GRAPPLING WITH THE MONSTER

or, The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink

by

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
extended to twice its present length, nor a fact stated, or argument