Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-04-06
TUE GREAT AMERICAN TEMPERANCE TALL
MRS. BEN DARBY;
THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE.

OR, :
THE VEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIFE
One Volume l2mo, ISL.
TIME 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 the of civilized The characters
well and sharply drawn, and the various are
described with much spirit and graphic effect. y
4 We are disposed to regard the book rs the best
of its kind that has yet appeared Boston 1raDefle,
1t is not often that we read story Of any kind,
but we have broken our practice and have read this
book not only with pleasure, but with qualification
which but very few novels have over afforded u.s. Ii
Is quiet and simple, but still striking and effective
picture of American social life Chieago Tribune
Written with marked ability.--Zsn1svil Couriy.
thrilling picture Of the effects of that internal
banc of social lifo, intomporanec- Rschm0nd Pnl-
Aadsum.
The style is attractive and fascinating thore is
freshness and originality about it, that is very rlcas-
ing n Ono Of its chief merits is tho excel
lcnce OF its conversations. -EnqM,,n.
Has many thrilling passages and we'll drawn
characters that you read it with absorbed attention
1t cannot fail to achieve for Mrs Collins an cnyiabo
popularity She takes us with her to the drunkard i
homo, and tells of the hunger and tho fear the toll
and the suffering, that are there She paints with
woman's delicate skill, the meek patience tho
long abused, but unchangng love Of the drunkards
wife, touches the deepest chords of the heart and
makes thcm 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-
diet, will increase that number ten-fold, and give
her reputation worthy of her high talents Neso
Albany 1ribume.
Tho style is easy, natural, beautiful, chastc, and
at times very eloquent. We would commend it es-
pocialy to young ladies, that they may see to hat
dangers they exposed, in forming alliances with
the fashionable in high life Ohio Organ
deeply interesting and powerful work. It vivid
ly portrays some of the terrific exploits Of strong
drink in both high and low lo. Nor are such scenes
as it depicts either Imaginary few. Let this book
circulate. Ii has bcnefccnt aim, and is tho vehicle
of admirably old and most salulary lessons PRS
byte,Ian.
Nm Has sketchod it in its dainticst form OF
fascination well as in its grim and dismal aspect
of open degradation. Rarely has woman ycnturod
to hold the torch to such a dark recess of human
woc.-DasIy Times,
We know Of no passage, anywhere moro unias DIV
beautiful more intensely absorbing more OVERFLOW
cTing in the pathetic than the thirty fourth chapter
1t is indeed gem. We doubt whether tho celcbra-
ted chapter devoted to tho death of Eva, In Uncle
Toms Cabin, is superior n. 1t is certainly
the most powerful temperance tale that wo have ever
pcruscd-Jounai and Messenger.
Beautifully written. \ 4 work of great
strength and power Gospel Herald.
Y The incidents dramatic, and the inter.
est intense to the end Ohio Statesman.
Wiclds an easy pen, and sketches men and man
ners to the liio,-- Presbyterian HeyaiI.
Graphic. truthful chastc 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 Dai
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