The Shadow of the Bottle

"The Shadow of the Bottle": A Temperance Anthology (1915) This illustrated temperance compendium, published by Review and Herald Publishing Association, comprises narrative and poetic works advancing prohibition. The collection includes the titular story by G. B. Thompson, depicting alcohol's destruction of home and morality. Other pieces include "A Bottle of Tears," "Tom Darcy; Or, Only the Husk," "The Bridal Wine Cup," and "The Prisoner at the Bar." A narrative describes a tramp in a New Orleans barroom delivering an eloquent testimony on his degradation from respected man to vagrant through drink, and another account of a professional gentleman renouncing whisky after a beggar's warning. The volume incorporates essays ("Why Prohibition," "National Prohibition and State Rights"), verse including "The Drunkard's Daughter" and "The Fence or the Ambulance," and historical overviews like "The Growth of the Prohibition Movement." Material derives from *Youth's Instructor* temperance numbers, intended for state prohibition campaigns.