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    340 NOTICES OF BOOKS.

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    {Continued From Page 283.) 1. The B Miss...

    allure men to that which often ends In the destruction of "both body and soul , they without are usuall exposing y at themselves a loss where to on an earth amount to go of temptation to ' freshen which themselves , in their up ' withstand ? It

    is enfeebled impossible and to irritable overstate state the , they value feel to they such have men no of power being to able to go for an where hour or they two meet of an with evening cheerful to society a well can -lighted get , a well-ventilated of good ( real , warm ) coffe room e for ,

    , cup other a penny they , have may the prefer excitement , and join and in a exercise hearty laug of a h game over something of bagatelle that , or may any be read aloud from PunchI did not wonder at hearing a man one day

    . say , c This place is making a better man of me . ' " "Withher usual Mrs . Bayly has supplied this want to

    members . o f her Temperance energy , Association , now numbering more than six hundred : —

    tion " In to a resort locality to where the public brickmaking -house is is very the princi strong pal ; occup every ation wet , day the throws tempta a - despairing great number man of one men day entirel ; they y out can of ' t work stand . in ' the Men street ain't ducks to be , ' rained said a upon poor

    house and so ; they when goes they int gets o the there ; only house they gets read drinking y to receive again them — of —that _coiirse ' s the they public does - , —they couldn't stop there even if they didn't . Why , what the 's heart a poor and fellow the

    result to do ? of ' many The number conferences of our on backsliders the subject grieved was to convince us to us that , , though throug free we coul from h d your not the temptation do readiness without to to the aid drink public us . In - We house our decided , efforts it mig to ht we borrow be found possible the no money difficulty to get , and one in

    , kindl doing " The y this presided Workmen . , and ' s the Hall Bishop was opened of London on . the favored remembered 12 th us March with his b last pres them , when ence , you and

    gave an address to the men which will long be y . One of The them building remarked was not afterwards , however , , in ' He working never order knowed until bishops Easter was Monday like that last . , '

    per about Society when day it sufficient . . was The The thrown profits attendance to meet open realized the for during current the on the the use sal month of e of the tea of memb . , A coffe The pril ers e , averaged lecture cocoa of our , - & room one c T , emper have hundred is let been ance at expenses

    present bath an The offer s Bible in ( has the for Mission just Sunday basement been -room services . made , The at of , the and general , £ top 20 other per of business the annum meetings house for of , ) pays the the for about use Hall . £ 10 and is per £ 60 managed control annum per annum of , b and the y a .

    and committee decide of twenty all matters -four working connected men . with They the meet establishment every Monday . One evening of this , upon , Much buted number of to has the the been prosp good chosen erity management which to reside has in hitherto of the the house attended , and is and thi called s work his ' The excellent may Governor be attri wife . - . '

    Each member who enjoys the privileges of governor the house must pay twopence per room week , with for which refreshments he has at the moder following ate prices advantages ; to the : — reading Access -room to , the with coffee daily

    and weekl , y papers , magazines , & c , and use of a good library , for one penny per arithmetic smoking month -room classes ; to ; amu to clean s a ements lecture rooms —draug on good Tuesday hts fires , chess evenings as , bagatelle -lights ; sober reading , dominoes companions , writing , & c . ; , to and and a

    the privilege of introducing ; a friend , once a , week g . This , is usually considered , a good twopenny worth . " In a previous number of the Journal , * allusion has been made

    * See " English Woman ' s Journal , " Vol . V ., p . 204 .

    340 Notices Of Books.

    340 NOTICES OF BOOKS .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1862, page 340, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011862/page/52/