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GRACE AGUILAR’S WORKS.
I.
HOME SCENES AND HEART STUDIES.
One vol. 12mo. Paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
“With this volume, which completes the series in which the delineation of the character of woman has been the chief design, the public now have the Works of Grace Aguilar, the intrinsic interest and value of which have won for them an enviable reputation. This last of the series consists of a variety of tales and sketches well calculated to awaken sentiments of purse affection, and inspire the heart with nobler and holier sensibilities, by its impressive illustrations of the delights of Home.”—Tribune.
“Her books all bear the impress of genius, consecrated to the noblest purposes. They may be put into the hands of all classes, without the least hesitation; and no better service could be rendered to the age, than to inspire it with a love for these productions. We recommend this series of books to our readers, and especially to our female readers. Let them get and read the writings of this champion of their sex.”—Observer.
II.
THE MOTHER’S RECOMPENSE.
12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
“It is a fragrant offering to the cause of domestic virtue and happiness.”—Albany Atlas.
“In this domestic circle, and by all our fair readers, this excellent story will meet with a cordial welcome.”—Home Journal.
III.
WOMAN’S FRIENDSHIP.
A Story of Domestic Life. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents; paper, 50 cents.
“This work should find a welcome in every family circle, where it is so well calculated to do good.”—Commercial Advertiser.
“The style of this production closely resembles that of Miss Edgeworth. It is one of those vivid pictures of every day life that never fails to please.”—N. O. True Delta.
IV.
THE VALE OF CEDARS; OR, THE MARTYR.
A Story of Spain in the Fifteenth Century. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
“The grace and vigor of the style, the masterly manner in which the details of the story are managed, and its thrilling interest, render the book one of the most absorbing that we have read for some time.”—Newark Daily Advertiser.
V.
THE WOMEN OF ISRAEL.
Two vols. 12mo. Paper, $1; cloth, $1.50.
“By no writer have the characters of the celebrated Women of Israel been so correctly appreciated, or eloquently delineated. Those high attainments of piety, those graces of spirit, which have placed them in the rank of examples for all subsequent generations, are spread before us with a geniality of spirit and a beauty of style which will secure the warmest admiration; at the same time their weaknesses and errors are not overlooked or excused.”—Courier and Enquirer.
VI.
THE DAYS OF BRUCE.
A Story from Scottish History. 2 vols. 16mo. Paper, $1; cloth, $1.60
“This truly delightful work takes a higher position than that of a novel. It is full of sound instruction, close and logical reasoning, and is fill with practical lessons of every day character, which renders it desirable book for the young.”—Albany Register.
Dumas’s last and best Book.
D. APPLETON & COMPANY,
HAVE JUST READY THE FIFTH THOUSAND OF
THE FORESTERS.
BY ALEX. DUMAS.
TRANSLATED FROM THE AUTHOR’S ORIGINAL MSS.
1 neat vol. 12mo. in paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
CONTENTS.—To my Daughter.—The New House on the Road to Soissons.—Mathieu Goguelue.—A Bird of Evil Omen.—Catherine Blum.—The Parisian.—Jealousy.—Father and Mother.—The Return.—Mademoiselle Euphrosine Raisin.—Love’s Young Dream.—The Abbé Gregoire.—Father and Son.—The Village Fête.—A Snake in the Grass.—Temptation and Crime.—The Ranger’s Home.—Apprehension.—The Book of the Innocent.—Mathieu’s Trial.
Notices of the Press.
“A lively story of love, jealousy, and intrigue.”—N. Y. Com. Advertiser.
“Another proof of Dumas’s unrivalled talent.”—Middletown Sentinel.
“The tale is a simple one, but exciting and interesting. The scene is laid in Villers-Cotterêts in France. The reputation of the author is so firmly established, that in our stating that the translation is a faithful one, our readers who are novel readers will have heard sufficient.”—Phila. Register.
“A capital story. The reader will find the interest increase to the end.”—Phila. Gaz.
“The present volume fully sustains the high reputation of its author; it shows a very high order of genius. The translation is such perfectly good English, that we easily forget that we are not reading the work in the language in which it was originally written.”—Albany Argus.
“A short, but stirring romance.”—Boston Atlas.
