Text: Edgar Allan Poe (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), September 27, 1845, vol. 2, no. 12, p. ???, col. ?

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Wrongs of American Women. First Series. The Elliott Family; or the Trials of New York Seamstresses. By Charles Burdett, Author of “Never too Late” etc. etc. New-York: E. Winchester.

The Author of “Never too Late” has attained an enviable reputation for the truthfulness and interest of his moral and domestic tales. “The Elliott Family” is the first of a series for which we bespeak the attention of our readers — a series whose subject (The Wrongs of American Women) should and must recommend it to all except those interested in the persecutions which it will expose and condemn. The story is one of intense pathos and the greater portion of it is absolutely true — the names of the parties only being changed. We hope every honorable man connected with the press will use his utmost exertions to give currency to this all-important series of books.