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200 A FRENCH STORY FOR WORKING MEN.
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Jacques little tire lias d written of the tro some wel prett and y s tilings lie enoug is h , and proud is growing of one
which p a iece which broug , ht he from sent up the to great Paris quare man to some ; a most gran very flattering d author letter , and . to
young He is , mad gentlemanl to pack y up , hut and very start shabb nei off , y when and down in comes works -hearted whom supper looking his a
father too fellow , had an overlooker invited men talk out on and of some pity for g out hbouring his to evident each other poverty , as . onl The y open
Frenchmen young can : Durvethe overlookeris well read and up in all to mak literary e gossi some p . accounts By , and and bye throug the father , h the goes glass into door his hears office
latter but Jacques of I , happened "I confiding up did the ' chief to very his write favourites sam plan e , s thing to ) ~ , and ; Durve ( naming I had I . too a ci nice a got Don book littl a 't , letter " e which business says which was the ,
one I'll shew Jacques you . ' He pulls out a laudatory epistle from the very same man who had written to Jacques and couched in almost the
the same terms . "I went to Paris , and for a while I was pet to of Stick the literary to cli business ques—but I you s . see You what can it write has broug as well ht me if ay
. mustor your far betteryou , can put it off till by and bye : , if want it you ' s good scope ; it for will , your keep intellectual . , There's tastes one thing , i . e . try you to can communicate do , if yon
You kin them dred don to ' sp t your irits know fellow here the , good of workm feeling you en . may isolated You do comp in : work that lain them way of . having up While habits to you no if .
you as a try bachelor to change changes your his whole lodg life ings and , you break 'll find up out all your your mistake , when it ' s too late . " but
pushes fair So local Jacques it in the ineer stays practical at iving directio home evening , n keeps rather classes up ; and his in winter becomes educatio to n any at , last of
his a mates who eng will , g attendand doing his best to prove by precept and example how intelli , gence and good hard work may
go Such hand is in an hand outline . of the book . We can well recommend it sentimental
to all classes . There is nothing of the sickly We about coul it d ; heartil but the wish tone that throug it hout was is as we honest said and at the dignified outset .
widely known amongst y British workmen , . It would show them , and that that their he French overcomes brother them has ( when his he strugg does les overcome just as them they ) in have the ,
effort only way undismayed which can b lead failure them by in temperance England to victory above — all by by patient active
trust in God . We y know of ; no book in which ; these truth , s are forth
more clearly shown ; at the same time , they are not put
200 A French Story For Working Men.
200 A FRENCH STORY FOR WORKING MEN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 2, 1863, page 200, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02111863/page/56/
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