“This work of Dumas’s is an interesting one. The plot is well laid, and the incidents hurry on, one after another, so rapidly that the interest is kept up to the close.”—Hartford Courant.
“It is a capital story, and an unmistakable Dumas’s work. To say this, is to bestow upon it sufficient praise.”—Troy Times.
“This new story of Dumas will afford a delightful resource for a leisure hour.”—The Bizarre.
“This very entertaining novel is indubitably one of Dumas’s best efforts; it cannot fail to become widely popular.”—N. Y. Courier.
“A pleasing, romantic love story, written with the author’s usual vigor.”—Newark Adv.
“A quiet domestic tale that must charm all readers.”—Syracuse Daily.
“This is a lively story of love, jealously and intrigue, in a French village.”—Phila. Daily Times.
“The fame of the author will alone secure a wide circulation for this book. He is one of the best novel writers living. ‘The Foresters’ fully sustains his great reputation.”—Troy Daily Times.
“This exceedingly entertaining novel is from the pen of one of the most eminent and celebrated of Modern French novelists—Alexander Dumas.”—Binghampton Republican.
“This production of the celebrated author, is written in the same masterly style for which all his works are noted.”—Hartford Times.
“The Foresters, as a work by itself, is one of many charms. That the book will be eagerly sought after, there can be no doubt. That every reader will admire it is none the less certain.”—Buffalo Morning Express.
“It will be found an interesting story.”—Arthur’s Home Gazette.
“The plot is extremely pleasing, and the book must meet with a ready and extensive sale.”—Syracuse Daily.
A Choice New England Tale.
FARMINGDALE,
A TALE
BY CAROLINE THOMAS.
Two volumes, 12mo., paper covers, 75 cents, or 2 volumes in 1, cloth, $1.
“It is a story of New England life, skilfully told, full of tender interest, healthy in its sentiments and remarkably graphic in its sketches of character. ‘Aunt Betsy’ is drawn to the life.”—Home Gazette.
“Farmingdale is the best novel of the season.”—Eve. Post.
“It will compare favorably with the ‘Lamplighter,’ by Miss Cummings, and the ‘Wide, Wide World,’ by Miss Warner, and in interest it is quite equal to either.”—Boston Transcript.
“‘Farmingdale,’ the work to which we allude, in every page and paragraph, is redolent of its native sky. It is a tale of New England domestic life, in its incidents and manners so true to nature and so free from exaggeration, and in its impulses and motives throughout so throbbing with the real American heart, that we shall not be surprised to hear of as many New England villages claiming to be the scene of its story, as were the cities of Greece that claimed to be the birth place of Homer.”—Philadelphia Courier.
“The story abounds in scenes of absorbing interest. The narration is every where delightfully clear and straightforward, flowing forth towards its conclusion, like a gentle and limpid stream, between graceful hillsides and verdant meadows.”—Home Journal.
“This is a story of country life, written by a hand whose guiding power was a living soul. The pictures of life are speaking and effective. The story is interestingly told and its high moral aim well sustained.”—Syracuse Chronicle.
“‘Farmingdale,’ while it has many points in common with some recent works of fiction, is yet highly original. The author has had the boldness to attempt a novel, the main interest of which does not hinge either upon love or matrimony, nor upon complicated and entangled machinery, but upon a simple and apparently artless narrative of a friendless girl.”—Philadelphia Eve. Mail.
“The author studiously avoids all forced and unnatural incidents, and the equally fashionable affectation of extravagant language. Her style and diction are remarkable for their purity and ease. In the conception and delineation of character she has shown herself possessed of the true creative power.”—Com. Adv.
“A simple yet beautiful story, told in a simple and beautiful manner. The object is to show the devoted affection of a sister to a young brother, and the sacrifices which she made for him from childhood. There is touching simplicity in the character of this interesting female that will please all readers, and benefit many of her sex.”—Hartford Courant.
“The tale is prettily written, and breathes throughout an excellent moral tone.”—Boston Daily Journal.
“We have read this book; it is lively, spirited, and in some parts pathetic. Its sketches of life seem to us at once graceful and vivid.”—Albany Argus.
