Hell! Where? What? Why?

We are aware that in presenting the subject herein treated we are dealing with a very unpopular, and to many a very unpalatable theme. Some will be ready to endorse, some will reject it, while others will occupy a middle ground. However, we hope everyone who may see this little treatise will give it an impartial reading all the way through. Frequently the merit of a book is unjustly criticized because only certain chapters are hastily read.
We are indebted to various works for the thoughts and arguments used, though we have greatly abbreviated them for the convenience and interest of the reader. Our object has been to present in compact form and at a small price, wholesome views upon this important subject, and thus do what we can toward the elimination of error and the awakening of souls. Should the reader desire to investigate this subject more elaborately we refer him to the following orthodox works, viz.:
Humphrey's "Hell and Damnation." Parks' "Lectures on Future Punishment," Tillet's "Future and Eternal Punishment," Grant's "Eternal Punishment," Showers' "Doctrine of Future Punishment,"
Moses Stuart's "Future Punishment," Hitchcock's "Geology," Edwards' "Reply to Dr. Chauncey," etc.
E. E. Shelhamer