A dream prophetic: or, Bacchus dethroned. A temperance poem by a Working Man

Bacchus dethroned

Aberdeen: George Morrice

1875 per National Library of Scotland

8 pages

Chapbook #5 in a bound collection of 17 chapbooks

ballads & songs

The chapbook begins with a “Publisher’s Preface” describing the evils intemperance and alcohol in this troubled time, and supporting the author in his desire for a society governed by temperance and the absence of drink. In the verses of the chapbook, the author describes a vision he has of Aberdeen, one hundred years in the future. He scarcely recognizes his city, clean of all crime, filth, and poverty and filled with happy, productive people, all due to the absence of alcohol which had been abolished for a century. The author paints a picture of an almost utopian society, describing with pleasure all the good that would come from a society of temperance, in religion, economics, and politics. In the end, he is disappointed to wake up and discover it was nothing but a dream. This chapbook is part of a collection of chapbooks produced in Aberdeen which have been bound together in this volume.

Crime

Religion and Morals

Alcohol

Chapbooks - Scotland - Aberdeen

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