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THE GREAT AMERICAN TEMPEsAsCE TALE.
MRS. BEN DARBY;
THE VEAL AND WOE OF. SOCIAL LIFE
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TNHE object Of this tale is to exhibit in different
phases, in high life and low life, the accurscd
effects of intemperate drinking tho banc of social
life, the curse of civilized man. The characters are
well and sharply drawn, and the various scenes
described with much spirit and graphic effect.
We are disposed to regard the book as the best
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which but very few novels havo afforded u.s. 1t
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picture of American social life.- Chicago Tribune.
Written with marked ability.-Zanespille Courier.
thrilling picture of tho effects of that internal
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homo, and tells Of the hunger and tho fear the toll
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We know Of no passage anywhere, more uniquely
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story winds itself into our feones, and wo become
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