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THR VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE
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THR VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
One p0iume l2mo, 81.
YGNIE object of this tale is to exhibit in different
i phases, in high lifc and low life the accursed
ELECTS Of intcmpcrate drinking, the bano Of social
lifc the curse Of civilized man The characters
well and sharply drawn, and the various scenes are
described with much spirit and graphic effect !.
We are disposed to regard the book as tho best
Of its kind that has yet appeared Boston 1iauefey.
It is not often that we road a story of any kind,
but wo have broken our practice and have road 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. ZansspiAe Courier
thrilling picture Of the effects Of that internal
bane Of social life, sintem mpcrance-R Pal
adtunl.
Tho style is attractive and fascinating there is
freshness and originality about it. that is very pleas
ing One of its chief merits is the excel
icnce OF its conyersations.- -Enqnfyy.
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 onviable
popularity. She takes with her to the drunkards s
homo, and tells OF the hunger and the fear the toll
and the suffering, that are there. She paints with
woman's delicate Skill tho mock patience, the
long abused, but unchanging love Of the drunkards
wife, touches the deepest chords Of the heart and
makes them vibrate with pity and with indignation
Christian Herald.
Though Mrs Collins has already hosts of adm-
rers OF her literary productions this work. We pre-
Dict will increase that number ten fold and give
her reputation worthy of her high talents Nsac
albany Tribune.
The style is easy, natural beautiful, chaste, and
at times very eloquent We would commend it es-
pociaiy to young ladies that they may SEQ to what
dangers they are exposed, in forming alliances with
the fashionable in high lifc--Ohio Organ
A deeply interesting and powerful work IL vivid
y p0rtrays somc OF the terrific exploits of strong
drink in both high and low life. Nor are such scenes
as il depicts either imaginary few Let this book
circulate 1t has benefcent aim and is tho vehicle
Of admirably old and most saluIary lessons Pres.
bytey1an
Has sketched il in its daintiost form Of
fascination well in its grim and dismal aspect
Of open degradation. Rarely has a woman ventured
to hold the torch to such dark recess of human
Daily Times.
We know Of no passage, anywhere, more unioxely
beautiful, more intensely absorbing moro oyerpow-
crng in the pathetic than the thirty fourth chapter
IL is indeed gem. We doubt whether the celebra-
ted chapter devoted to tho death of Eva in Uncle
Toms Cabin Is superior. = Ii ia certainly
the most powerful temperance tale that We have ever
per,iscd.-.jonnai and Msssenger
Beautifully written. work Of grsat
strength and power Gospel Herald
The incidents dramatic, and the inter.
est intonse to the end Ohio Statesman
Yields an easy pen, and sketches mon and IN an.
ners to the ifc-- Presbyterian Herald.
Graphic. truthful chsstc and deeply affecting, tho
story winds itself into our feelings and we become
absorbed in the plot If beheld before our own
eyes the realities Of the authors delineatons.D Da,-
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