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THIS GREAT AMERICAN TEMPERANCE TALE.
MRS. BEN DARBY;
THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.
One Volume l2mo, ST.
1NHE object Of this tale Is to exhibit in different
phases, IN high life and low life, the accurscd :
effects Of incorporate drinking the bane Of social
me- tho curse Of civilized man. The characters are
VOL and sharply drawn, and the various scenes arc
described with much spirit and graphic effect. NJ
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1t is not often that wo read d story Of any kind,
but VIC have broken our practice have read this
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which but very few novels have ever afforded us III
is quiet and simple but still striking and effective
picture OF American social lifo.C AtMqo Tribune.
Written with marked ability. - ZansspiHe Courier
thrilling picture Of the effects Of that informal
banc OF social life intcmperance. Richmond f.7ix
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Tho style is attractive and fascinating; there is
freshness and originality about it. that syery pleas
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lence OF its conversations. Enquirer
Has so many thrilling passages and well drawn
characters, that you read it with absorbed attention
It cannot fail to achieve for Mrs. Collins an cnyiable
popularity She takes us with her to the drunkards
home, and tells of the hunger and tho fear the toll
and the suffering, that are there She paints with
woman's delicate skill, tho meek patience, tho
long abused but unchanging love Of the drunkard's
wife, touches the deepest chords Of the heart and
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Christian Herald.
Though Mrs. Collins has already hosts Of admi-
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The style is easy, natural, beautiful, chaste and
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deeply interesting and powerful work. II vivid
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y Has sketched il in its daintiost form Of
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We know OF no passage, anywhere, more uniquely
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II is indeed gem. We doubt whether the celebra-
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\ The incidents dramatic. and the intsf.
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story winds itself into feelings, and wc become
absorbed in the plot as If We beheld before our own
eyes the realities of tho authors delineatons
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