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De Morgan, William. Alice-for-short: a dichronism. †$1.75. Holt.
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Alice-for-short, six years old and timid, bravely plods thru a London fog with a jug of beer. She breaks the jug, which accident brings to her side a protector, who, a little later, when the drunk-sodden parents die, rescues her from the basement of an old house in Soho and places her in the care of his sister. The chief interest of the tale lies in the development of the child in intimate portrayal, the simple life-likeness of characters, and the sure tho delayed consummation of the romance. There are ghosts and mysteries in the plot which seems to be a sensitive conscience’s concession to the veteran novel-reader rather than a scheme vitally necessary to the character-drawing.
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