Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-04-27
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MRS. BEN DARBY;
THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
One YnLtlnle l2nO 81.


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THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
One Volume l2mo, 81.
TIME object Of this talo is to exhibit in different
i phases, in high life and low life, the accursed
effects of Incorporate drinking the banc OF social
life the curse of civilized The characters arc
well and sharply drawn and tho various scenes arc
described with much spirit and graphic effect. y
We arc disposed to regard tho book as tho bcst
of its kind that has yet appeared Boston Irarsley
1t is not often that wc road a story Of any kind,
but wo have broken practice, and have read this
book not only with pleasure, but with qualification
which but very fcw novels have ever afforded us ~
is quiet and simple, but still striking and objective
picture Of American social lifc.-Chieago Tribune.
Written with marked ability Zanespiile Courier.
thrilling picture of tho effects of that informal
bane of social life, incompetence. Richmond fai
h1damm.
freshness and originality about it, that is very pleas
ing One of its chief merits is the excel
lence of its Conversations Enquirer.
Has so many thrilling passages and well drawn
characters that you read il with absorbed attention.
1t cannot fail to achieve for Mrs. Collins cnvinbc
popularity She takes us with her to tho drunkard's
home, and tolls Of the hunger and the car, the toll
and the suffering, that there. She paints, with
woman's delicate skill, the meek patience, the
long abused, but unchanging love OF the drunkards
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makes them vibrato 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 hor high talcnts.-,Neis
albany Tribune
Tho style is easy, natural, beautiful, chaste and
at times very eloquent. We would commend it es-
pecially to young ladies' that they may SEQ to what
dangers they are exposed in forming alliances with
tho fashionable in high life-Ohso Organ.
A deeply interesting and powerful work It vivid
ly portrays Of the terrific exploits Of strong
drink in both high and low life. Nor are such scenes
AS it depicts either imaginary few Let this book
circulate. 1t has bene6cent AIM and is tho vehicle
Of admirably old and most salulary Iessons.-P,ss-
bytev1an.
Has skctchcd it in its daintiost form of
fascination ms we'll in its grim and dismal aspect
Of open degradation. Rarely has a woman yonturcd
to hold the torch to such dark recess of human
woe.-DaiLy Times.
We know of no passage, anywhere, moro uniquely
beautiful more intensely absorbing, more ovcrpow-
cring in the pathetic than the thirty fourth chapter
1t is indeed gem. We doubt whether the cclcbra-
ted chapter devoted to the death Of Eva, in Uncle
Toms Cabin, is superior. 1t is certainly
perused-Journaia nd Messenger
Beautifully written. \ work of great
strength and power Gospel Herald
The incidents dramatic, and tho inter
est intense to tho end Ohio Statesman.
Yields an easy pen, and sketches mon and man
ners to the Presbyterian Herald.
Graphic truthful, chasto, and deeply affecting. the
story winds itself into feolings and We become
absorbed in the plot if we beheld before our own
eyes the realities Of the author delincations Dai
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