j. c. derby's publications. 



NEW ENGLAND BOYS; 



OR, 



THE THREE APPRENTICES. 



BY A. L. S TINS 0 If. 



1 elegant 12mo. volume, Illustrated. Price $1 25. 



44 Some of the scenes painted are enough to make ossified hearts quiver, There are 

 tempters and temptations ; and almost every variety of character is introduced and made 

 to play its part, and the description is of the most thrilling nature imaginable. John 

 Hard is a true representative of the Yankee character ; the parson's anecdote of the Hay 

 family, of South Carolina, the wealthy, dissipated young men who were burned in the 

 barn because they were too much intoxicated to escape, will do more wherever read to 

 prevent rum-drinking than the ' Maine Law.' It is seldom that we find in a novel so 

 many notable characters, and so many good points made as this." — Hingham Gazette. 



" We take pleasure in recommending this work to young men. It points in a most 

 powerful manner the road to vice, and warns, most emphatically, those who are in it of 

 the fate they may expect if they do not change their tactics. The author very justly 

 remarks that in the idle and the vicious ' the six degrees of crime ' — wine, women, 

 gambling, theft, murder, and the gallows — are all attained. The evils of intemperance 

 are most powerfully depicted, and the dangers to which that class of young men who are 

 known as good-natured jovial fellows are exposed, fully portrayed. The author has 

 also shown the dangers of relying on circumstantial proof in the conviction of crime. 

 His book should be read by all young men who really desire to escape the way that leads 

 to ignominy and death." — JV. Y. Times. 



" A temperance book, and is well adapted to impress the lessons of this great reform 

 upon every thoughtful mind. It is written with much graphic force, its moral is excellent 

 and obvious, and its descriptions of character life-like. We hope it will obtain a wide 

 circulation, for its influence must be good." — Albany Proliibitionist. 



" A lively, funny, graphic story, which would reflect no discredit upon Dickens. What 

 with the fun in the book and the good moral lesson which it conveys, it must have a good 

 sale." — Hartford Courant. 



" Full of fun and adventure, inculcating a wholesome moral, full of stirring incidents, 

 by turns humorous or pathetic, and altogether just the book to attract the attention and 



suggest thought." — N. Y. Atlas. 



" As a matter of pure philanthropy, we cannot but hope that 1 Easy Nat 9 will be able to 

 reach ' Uncle Torn's Cabin,' in public favor." — Boston Citizen. 



" A highly entertaining work this, and full of the spice, romance and reality of life. 

 The style is attractive, the moral excellent." — Boston Bee. 



" This is one of the books that will sell. It is readable, racy, and written with a good 

 moral purpose." — United States Journal. 



" The story is one of great interest, truthful and life-like ; the desire to render vice 

 odious, and to show how it can be avoided, being apparent in every page." — PhU. News. 

 " Will make most persons the better and wiser to read."— N. Y. Dispatch. 



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