The Mirror of Intemperance, and History of the Temperance Reform: To Which Is Added the Life and Death of King Alcohol, and Original and Selected Anecdotes.
Philadelphia: Published by T.K. Collins Jr., 1849. Octavo (19.2 x 12 cm.), x, 240 pages. Stated "Sixth Edition"; the original was issued by John T. Lange in 1849. A wide-ranging dive into the history of alcohol and temperance movements. Includes sections on non-alcohol stimulants (arrack, pulque, and coca), causes of intemperance (effort to drown present sorrow), and "The Life and Death of King Alcohol," a fifteen page poem which includes.....