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The most Authentic and Entertaining Life of Napoleon.

Memoirs of Napoleon,

HIS COURT AND FAMILY.

BY THE DUCHESS D’ABRANTES, (Madame Junot.)

Two Volumes, 8vo. 1134 pages. Price $4.

List of Steel Engravings contained in this Illustrated Edition.

NAPOLEON. JOSEPHINE. MARIA LOUISA, DUKE OF REICHSTADT, MADAME LAETITIA BONAPARTE, CHARLES BONAPARTE,

LUCIEN BONAPARTE, MARSHAL JUNOT, CHARLES BONAPARTE, PAULINE BONAPARTE, ELIZA BONAPARTE, JEROME BONAPARTE,

LOUIS BONAPARTE, CARDINAL FESCH, LOUISA, QUEEN OF PRUSSIA, JOSEPH BONAPARTE.

Probably no writer has had the same opportunities for becoming acquainted with

NAPOLEON THE GREAT

as the Duchess D’Abrantes. Her mother rocked him in his cradle, and when he quitted Brienne and came to Paris, she guided and protected his younger days. Scarcely a day passed without his visiting her house during the period which preceded his departure for Italy as

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

Abundant occasion was therefore had for watching the development of the great genius who afterwards became the master of the greater part of Europe.

MARSHAL JUNOT,

who became allied to the author of this work by marriage, was the intimate friend of Napoleon, and figured in most of the

BRILLIANT ENGAGEMENTS

which rendered him the greatest military captain of the age. No interruption took place in the intimacy which she enjoyed, so that in all these scenes, embracing a period of nearly

THIRTY YEARS,

the Duchess became familiar with all the secret springs of

NAPOLEON’S ACTIONS,

either through her husband or by her own personal knowledge and observation at the Court of Napoleon.

JOSEPHINE,

whose life and character so peculiarly attract the attention of all readers, occupies a great part of the first volume. The character and the deeds of

• THE EMPERORS AND KINGS,
• THE GREAT MEN OF THE DAY,
• THE MARSHALS OF THE EMPIRE,
• THE DISTINGUISHED LADIES OF THE COURT,

are described with minuteness, which personal observation only admits of. The work is written in that

FAMILIAR GOSSIPING STYLE,

and so interspersed with anecdotes that the reader never wearies. She has put every thing in her book—great events and small.

• BATTLES AND BALLS,
• COURT INTRIGUES AND BOUDOIR GOSSIP,
• TREATIES AND FLIRTATIONS,

making two of the most charming volumes of memoirs, which will interest the reader in spite of himself.

Opinions of the Press.

“These anecdotes of Napoleon are the best yet given to the world, because the most intimate and familiar.”—London Literary Gazette.

“We consider the performance now before us as more authentic and amusing than any other of its kind.”—London Quarterly Review.

“Every thing relating to Napoleon is eagerly sought for and read in this country as well as in Europe, and this work, with its extraordinary attractions, will not fail to command a wide circulation. Madame Junot possessed qualifications for writing a semi-domestic history of the great Corsican which no other person, male or female, could command.”—Life Illustrated. [324]

A Work abounding in Exciting Scenes and Remarkable Incidents.

Capt. Canot;

OR,

TWENTY YEARS OF AN AFRICAN SLAVER:

BEING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS CAREER AND ADVENTURES ON THE COAST, IN THE INTERIOR, ON SHIPBOARD, AND IN THE WEST INDIES.

Written out and Edited from the Captain’s Journals, Memoranda, and Conversations.

BY BRANTZ MAYER.

One Volume, 12mo. With eight Illustrations. Price $1 25.

Criticisms of the Press.

“The author is a literary gentleman of Baltimore, no Abolitionist, and we believe the work to be a truthful account of the life of a man who saw much more than falls to the lot of most men.”—Commonwealth.

“A remarkable volume is this: because of its undoubted truth: it having been derived by Mayer from personal conversations with Canot, and from journals which the slaver furnished of his own life.”—Worcester Palladium.

