PRICE FIFTY CENTS, COMPLETE.
NEARLY READY,
EUGENE SUE'S GREAT PROSCRIBED BOOK,
THE MYSTERIES OF THE PEOPLE.
In the course of this great Romance, Sue, (while he adds much to the interest of the
plot,) expenses the causes which drive so many
THOUSANDS OF THE MEN OF PARIS TO GAMBLING, ROBBERY,
AND THE GALLEY, AND THE WOMEN TO PROSTITUTION
AND THE MORGUE.
While it is entirely free from any offensive thoughts or language, it unveils the terrible
social evils that are
GANGRENING THE VERY HEART OF THE FRENCH SOCIETY.
Never has genius conceived or described more interesting characters than those which impart
to this story the animation of real life. The bold, handsome, but cruel and licentious
Colonel de Plournel—the stern, frigid, jesuitical Cardinal—the lovely and virtuous daughter
of the honest Linen Draper—the intrepid and worthy young Joiner—and the beautiful
but guilty Grisette who receives in her white breast the ball aimed at her heroic
lover on the barricades—are all faithful types of the various classes in the metropolis of
France.
So admirably written and full of interest, indeed, is this incomparable book, that all the
vigilance of the French spies and police has been unable to prevent the circulation of millions
of copies in every department of France.
“The Mysteries of the People, or the History of a Proletarian Family, from the
Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Translated from the French of Eugene Sue, Member
of the Legislative Assembly of France.”—This Tale, which commeneed in Jany., contains
one of the most striking pictures of serfdom ever drawn by human hand. The truth is
boldly and fearlessly delineated; and all true friends of freedom and real philanthropists
must admire the work and bless its author. The Times newspaper has endeavored to
run down “The Mysteries of the People,” but when we assure our readers that it was this
tale which won for Eugene Sue his election as Member for Paris in the beginning of May,
the fact alone will prove a sufficient refutation of the scandalous aspersions and malignant
falsehoods of that despot-loving journal.”
—Reynolds's Miscellany.
This work will be completed on or about the first of November. Three parts
have already appeared. The whole will be published complete, in one volume,
as soon as received in this country.
Published and for sale wholesale and retail by
W. F. BURGESS, 22 Ann Street, N. Y.
