Madelyn Craig’s Reviews > Basil; Or, Honesty and Industry > Status Update

I am enjoying the book, but I enjoy the parts focused on Basil more than those on other characters. While I think it offers good lessons, certain parts are quite pushy. It’s obvious this was written by someone who was part of the temperance movement, and they took that too far. Still, other parts are necessarily uncomfortable and, though they would be harsh to the modern reader, they are good lessons all the same.