“The book is well written, in a simple, unpretending style, and the dialogue is natural and easy. It is destined to great popularity among all classes of readers. Parents who object placing ‘love tales’ in the hands of their children, may purchase this volume without fear. The oldest and the youngest will become interested in its fascinating pages, and close it with the impression that it is a good book, and deserving of the greatest popularity.”—Worcester Palladium.
Choice New English Works of Fiction.
I.
THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE.
A Tale. 2 vols. 12mo. Paper, $1.00; cloth, $1.50.
“A novel of really high merit. The characters are most skilfully drawn out in the course of the story. The death of Guy is one of the most touching things we ever read. * * * The work is one of absorbing interest, and what is still better, the moral taught in its pages is eminently healthy and elevating. We commend the book most cordially.”—Com. Adv.
“The whole tone and feeling of this book is good and true. The reader does not require to be told that the author is religious; the right principles, the high sense of duty and honor, softened by the influence of a reverent faith, can be explained on no other hypothesis. It is eminently a book to send the reader away from the perusal better and wiser for the lessons hidden under its deeply interesting narrative.”—London Guardian.
“A well written, spirited and interesting work. It is full of character, sparkling with conversation and picturesque with paintings of nature. The plot is well conceived and handsomely wrought out. There is a freshness of feeling and tone of healthy sentiment about such novels, that recommend them to public favor.”—Albany Spectator.
II.
LIGHT AND SHADE;
OR, THE YOUNG ARTIST
A Tale. By Anna Harriet Drury, author of “Friends and Fortune,” “Eastbury,” &c. 12mo. Paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
“It is a beautiful and ably written story.”—Churchman.
“The story is well written, and will be read with much pleasure as well as profit.”—Lansingburgh Gazette.
“A novel with a deep religious tone, bearing and aim—a most attractive style.”—Springfield Republican.
“We recommend her books to the young, as among those from which they have nothing to fear.”—New Haven Courier.
“A very well told tale, mingling the grave and gay, the tender and severe, in fair proportions. It displays a genius and skill in the writer of no ordinary measure.”—Trib.
III.
THE DEAN’S DAUGHTER;
Or, THE DAYS WE LIVE IN.
By Mrs. Gore. 1 vol. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
“The ‘Dean’s Daughter’ will doubtless be one of the most successful books of the season. It abounds in all those beauties which have hitherto distinguished Mrs. Gore’s novels. The management of the incidents of the story is as clever, the style is as brilliant, the satire as keen, and the conversation as flowing, as in the best of her works.”—Daily News.
“It will be read with pleasure by thousands.”—Herald.
“Mrs. Gore is perhaps the wittiest of modern novelists. Of all the ladies who in later times have taken in hand the weapon of satire, her blade is certainly the most trenchant. A vapid lord or a purse-proud citizen, a money-hunting woman of fashion or a toad-eater, a humbug in short, male or female, and of whatsoever cast or quality he may be, will find his pretensions well castigated in some one or other of her brilliant pages; while scattered about in many places are passages and scenes of infinite tenderness showing that our authoress is not insensible to the gentler qualities of our nature and is mistress of pathos in no common degree.”—Examiner.
“A WORK WHICH BEARS THE IMPRESS OF GENIUS.”
KATHARINE ASHTON.
By the author of “Amy Herbert,” “Gertrude,” &c.
2 vols. 12mo. Paper covers, $1; cloth, $1.50.
Opinions of the Press.
We know not where we will find purer morals, or more valuable “life-philosophy,” than in the pages of Miss Sewell.—Savannah Georgian.
The style and character of Miss Sewell’s writings are too well-known to the reading public to need commendation. The present volume will only add to her reputation as an authoress.—Albany Transcript.
This novel is admirably calculated to inculcate refined moral and religious sentiments.—Boston Herald.
The interest of the story is well sustained throughout, and it is altogether one of the pleasantest books of the season.—Syracuse Standard.
Those who have read the former works of this writer, will welcome the appearance of this; it is equal to the best of her preceding novels.—Savannah Republican.
Noble, beautiful, selfish, hard, and ugly characters appear in it, and each is so drawn as to be felt and estimated as it deserves.—Commonwealth.
A re-publication of a good English novel. It teaches self-control, charity, and a true estimation of life, by the interesting history of a young girl.—Hartford Courant.
