, and the inter
est intense to the end Ohio Statesman.
Wieds easy pen, and sketches men and man
ners to the ifc.--Presbyfeylan Herald
Graphic. truthful, chastc and deeply affecting tho
story winds itself into feelings and We become
absorbed in the plot If beheld before our own
eyes the realities of the authors delneations Dui
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