West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29
DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT"
OR
tights and Shadows ofNew York Life

lights aud Shadows Of New York Life
In this new and superb work
noble Christian woman tells the
thrilling story OF her personal expe-
5ience in Gospel. Temperance. mis-
sion and rescue work in i great city.
No recent publication is now com
manding so much attention nor has
any other called forth such ringing
words of God speed" from minis
fers and eminent women. 1t has
been preached about from famous
lulplis. read by tens OF thousands
If subscribers, and made the sub
ject Of many n clergyman S sunday
evening lecture. Its authorship is
fourfOld, It's four authors being no
less than:-Mrs. Helen Campbell,
Rev. Lymsn Abbott. ID. d., Col.
Thomas W. Knox. and Inspector
Thomas Byrncs. Chief of the New
York Detective Bureau.
Mrs. Campbell. the principal
writer, certainly was woman com
hlssioncd OF God. and lin His
Name spent many years as city
missionary literally "ln Darkest
New York" This unique volume
presents these thrilling experiences
Of Christian endeayor with the
hundreds of pathetic and amusing
scenes that were packet into them;
j. portrays life in great city by
day and by night LAS Seen by u
Woman; aud from all these rich
and varied experiences it. draws
living truth for head and heart that
are worth to any reader ten times
the price of the book. Mrs. Camp
bell s account of rescue work is ia /
of wonderfully touching incidents.
Stranger stories are here told than
Romance ever dreamed Of, every one
of them drawn from real life by n
womau's hand. In every chapter
she weaves in anecdotc after anec-
dote. incident after incident, story
after story, and the readers atten-
tion Is held breathless to the end of
the volume.
Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott's life
long interest in City Mission work,
and his personal share in that work,
pre- emincntly fitted hila to write
for this book. In his lntrod action
to it he says:-
my interest in these phases of
city life dates from my college days,
From that date To this-orer a
third Of a century-I have contin-
uvd the studies then begun, and
the subject of this book has beef
one Of the great Subjects of nv
stndy-sometines in literature,
often in life"
No appeal from temperance ad-
vocites can do aorc to promote the
cause Of temperance than the thrill
ing scenes and incident so we'll de
scrIbed; at least SO say Mrs. Mary
A. Livermore and Miss Frances Il.
Willard.
One of tho most absorbingly in
tresIlng portions Of the book is
th t written by Inspector Byrnes
giving the ripe experience 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
shat 1t is pure and elevnting book
from beginning To end-s volume
for the family circle.
IL contains 252 superb engrav-
ings, every one of them mule from
photographs falten from life, mostly
By .fash-hgbt. Every face is a por-
trait, every scene a stern reality. 1t
looking at these splendid illustra-
tIons the reader sees at "A glance
just how Gospel works is carried
on by day and by night by rescue.
bands; be Is shown strange sights
IN ont Of the way places that are
rarely or never seen by the casual
visitor; he is taken inte cheap Iods.
ing houses; and cellars; into the
homes Of tho poor; into newsboys'
lodging houses; into the police and
detective departments etc, moth.
Ing seems TO be omitted.
We DO not know when 74O pages
have given US more genuine pleas.
Hre. Ii We speak warmly Of the hook
% IS because it richly deserves it. II
- sold only by agents, and is meet
'ug with an enormous sale. Agents
who introduce such work ought
70 Dc cordially welcomed. A'bettel
work has certainly never come {,
orr table. Il viii be read over anC
over sgaiu by old and young. with
e'er increasing pleasure and lastns
profit.
The work is published by the ole
and well known firm Of A. ID
WCrthington & Co. Hartford Ct
whose imprint - sufficientsguaran
tee Of the excelleuce Of this first
class volume. ROYAL Octave. "a,
pages. 252 fine plates, portraits
and text Illustrations.