Katharine Ashton will enhance the reputation already attained, the story and the moral being equally commendable.—Buffalo Courier.
Like all its predecessors, Katharine Ashton bears the impress of genius, consecrated to the noblest purposes, and should find a welcome in every family circle.—Banner of the Cross.
No one can be injured by books like this; a great many must be benefited. Few authors have sent so many faultless writings to the press as she has done.—Worcester Palladium.
The self-denial of the Christian life, in its application to common scenes and circumstances, is happily illustrated in the example of Katharine Ashton, in which there is much to admire and imitate.—Southern Churchman.
Her present work is an interesting tale of English country life, is written with her usual ability, and is quite free from any offensive parade of her own theological tenets.—Boston Traveller.
The field in which Miss Sewell labors, seems to be exhaustless, and to yield always a beautiful and a valuable harvest.—Troy Daily Budget.
D. APPLETON & COMPANY
Have recently published the following interesting works by the same author.
THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE. 1 vol. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. THE EARL’S DAUGHTER. 1 vol. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. GERTRUDE: a Tale. 1 vol. 12mo. Paper, 50 cts.; cloth, 75 cts. AMY HERBERT: A Tale. 1 vol. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. LANETON PARSONAGE. 3 vols. 12mo. Paper, $1.50; cloth, $2.25. MARGARET PERCIVAL. 2 vols. Paper, $1; cloth, $1.50. READING FOR A MONTH. 12mo. cloth, 75 cents. A JOURNAL KEPT DURING A SUMMER TOUR. 1 vol. cloth, $1.00. WALTER LORIMER AND OTHER TALES. Cloth, 75 cents. THE CHILD’S FIRST HISTORY OF ROME. 50 cents. THE CHILD’S FIRST HISTORY OF GREECE. 63 cents.
MRS. COWDEN CLARKE’S NEW ENGLISH NOVEL.
The Iron Cousin, or Mutual Influence.
BY MARY COWDEN CLARKE,
Author of “The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines;” the “Complete Concordance To Shakespeare,” &c.
One handsomely printed volume, large 12mo. over 500 pages. Price $1.25—cloth.
“Mrs. Clarke has given us one of the most delightful novels we have read for many a day, and one which is destined, we doubt not, to be much longer lived than the majority of the books of its class. Its chief beauties are a certain freshness in the style in which the incidents are presented to us—a healthful tone pervading it—a completeness in most of the characters—and a truthful power in the descriptions.”—London Times.
“We have found the volume deeply interesting—its characters are well drawn, while its tone and sentiments are well calculated to exert a purifying and ennobling influence upon all who read it.”—Savannah Republican.
“The scene of the book is village life amongst the upper class, with village episodes, which seem to have been sketched from the life—there is a primitive simplicity and greatness of heart about some of the characters which keep up the sympathy and interest to the end.”—London Globe.
“The reader cannot fail of being both charmed and instructed by the book, and of hoping that a pen so able will not lie idle.”—Pennsylvanian.
“We fearlessly recommend it as a work of more than ordinary merit.”—Binghampton Daily Republic.
“The great moral lesson indicated by the title-page of this book runs, as a golden thread, through every part of it, while the reader is constantly kept in contact with the workings of an inventive and brilliant mind.”—Albany Argus.
“We have read this fascinating story with a good deal of interest. Human nature is well and faithfully portrayed, and we see the counterpart of our story in character and disposition, in every village and district. The book cannot fail of popular reception.”—Albany and Rochester Courier.
“A work of deep and powerful influence.”—Herald.
“Mrs. Cowden Clarke, with the delicacy and artistic taste of refine womanhood, has in this work shown great versatility of talent.”
“The story is too deeply interesting to allow the reader to lay it down till he has read it to the end.”
“The work is skilful in plan, graphic in style, diversified in incident and true to nature.”
“The tale is charmingly imagined. The incidents never exceed probability but seem perfectly natural. In the style there is much quaintness, in the sentiment much tenderness.”
“It is a spirited, charming story, full of adventure, friendship and love, with characters nicely drawn and carefully discriminated. The clear style and spirit with which the story is presented and the characters developed, will attract a large constituency to the perusal.”
