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TNE GREAT AMERICAN TEMP ERANCE TALE
MRS. BEN DARBY;.


OR,
THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
One Volunle 12mo, 81.
TIME object Of this tale is to exhibit in different
i phases, in high life and low life, the accursed
effects Of intempcrate drinking, the bane Of social
lifc the Of civilized man. The characters are
we'll and sharply drawn, and the various scenes are
described with much spirit and graphic effect
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is quiet and simple, but still striking and effective
picture of American social life Chicago Tribune.
Written with marked ability.--ZanssVslls Courier.
thrilling picture Of the effects Of that Internal
bane of social life, intemperance Rirhmoad Phi
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freshness and originality about it, that is very pleas
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lcncc Of its conversations Enquirer
Has many thrilling passages and we'll drawn
characters that you read it with absorbed attention
1t cannot fail to achieve for Mrs Collins nm enyablc
popularity She takes us with her to the drunkard 3
home, and tells of tho hunger and tho fcar tho toll
and the suffering, that are there. She paints, with
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long abused, but unchangng love Of the drunkard
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makes them vibrate with pity and with indignation.
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Aibany Tribune.
Tho style is easy, natural, beautiful chaste and
mt times very eloquent We would commend it&Ss
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the fashionable in high life Ohio Organ
deeply interesting and powerful work. 1t vivid
ly portrays Of the terrific exploits Of strong
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\. \ Has skotched it in it's dainticst form Of
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We know of no passage, anywhere, more uniosely
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1t ia indeed gem. We doubt whether the cclebra.
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~ Tho incidents dramatic, and tho inter
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Yields an easy pen and sketches mon and man
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