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To read a book like this gives one a fresh supply of hope and faith—Albany Press.

There is a note of robust optimism in Peter Clark MacFarlane's stories of "Those Who Have Come Back."—Boston Herald.

Stories of unfortunates who worked out their own salvation by the intelligent help of others.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

All the seven stories have a "punch" in them because the author has seen the real tragedies of life and has written from his heart.—San Francisco Chronicle.

Shows a deep understanding of the underworld and a wide sympathy of its denizens. . . . The book is a remarkable document in every sense of the word.—Boston Transcript.

A book of intense human interest. The book is somewhat parallel to Harold BeglieBegbie [sic]'s "Twice-Born Men," which created a sensation some years ago. It is American, not English, however. Several of the men were reached by the gospel. The story of them all is told by a master of narrative with compelling power.—Springfield (Mass.) Republican.