Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-04-15
March 81,
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEMP FRANCE TALE
MRS. BEN DARBY;

MRS. BEN DARBY;
OR,
THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
One Volume 12mo, 81
TIME object of this talo is to exhibit in different
i phases, in high life and low life, tho accursed
effects Of intcmpcrate drinking, tho bano Of social
life tho Of civilized Tho characters are
well and sharply drawn, and tho various scenes are
described with much spirit and graphic eifoct y
We arc disposed to regard the book us the bost
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1t is not often that wc read story Of any kind,
but have broken our practice, and have read this
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which but very few novels have ever afforded IL
is quiet and simple but still striking and effective
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thrilling picture of tho objects of that Internal
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and the suffering, that thoro. She paints, with
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long abused but unchangng love Of the drunkari .
wife, touches tho deepest chords Of tho heart and
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Tho style is easy natural, beautiful, chastc, and
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