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 the Southern-looking man left the cabin with the exclamation, 'Damn fools!'"

In the autumn of 1854, Dr. Brown published his "Sketches of Places and People Abroad," that met with a rapid sale, and which the New York Tribune said, was "well-written and intensely interesting."

His drama, entitled "The Dough Face," written shortly after, and read by him before lyceums, gave general satisfaction wherever it was heard.

Indeed, in this particular line the doctor seems to excel, and the press was unanimous in its praise of his efforts. The Boston Journal characterized the drama and its reading as "interesting in its composition, and admirably rendered."

"The Escape; or, Leap for Freedom," followed the "Dough Face," and this drama gave an amusing picture of slave life, and was equally as favorably received by the public.

In 1863, Dr. Brown brought out "The Black Man," a work which ran through ten editions in three years, and which was spoken of by the press in terms of the highest commendation, and of which Frederick Douglass wrote in his own paper,—

"Though Mr. Brown's book may stand alone upon its own merits, and stand strong, yet while reading its interesting pages,—abounding in fact and argument, replete with eloquence, logic, and learning, clothed with simple yet eloquent language,—it is hard to repress