“Mrs. Cowden Clarke’s story has one of the highest qualities of fiction—it is no flickering shadow, but seems of real growth. It is full of lively truth, and show nice perception of the early elements of character with which we become acquainted in its wholeness, and in the ripeness of years. The incident is well woven; the color is blood-warm; and there is the presence of a sweet grace and gentle power.”
WORKS BY MISS SEWELL,
PUBLISHED BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY.
I.
THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE: A TALE.
One vol. 12mo. Paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. (Just ready.)
II.
A JOURNAL KEPT DURING A SUMMER TOUR
FOR THE CHILDREN OF A VILLAGE SCHOOL
Three parts in one vol. 12mo. Cloth, $1.
“A very simple and sweetly written work. There is the same natural and graceful detail that mark Miss Sewell’s novels. It will find a great many admirers among the young people, who will be almost as happy as the fair traveller in wandering over the ground on which she has looked with a discriminating eye, and received, and communicated suggestions which, from her enlarged sphere of observation, can hardly fail to enlarge the heart as well as to enrich the intellect.”—Commercial Advertiser.
III.
THE EARL’S DAUGHTER: A TALE.
Edited by the Rev. Wm. Sewell, B. A. One vol. 12mo. Paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
IV.
MARGARET PERCIVAL: A TALE.
Edited by the Rev. Wm. Sewell, B. A. Two vols. 12mo. Paper cover, $1; cloth, $1.50.
V.
GERTRUDE: A TALE.
Edited by the Rev. Wm. Sewell, B. A. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents; paper cover, 50 cents.
VI.
AMY HERBERT: A TALE.
Edited by the Rev. Wm. Sewell, B. A. One vol. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents; paper cover, 50 cents.
VII.
LANETON PARSONAGE: A TALE.
Edited by the Rev. Wm. Sewell, B. A. Three vols. 12mo. Cloth, $2.25; paper cover, $1.50.
VIII.
WALTER LORIMER, AND OTHER TALES.
12mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
IX.
THE CHILD’S FIRST HISTORY OF ROME.
One vol. 16mo. 50 cents.
X.
THE CHILD’S FIRST HISTORY OF GREECE.
One vol. 16mo.
A BOOK FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN FAMILY.
The Hearth-Stone;
THOUGHTS UPON HOME LIFE IN OUR CITIES
BY
SAMUEL OSGOOD,
Author of “Studies in Christian Biography,” “God with Men,” etc.
1 vol. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.
CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS.
“This is a volume of eloquent and impressive essays on the domestic relations and the religious duties of the household. Mr. Osgood writes on those interesting themes in the most charming and animated style, winning the reader’s judgment rather than coercing it to the author’s conclusions. The predominant sentiments in the book are purity, sincerity, and love. A more delightful volume has rarely been published, and we trust it will have a wide circulation, for its influence must be salutary upon both old and young.”—Commercial Advertiser.
“The ‘Hearth-Stone’ is the symbol of all those delightful truths which Mr. Osgood here connects with it. In a free and graceful style, varying form deep solemnity to the most genial and lively tone, as befits his range of subjects, he gives attention to wise thoughts on holy things, and homely truths. His volume will find many warm hearts to which it will address itself.”—Christian Examiner.
“The author of his volume passes through a large circle of subjects, all of them connected with domestic life as it exists in large towns. The ties of relationship—the female character as developed in the true province and empire of woman, domestic life, the education of children, and the training them to habits of reverence—the treatment of those of our households whose lot in life is humbler than ours—the cultivation of a contented mind—the habitual practice of devotion—these and various kindred topics furnish ample matter for touching reflections and wholesome counsels. The spirit of the book is fervently religious, and though no special pains are taken to avoid topics on which religious men differ, it ‘breathes a kindly spirit above the reach of sect or party.’ The author is now numbered among the popular preachers of the metropolis, and those who have listened to his spoken, will not be disappointed with his written, eloquence.”—Evening Post.
