Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-17

In this new ana superbly ILLUSTRATED
work noble Christian woman tells the
story of her personal experience In Cos
pei, temperance, mission, and rescue
work In great city. No recent publ
cation IL now commanding so much nj.
tention nor has any other called for such
ringing words OF "God-speed" from
ministers and eminent women. IL has
been preached about from famous pull
pits, read by tens OF thousands OF sub
scribers. snd made the subject OF many
q clergyman's Sunday evening lecture
Its authorship Is four-fould, Its foul
authors being no less than Mrs. Heller
Campbell, Rev. Lyman Abbott, ID. d..
Col. Thomas w. Knox, and Inspector
Thomas Byrnes, Chief OF the New Yorl
Detective Bureau.
Mrs. Campbell, the principal writer
certainly was woman commissioned oil
God. and s'In His Name" spent many
wears as a city missionary literally I'm
Darkest New York" What a wonderful
work she did. How devoted and blessed
her labors were. It IL a story never tC
be forgotten. This unique volume pre-.
sents these thrilling experiences OF
Christian endeavor with the hundreds OF
pathetic and amusing scenes that were
packed into them; 1t portrays life In &
great city BY day and by night "As Seer
by a Woman" 1t shows the power OF
the Gospel to redeem souls from the low
est depths; 1t gives striking testimonie;
OF the redeemed; and from all these rich
and varied experiences 1t draws living
truths for head and heart that are worth
to any reader ten times the price OF the
book. Mrs. Csmpbell's account Of res
cue-wOrk Is full Of wonderfully touch.
ing incidents. Stranger stories are here
told than romance ever dreamed OF, every
one Of them drawn from real life by q
woman's h" nd.
Rev. DIR. 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 1t he says MY interest
In these phases OF city life dates from my
college days. From that day to this
over third of century, have con-
tinued the studies then begun, and the
subject of this book has been one Of the
great subjects Of my study-sOmetimes
in literature, often In life."
One of the most Accordingly interest
ing portions Of the book Ia that written
by Inspector Byrnes giving the ripe ex-
perience of thirty years Of detective life.
Many OF the startling relations 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 real
ity. The best Of it IA that II Is pure
and elevating book from beginning to
end-a volume for the family circle. On
this point the words OF Rev. DIR. Twich-
ell (who has family Of ten children)
and Rev. DR.. Magoun, President Of Iowa
College, are worth quoting here. DIR.
Twichell writes: "My wife says that she
is going to set our young people on the
book right of, for the good 1t will do
them;" and President Msgoun says:
my family finds, where other books on
our shelves lack interest, this one always
holds and rewards attention"
It contains 252 superb engravings,
every one Of them made from photo
graphs taken from life, mostly by fish
light. Every face Is portrait, every
scene a stern reality. In looking at these
splendid Illustrations the reader sees at a
glance just how Gospel work Is carried
on by day and by night by rescue 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 cellars;
into the houses Of the poor; into news
boys lodging houses; into the police
and detective departments, etc.,-notll-
Ing seems to be omitted.
The work Is published by the old and
well-known firm of A. ID. worthington
& Co.. Hartford, Conn.,, whose imprint
Il sufficient guarantee Of the excellence
OF this hrst-class volume. Royal octave,
740 pages. 252 doe plates, portraits,
and text illustrations.