Wright American Fiction

THE ORPHAN'S TRIALS; OR, ALONE IN A GREAT CITY.

BY

EMERSON BENNETT.

AUTHOR OF "CLARA MORELAND," "VIOLA; OR, ADVENTURES IN THE FAR SOUTH-WEST," "THE BORDER ROVER," "THE BRIDE OF THE WILDERNESS," "KATE CLARENDON," "ELLEN NORBURY," "THE PIONEER'S DAUGHTER," "WALDE WARREN," "THE HEIRESS OF BELLEFONTE," "THE UNKNOWN COUNTESS," ETC."If Emerson Bennett had never written his many delightful and thrilling stories of border life, of prairie scenes, and Indian warfare, this story of 'THE ORPHAN'S TRIALS; OR, ALONE IN A GREAT CITY,' would place his name on the record as one of the best of American novelists. The scenes of this most captivating novel are laid in the city of New York; and most glowingly the author pictures to us how the guilty may, for a time, escape the justice of the law, but only to feel the heavy hand of retribution sooner or later; how vice may, for a time, triumph over virtue, but only for a time; how crime may lie concealed, until its very security breeds exposure; how true virtue gives way to no temptation, but bears the ills of life with patience, hoping for a better day, and rejoices triumphant in the end. In short, from base hypocrisy he tears the veil that hides its huge deformity, and gives a true picture of life as it exists in the crowded city. We do cordially recommend this book for its excellent moral. It is one that should be circulated, for it must do good."—SATURDAY NIGHT.

PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS; 306 CHESTNUT STREET.