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MRS. BEN DARBY;
THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
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THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
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TINE object of this tale is to exhibit in different
i phases, in high life and low life, the accurscd
effects of incorporate drinking, the bane Of social
life tho curse of civilized The characters
well and sharply drawn, and the various are
described with much spirit and graphic effect.
\ We are disposed to regard tho book the best
ofits kind that has yet appeared .-Boaoa Traveller
1t is not often that we read story of any kind,
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book not only with pleasure, but with qualification
which but very few novels have eyor afforded us 1t
is quiet and simple but still striking and effective
picture OF American social lfo.- Chicago Tribune.
Written with marked ability. -ZanespiHe Courier
A thrilling picture Of the effects of that Internal
bane OF social lifo intomperance.-- Richmond Pal
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The style is attractive and fascinating there is a
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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 with her to the drunkards
home, and tells Of the hunger and the fear the toll
and tho suffering, that are there. Sho paints, with
a womans delicate skill, the meek patience the
long abused, but unchangng love of the drunkards
wife, touches the deepest chords of the heart and
Christian Herald
Though Mrs. Collins has already hosts of adni-
OF her literary productions, this work we pre-
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her a reputation worthy Of hor high talents.--Nep
Albany Tribune
The style is easy natural, beautiful, chaste, and
at times very eloquent We would commend il es
pecialy to young ladies, that they may SEQ TO what
dangers they are exposed in forming alliances with
the fashionable in high Hfe.-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 lifc Nor arc such scenes
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Has skctched il in its dantiest form Of
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of opef degradation. Rarely has a woman yentared
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We know of no passage, anywhere, moro uniqsely
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IL Is indeed gem. We doubt whether the celebra-
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Toms Cabin, IL superior Ii il certainly
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The incidents dramatic, and the inter.
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absorbed In the plot II we behcld before our own
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