F. TENNYSON NEELY, Publisher,
96 Queen Street, London. 114 Fifth Avenue, New York.
THE CHILD WITNESS
BY
HELEN NORWOOD HALSEY
Cloth, $1.00
This is a story within a story, and will appeal to all; childhood and youth will devour it with a keen interest, and the maturer mind will detect in the simple, light, fantastic wording a portrayal of the deepest passion to which the human heart is susceptible. Thus it is a story for all, and will be read by all with a zest and interest which will neither flag nor grow dim from the title to the finale. There are few characters, and the story is simply told, and while the reader is following with an unflagging interest the tragic events which present themselves so rapidly and vividly before the mind's eye, there lies hidden beneath the startling drama the germ of the story, the pitiful picture of the little Child Witness, Danny, whose life is sacrificed to the greed and cunning of a nature far below his own; but so lightly has the author touched upon this phase of the story, so daintily is it handled, that the heart of the reader goes out in a deep and mighty compassion to the helpless child, the victim of the brute negro Barney, and there is no feeling of revolt even to the most sensitive mind; and while, in some of the situations of the story, the reader is carried into the center of the slums, among the fallen and degraded, and while there are scenes and circumstances from which the delicate mind may shrink in horror, let the reader remember that it is wholesome at times that those in the higher walks of life should realize that such a condition of life actually exists and has grown too common even to command a passing notice from those who pass by on the other side. The story has, too, a touch of fine humor from which the mind may find a relaxation and relief from the almost oppressing tragedy with which every page is replete, and is an offset to that portion of the story which presents, like a living, moving panorama, the torturous suffering of the helpless child in the grasp of the negro. It is a story which will be read and re-read from Maine to California—a story which will linger in the memory and be eagerly devoured while one word remains—a story which will be laid aside, stored away, and turned to again with a fresh and reviving interest.
For sale everywhere, or sent post-paid on receipt of price.
F. TENNYSON NEELY, Publisher,