Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-08-12

wonderfully touching incidents. Stran-
ger stories are here told than romance
ever dreamed of, every one of them
drawn from real life by woman's hand.
In every chapter she weaves in anecdote
after anecdote, incident after incident,
story after story, and the readers atten-
ton is held breathless to the end of the
volume. "Strange but most suggestive
is the fact" says Bishop Coke in warm
ly commencing this volume, "that Christ
is to be visited in these dens and dives
there are those whom He will bear in
mind when He says: 'Ye visited me- ; or,
when he says: 'Ye did it not to Me-"
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott's lifelong in
terest in city mission work, and his per-
sonal share in that work, pre-eminently
fitted him to write for this book. In his
introduction to it he says:--
"My interest in these phases of city life
dates from my college days. From that day
to tlns-ouer a third ofa century-I have con.
tinued the studies then begun, and the sub
ject of this book has been one OF the great
subjects of my study-sometimes in literature,
often in lite"
No appeal from temperance advocates
can do more to promote the cause of
temperance than the thrilling scenes and
incidents so well described; at least so
say Mrs. Mary A. Livermore and Miss
Frances +. Willard.
One of the most Accordingly interest
ing portions of the book is that written
by Inspector Byrnes, giving the ripe ex-
perience of thirty years of detective life.
Many of the startling revelations he
makes are taken from his private diary.
They have never before been published.
This fascinating volume is indeed a
wonderful tale of Christian love and
faith, all alive with intense and striking
reality. The best of it Is that it is pure
and elevating book from beginning to
end-a volume for the family circle. On
this point the words of Rev. DR.. Twitch-
ell (who has a family of ten children)
and Rev. DR.. Magoun, president Iowa
college, are worth quoting here: DR..
Twitchell writes: "My wife says that
the book right off, for the good 1t will do
them; and President Magoun saws
MY family finds, where other books on
our shelves lack interest, this one always
holds and rewards attention"
1t contains 252 superb engravings,
every one of them made from photo
graphs taken from life, mostly by flash
light. Every face is a portrait, every
scene a stern reality. In looking at
these splendid illustrations the reader
sees at glance just how gospel work is
carried on by day and by night by res
cue-bands; he is shown strange sights in
out of the way places that are rarely or
never seen by the casual visitor; he is
taken into cheap lodging-houses and Gel
lars; into the homes of the poor into
newsboys' lodging-houses; into the
police and detective departments, etc.,
nothing seems to be omitted.
We do not know when 40 pages have
given us more genuine pleasure. If we
speak warmly of the book. it is because
it richly deserves 1t. 1t is sold only by
agents, and is meeting with an enormous
sale. Agents who introduce such a
work ought to be cordially welcomed.
A better work has certainly never come
to our table. 1t will be read over and
over again by old and young, with ever
increasing pleasure and lasting profit.
The work is published by the old and
well-known firm of A. d. Worthington
& Co.. Hartford, Conn, whose imprint
is sufficient guarantee of the excellence
of this first-class volume. Royal octave,
40 pages, 252 fine plates, portraits, and
text illustrations.-Ad