“Capt. Canot, the hero of the narrative, is, to our own knowledge, a veritable personage, and resides in Baltimore. There is no doubt that the main incidents connected with his extraordinary career are in every respect true.”—Arthur’s Home Gazette.

“Under one aspect, as the biography of a remarkable man who passed through a singularly strange and eventful experience, it is as interesting as any sea story that we have ever read.”—Boston Evening Traveller.

“Capt. Canot has certainly passed through a life of difficulty, danger, and wild, daring adventure, which has much the air of romance, and still he, or rather his editor, tells the tale with so much straightforwardness, that we cannot doubt its truthfulness.”—New York Sunday Despatch.

“The work could not have been better done if the principal actor had combined the descriptive talent of De Foe with the astuteness of Fouché and the dexterity of Gil Blas, which traits are ascribed to the worthy whose acquaintance we shall soon make by his admiring editor.”—N. Y. Tribune.

“The general style of the work is attractive, and the narrative spirited and bold—well suited to the daring and hazardous course of life led by the adventurer. This book is illustrated by several excellent engravings.”—Baltimore American.

“The biography of an African slaver as taken from his own lips, and giving his adventures in this traffic for twenty years. With great natural keenness of perception and complete communicativeness, he has literally unmasked his real life, and tells both what he was and what he saw, the latter being the Photograph of the Negro in Africa, which has been so long wanted. A nephew of Mr. Mayer has illustrated the volume with eight admirable drawings. We should think no book of the present day would be received with so keen an interest.”—Home Journal.

“Capt. Canot has passed most of his life since 1819 on the ocean, and his catalogue of adventures at sea and on land, rival in grotesqueness and apparent improbability the marvels of Robinson Crusoe.”—Evening Post.

“If stirring incidents, hair-breadth escapes, and variety of adventure, can make a book interesting, this must possess abundant attractions.”—Newark Daily Advertiser.

“This is a true record of the life of one who had spent the greater part of his days in dealing in human flesh. We commend this book to all lovers of adventure.”—Boston Christian Recorder.

“We would advise every one who is a lover of ‘books that are books’—every one who admires Le Sage and De Foe, and has lingered long over the charming pages of Gil Blas and Robinson Crusoe—every one, pro-slavery or anti-slavery, to purchase this book.”—Buffalo Courier. [325]

Rev. Samuel Osgood’s Two Popular Books.

I.

Mile Stones in our Life Journey.

SECOND EDITION.

One Volume, 12mo. Cloth. Price $1.

Opinions of the Press.

“In so small a compass, we rarely meet with more Catholic sympathies, and with a clearer or more practical view of the privileges enjoyed by, and the duties enjoined, upon us all, at any stage of our mortal pilgrimage.”—Church Journal.

“Some passages remind us forcibly of Addison and Goldsmith.”—Independent.

“This little volume is one of those books which are read by all classes at all stages of life, with an interest which loses nothing by change or circumstances.”—Pennsylvanian.

“He writes kindly; strongly and readably; nor is there any thing in this volume of a narrow, bigoted, or sectarian character.”—Life Illustrated.

“His counsels are faithful and wholesome, his reflection touching, and the whole is clothed in a style graceful and free.”—Hartford Relig. Herald.

“This is a volume of beautiful and cogent essays, virtuous in motive, simple in expression, pertinent and admirable in logic, and glorious in conclusion and climax.”—Buffalo Express.

“It is written with exquisite taste, is full of beautiful thought most felicitously expressed, and is pervaded by a genial and benevolent spirit.”—Dr. Sprague.

“Almost every page has a tincture of elegant scholarship, and bears witness to an extensive reading of good authors.”—Bryant.

II.

The Hearth-Stone;

THOUGHTS UPON HOME LIFE IN OUR CITIES.

BY SAMUEL OSGOOD,

AUTHOR OF “STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN BIOGRAPHY,” “GOD WITH MEN,” ETC.

