The morning news., 1888-10-22

same tine some of the problems with VIII 'ch
the people are trying to solve are strongly
presented. The story is an interesting and
instructive one, and will lind readers
among the thoughtful as well as th SO
| who only seek to be amused. Whlle
there are some, perhaps, who VIII charge
the au hor with exaggerati the evils
| which flow from coalition OF aha'rs
which makes it possible for the numosr CT
| milionaires to increase rapidly, the ma
| jority of thoughtful readers will admit that
| there is a great deal of truth in the pictures
| which he presents The first and second
| chapters are sort of sermon to young men
| inclined to get rich by speculation; the
third and fourth introduce tie subject or
| themes and the heroine; the tifth illustrates
her character and work; the sixth starts the
| romance or story; the seventh, eighth,
ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth Illustrate
| the work and effects of plutocrats, speculat-
| ors, etc the thirteenth gives an eSanpleot
| the tyranny of plut )cracy: the fourteenth
| and fifteenth show what plutocrats have
done, how it was done, aud what they III
| tend TO do; from the sixteenth TO ths thlr-
tieth inclusive, the effects of putocracy 10
| ciCliyare shown. They are all humorous, etc.
but the su ject runs through them ali. The
thirty y-first resumes the heroine's WORK; the
thirty second resumes the story; the thirty
| third and thirty fourth are on the nam
| theme: the thirty-fifth and thirty sixth re-
sumo the romance; the thirty-elghth re-
| sumes the theIne; the thirty-nlI Ith, 1or6eth,
| for y-tirst forty second, ana lorty,thlr9
| continue the romance; the forty-tourth aud
forty-fifth illustrate the effect of the greed
for money on plutocracy; the forty-sixth,
l'fortv-seventh forty-eighth and forty y-nlnth
| continue the story; the tlftieth dlSposeS or
certain prominent figures; the fifty-h t il
| lustrates the effect and resul, OF & eed Tor
mo9ey that supplanted every benevolent
and charitable feeling.
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