“A household book, treating of the domestic relations, the deportment, affections, and duties which belong to the well ordered Christian family. Manly advice and good sense are exhibited in an earnest and affectionate tone, and not without tenderness and truthful sentiment; while withal a Christian view is taken of the serious responsibility which attends the performance of the duties of husband and wife, parent and child, sister and brother. We are particularly pleased with the real practical wisdom, combined with the knowledge of human nature, which renders this volume deserving of careful study by those who desire to make their homes happy.”—New York Churchman.
JULIA KAVANAGH’S WORKS.
I.
DAISY BURNS.
12mo. Two parts. Paper Cover, 75 cents; or in 1 Vol. cloth, $1.
“The clear conception, the forcible delineation, the style, at once elegant and powerful, of Miss Kavanagh’s former works, are exhibited in this, as well as deep thought and sound moral reflection. Every thing presented to the reader, whether thought or image, is elaborated with the finish of a Flemish painting without its grossness; the persons are nicely conceived and consistently sustained, and the principal narrative is relieved by very truthful pictures of every day life and character.”—London Spectator.
“A very delightful tale. * * * The charm of the story is in its naturalness. It is perfectly quiet, domestic, and truthful. In the calm force and homely realities of its scenes it reminds us of Miss Austen.”—Times.
“All her books are written with talent and a woman’s true feeling.”—U. S. Gazette.
“It is full of deep feeling, tenderness, pure feminine sentiment and moral truth.”—Albany Knickerbocker.
II.
NATHALIE.
Two Parts. 12mo. Paper Covers, 75 cents; cloth, $1.
“A work of extraordinary merit, with a far deeper design than merely to arouse, it attempts to solve some of the subtle problems of human nature. Some of the wisest lessons in life are taught in the work, while the artistic skill with which the narrative is managed imparts a vivid interest. The author might be, with a stronger infusion of the poetic element, another Joanna Baillie; and no one will read the work without a high estimate of her dramatic powers and her deep insight.”—Evangelist.
III.
MADELEINE.
One Volume. 12mo. Paper Covers, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
“A charming story, gracefully told. Its intrinsic interest as a narrative, and the tenderness of its pathos will win for it many readers.”—Boston Traveller.
“The character of Madeleine, the heroine, is beautifully drawn and powerfully portrayed. Miss Kavanagh is most known by her excellent novel of ‘Nathalie.’ This book possesses no less interest, though of a very different kind.”—Courier and Enq.
IV.
WOMEN OF CHRISTIANITY.
One Volume. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
“The design and spirit of this volume are alike admirable. Miss Kavanagh divides her work into four periods; the first relates the deeds of holy women under the Roman empire; the second tells us of the fruits of faith in the middle ages; the third is devoted to the women of the seventeenth century; and the fourth to those of the eighteenth and present centuries. We have read many of these records of other days, as told by Miss Kavanagh, and we are sure that the influence upon every Christian-minded person cannot but be for good, if he will meditate upon what our holy religion is every day doing. The volume is well worthy a place in every Christian family.”—Ban. of the Cross.
THE GREAT KENTUCKY NOVEL.
D. APPLETON & COMPANY
HAVE JUST PUBLISHED
Tempest and Sunshine; or, Life in Kentucky.
BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.
One Volume, 12mo. Paper covers, 75 cents; cloth, $1.
These are the most striking and original sketches of American character in the South-western States which have ever been published. The character of Tempest is drawn with all that spirit and energy which characterize the high toned female spirit of the South, while Sunshine possesses the loveliness and gentleness of the sweetest of her sex. The Planter is sketched to the life, and in his strongly marked, passionate, and generous nature, the reader will recognize one of the truest sons of the south-west.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
“The book is well written, and its fame will be more than ephemeral.”—Buffalo Express.
“The story is interesting and finely developed.”—Daily Times.
“A lively romance of western life—the style of the writer is smart, intelligent, and winning, and her story is told with spirit and skill.”—U. S. Gazette.
“An excellent work, and its sale must be extensive.”—Stamford Advocate.
“The whole is relieved by a generous introduction of incident as well as by an amplitude of love and mystery.”—Express.