FOURTH EDITION.

One Volume, 12mo. Cloth. Price $1.

Criticisms of the Press.

“This is a volume of elegant and impressive essays on the domestic relations and religious duties of the household. Mr. Osgood writes on these 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 from 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. [326]

A Great National Work.

Party Leaders.

SKETCHES OF

JEFFERSON, HAMILTON, RANDOLPH, JACKSON, AND CLAY:

Including Notices of many other Distinguished American Statesmen.

BY J. G. BALDWIN,

(Now of San Francisco, California.) Author of “Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi.”

One Volume, 12mo. Cloth. Price $1.

OPINIONS OF EMINENT MEN.

From Ex-President Fillmore.

I have read “Party Leaders” with great satisfaction and delight, and return you a thousand thanks for the pleasure and instruction I have derived from the perusal.

From Honorable Edward Everett.

What little I have as yet been able to read of it, has impressed me very favorably in reference to the ability and impartiality with which it is drawn up. I am prepared to read it with interest and advantage, in consequence of the pleasure I derived from “The Flush Times in Alabama.”

From Honorable J. P. Kennedy.

I was greatly delighted with the fine, discriminating, acute insight with which the characters presented in the work are drawn, and with the eloquent style of the sketches. I but repeat the common opinion of the best judges, which I hear every where expressed, when I commend these qualities of the book.

“The Flush Times of Alabama” had whetted my desire to see this second production of Mr. Baldwin’s pen, and I can hardly express to you the agreeable surprise I enjoyed in finding a work of such surpassing merit in a tone and manner so entirely different from the first—demonstrating that double gift in the author which enables him to excel in two such opposite departments of literature.

From Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, U. S. Senator from Virginia.

I have read “Party Leaders” with great pleasure. It is written with ability, and with freshness, and grace of style, * * * The chapters on Randolph are capital.

From Hon. James M. Mason, U. S. Senator from Virginia.

I have heard “Party Leaders” highly commended by those competent to judge, but confess I was not prepared for the intellectual and literary feast its rich pages have yielded.

As a literary work, I shall be much disappointed if it does not place its author at once in the first rank of American literature, and even in old England. I shall look for its place next to, if not by the side of, the kindred works of McIntosh and Macaulay.

From a Distinguished Statesman.

It is a noble production, full of profound thought, discriminating judgment, just criticism, and elevated sentiments, all expressed in the most captivating and eloquent style. It is a book just according to my fancy, and, I think, one of the most captivating in our language. [327]

A Practical Book on the Breeding of Fish.

A COMPLETE TREATISE ON

Artificial Fish-Breeding:

INCLUDING THE REPORTS ON THE SUBJECT MADE TO THE FRENCH ACADEMY AND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, AND PARTICULARS OF THE DISCOVERY AS PURSUED IN ENGLAND.

TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY

WM. H. FRY.

ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS.

One Volume. 12mo. Cloth. Price 75 cents.

Opinions of the Press.

“A very genial and entertaining, though practical and scientific book. No one who loves the existence in our rivers, brooks, or lakes, of trout and salmon, should be without it.”—Broome Republic.

“In this little volume, the whole process of fish-culture is described so plainly and with so much minuteness that any person will have no difficulty in informing himself sufficiently well to engage in the business; provided he has the necessary facilities and leisure, with a good running stream or pond, and the proper attention, a great brood of fishes may be hatched from the eggs, and raised up for the market or the table; and such delicacies are trout and salmon, that it is evident that the business of producing them for sale may be made profitable.”—Worcester Palladium.

“This discovery is treated as a matter of great public benefit in France and England, where it is practised under the direction and patronage of Government, and is beginning to work its results in stocking rivers and lakes, with the finest species of fish, where few or none have before existed for many years.”—Ohio Cultivator.

“Every farmer who has a stream flowing through his land, or miller who wishes to turn his ponds to some account, should make himself acquainted with the details of the book.”—Newark Daily Advertiser. [328]

“A GREAT, A GLORIOUS BOOK.”—Cour. & Enq.

