Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-18
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEMPERANCE TALE
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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TIME object of this tale is to exhibit in different
i phases in high life and low life the accursed
effects Of incorporate drinking, the bane of social
life, the curse of civilized man. The characters are
we'll and sharply drawn, and the various scenes
described with much spirit and graphic effect.
7 We are disposed to regard the book the best
OF its kind that has yet appeared. boston Ihpeiio
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 ever afforded u.s. 1t
is quiet and simple but still striking and effective
picture Of American social lifo.-Chscag0 Tribune.
Written with marked ability. ZanespiHe Courier.
A thrilling picture Of the effects Of that informal
bane of social life, intcmperance-Rie Richmond Pal
iadtun.
The style is attractive and fascinating there is
freshness and originality about it, that is very pleas
ing. Ono of its chief merits is tho excel
lonce Of its conversations. Enquirer
Has so many thrilling passages and well drawn
characters that you read il with absorbed attention
1t cannot fail to achieve for Mrs Collins enviable
popularity. She stakes with her to the drunkards
homo and tells OF the hunger and the fear, the toll
and the suffering that are there She paints, with
woman's delicate skill, the meek patience, the
iong-abused, but unchanging love of tho drunkards
wife, touches the deepest chords of the heart and
Christian Herald
Though Mrs. Collins has already hosts Of admi
rers of her literary productions, this work, we pre-
diet, will increase that number ton fold, and give
her a reputation worthy of hcr high talonts.--Nep
Albany Ti5uae
The style is easy natural, beautiful, chastc, and
at times very eloquent We would commend il es
pocially to young ladies' that they may to what
dangers they exposed in forming alliances with
the fashionable in high life.-Ohao Organ.
deeply interesting and powerful work 1t vivid
ly portrays some of the terrific exploits of strong
drink in both high and low life Nor are such scenes
as il depicts either imaginary few. Let this book
circulate. IL has bcnefccnt aim, and Is the vehicle
Of admirably old and most salulary lessons.--Pyes-
byferfan.
Has sketchcd it in its dantest form of
fascination, rs well as in its grim and dismal aspect
of open degradation. Rarely has a woman ventured
to hold tho torch TO such dark reccss of human
woo.-Daiiy Times.
We know of no passage, anywhere, moro uniquely
beautiful. more intensely absorbing overpow-
ering in the pathetic than tho thirty fourth chapter
1t is indeed gem. We doubt whether the celebra.
ted chapter devoted to the death Of Eva in Uncle
Toms Cabin, is superior = 1t is certainly
the most powerful temperance tale that we have ever
perused.-.jomaaf and Messenger.
Beautifully writton. - A work of great
strength and power.-G0spei Herald.
4 The incidents dramatic, and the inter-
est intense TO tho end Ohio Statesman
wieIds an oasy pen and sketches men and man
ncrs to the life Presbyterian Herald.
Graphic truthful chsste and deeply affecting, the
story winds itself into our feelings and become
absorbed in the plot IL behcld before our own
eyes the realities Of the author dclineatons Dai
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