At last this book has been published; three times it has been destroyed by fire.

My Dear Sir:-I am like all other fools looking at

I. W. AMBLER.

'TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION.'

THE LIFE

OF

SERGEANT I. W. AMBLER,

EMBRACING

HIS NATIVITY, POVERTY, AND TOIL WHEN BUT A CHILD IN THE COAL-
MINES OF ENGLAND; HIS CONNECTION WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, SUF-
FERINGS AND DISSIPATION; HIS ESCAPE TO THE UNITED STATES,

AND DISSIPATION CONTINUED; HIS CONVERSION IN NEW-
BURYPORT, MASS., UNDER THE LABORS OF REV. DANIEL

PIKE; HIS LABORS IN THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE

AND AS CITY MISSIONARY IN BIDDEFORD, ME.;

AND EFFORTS, SACRIFICES, AND SUFFER-

INGS FOR HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY DUR-

ING THE LATE GREAT REBELLION.

THE WHOLE ILLUSTRATING THE FACT WITH WHICH WE START, THAT 'TRUTH IS
STRANGER THAN FICTION,' AND MUCH MORE HEALTHY FOR THE
MORALS OF THE PEOPLE.

Twelbe Illustrations.

BOSTON:

LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.

NEW YORK:

LEE, SHEPARD & DILLINGHAM.

1883.