Grappling with the Monster, by T. S. Arthur

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Title: Grappling with the Monster

Author: T. S. Arthur

Release Date: September 21, 2004 [eBook #13509]

Language: English

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GRAPPLING WITH THE MONSTER

or, The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink

T. S. ARTHUR

Author of "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room," "Three Years in a Man-Trap," "Cast Adrift," "Danger," etc.

[Illustration: IN THE MONSTER'S CLUTCHES. Body and Brain on Fire.]

INTRODUCTION.

In preparing this, his latest volume, the author found himself embarrassed from the beginning, because of the large amount of material which came into his hands, and the consequent difficulty of selection and condensation. There is not a chapter which might not have been ext

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