“A delightful, well written book, portraying western life to the letter. The book abounds in an easy humor, with touching sentences of tenderness and pathos scattered through it, and from first to last keeps up a humane interest that very many authors strive in vain to achieve. ‘Tempest’ and ‘Sunshine,’ two sisters, are an exemplification of the good that to some comes by nature, and to others is found only through trials, temptation, and tribulation. Mr. Middleton, the father of ‘Tempest’ and ‘Sunshine’ is the very soul and spirit of ‘Old Kaintuck,’ abridged into one man. The book is worth reading. There is a healthy tone of morality pervading it that will make it a suitable work to be placed in the hands of our daughters and sisters.”—New York Day Book.
The Great Work on Russia.
Fifth Edition now ready.
RUSSIA AS IT IS.
By Count A. de Gurowski.
One neat volume 12mo., pp. 328, well printed. Price $1, cloth.
CONTENTS.—Preface.—Introduction.—Czarism: its historical origin.—The Czar Nicholas.—The Organization of the Government.—The Army and Navy.—The Nobility.—The Clergy.—The Bourgeoisie.—The Cossacks.—The Real People, the Peasantry.—The Rights of Aliens and Strangers.—The Commoner.—Emancipation.—Manifest Destiny.—Appendix.—The Amazons.—The Fourteen Classes of the Russian Public Service; or, the Tschins.—The Political Testament of Peter the Great.—Extract from an Old Chronicle.
Notices of the Press.
“The author takes no superficial, empirical view of his subject, but collecting a rich variety of facts, brings the lights of a profound philosophy to their explanation. His work, indeed, neglects no essential detail—it is minute and accurate in its statistics—it abounds in lively pictures of society, manners and character. * * * Whoever wishes to obtain an accurate notion of the internal condition of Russia, the nature and extent of her resources, and the practical influence of her institutions, will here find better materials for his purpose than in any single volume now extant.”—N. Y. Tribune.
“This is a powerfully-written book, and will prove of vast service to every one who desires to comprehend the real nature and bearings of the great contest in which Russia is now engaged.”—N. Y. Courier.
“It is original in its conclusions; it is striking in its revelations. Numerous as are the volumes that have been written about Russia, we really hitherto have known little of that immense territory—of that numerous people. Count Gurowski’s work sheds a light which at this time is most welcome and satisfactory.”—N. Y. Times.
“The book is well written, and as might be expected in a work by a writer so unusually conversant with all sides of Russian affairs, it contains so much important information respecting the Russian people, their government and religion.”—Com. Advertiser.
“This is a valuable work, explaining in a very satisfactory manner the internal conditions of the Russian people, and the construction of their political society. The institutions of Russia are presented as they exist in reality, and as they are determined by existing and obligatory laws.”—N. Y. Herald.
“A hasty glance over this handsome volume has satisfied us that it is one worthy of general perusal. * * * It is full of valuable historical information, with very interesting accounts of the various classes among the Russian people, their condition and aspirations.”—N. Y. Sun.
“This is a volume that can hardly fail to attract very general attention, and command a wide sale in view of the present juncture of European affairs, and the prominent part therein which Russia is to play.”—Utica Gazette.
“A timely book. It will be found all that it professes to be, though some may be startled at some of its conclusions.”—Boston Atlas.
“This is one of the best of all the books caused by the present excitement in relation to Russia. It is a very able publication—one that will do much to destroy the general belief in the infallibility of Russia. The writer shows himself master of his subject, and treats of the internal condition of Russia, her institutions and customs, society, laws, &c., in an enlightened and scholarly manner.”—City Item.
MARIA J. McINTOSH’S WORKS.
I.
THE LOFTY AND THE LOWLY,
Or, GOOD IN ALL AND NONE ALL GOOD.
Two vols. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50; paper covers, $1.
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HER WORK AND HER REWARD.
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CHARMS AND COUNTER-CHARMS.
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Transcriber's Note
Minor typographic errors (mismatched quotes, omitted or transposed characters, etc.) have been corrected without note. Hyphenation, capitalisation and spelling of proper names, and use of accents has been made consistent without note. One exception is Canot's forename, which appears as Téodor, Téodore and Theodore throughout the text. This has been left as printed, as has the author's use of some archaic and variable spellings.
Incorrect page number references in the table of contents were amended as follows: 119 to 118; 127 to 126; 215 to 214; 394 to 349.
The footnotes in the original book are sometimes numbered, sometimes lettered. This convention has been retained in this version.
The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page.