D. APPLETON & CO., 346 & 348 BROADWAY,

HAVE JUST PUBLISHED

THE VIRGINIA COMEDIANS;

OR,

Old Days in the Old Dominion.

FROM THE MSS. OF

C. EFFINGHAM, Esq.

Two vols. 12mo. paper, $1; cloth, $1 50.

A volume which has been pronounced the best novel of the day.

Peruse the criticisms of the following papers.

“It is not only unlike the monstrous mass of efforts which have preceded it—and therefore, attractive in the light of comparison, and for its perfect newness—but it is freighted with such an ardor of style, fervor of imagination, beauty of description, both as regards characters and scenes, and a plenitude of genial spirit, that its reader is sure to be its lover.

“The story, which commences about the middle of the last century, is located in Virginia, its personæ in dramatis being composed of many choice spirits who figured, or were supposed to figure, at that period. We have not seen its equal for many a day, and heartily apply to it the old verse,

Buffalo Courier.

“The period of the story is about the middle of the last century; the place Williamsburg, Virginia, and its vicinity; the characters Virginia gentlemen of that day and generation, among whom comes Beatrice Hallam, the leading actress of a company of comedians of that ilk, and one of the most striking, truthful, and lovable characters in modern fiction. The interest of the book never flags. The characters are such that we cannot be indifferent to them, and the author absorbs us in their actions and their fate.”—Courier & Enquirer.

“The tone of the book is intensely national. It has come on us completely by surprise, for we had no conception of its character, until we were half through the first volume, and we must confess that we were at the outset extremely unprepared for such a display of literary power.”—N. Y. Express. [329]

“Chestnut Wood will light up many a hearth with pleasure.”

CHESTNUT WOOD:

An American Tale.

BY LIELE LINDEN.

Two volumes, 12mo. Paper covers, $1 25; cloth, $1 75.

PLOT OF THE STORY.

Chestnut Wood is a country-seat, near Sleepy Hollow, owned and occupied by Mr. Atherton, a man of stern but not unkind disposition. The better feelings of his heart are brought into action, by the circumstances of his young grand-daughter, Sybil, the heroine of the tale, who is thrown, by the death of her mother at a farm-house in the vicinity, where she has been rescued from exposure on the road, upon his protection. The father of Sybil, as may be inferred from the fate of her mother, is a worthless scoundrel, who endeavors, with the help of associates as worthless as himself, to get possession of the child. They succeed in carrying her off, and concealing her in New York, where they employ her as an unconscious agent in the circulation of counterfeit money. She escapes from the wardship of an old misshapen hag, Moll, and is brought back to her home at Chestnut Wood; where, however, she is still subject to occasional manifestations from the same source.

Opinions of the Press.

“One of the pleasantest characters in the book is Jerry Goldsmith, a Yankee Caleb Quotem, ready to turn his hand to any thing, and more profuse in promise than performance.”—Churchman.

“One who has read it from preface to finis, pronounces it delightful; and hence our praise. She says there are spots that those who have tears can cry over, but never so sad that the tears need scald much.”—N. Y. Daily Times.

“We commend to men, women, and even children, a perusal of ‘Chestnut Wood.’ ”—Lawrence Sentinel.

“This work will be read. It has all the elements of a successful book, viz.: originality, interest, power, and strong characterization.”—Berks County Press.

“It will please from its truthfulness to nature, and from the effect it will leave on the mind of the reader.”—Hartford Courant.

“Its plot is well developed, is ingenious, but not too intricate, and is managed throughout with the skill of a master.”—Palladium.

“The characters are very well and forcibly drawn, particularly the ‘cute Yankee,’ Jerry Goldsmith.”—Mobile Adv. [330]

“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. [331]

New Copyright Works, Adapted for Popular Reading.

JUST PUBLISHED.

BY D. APPLETON & CO.

I.

PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EXPLORATIONS AND INCIDENTS IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, SONORA, AND CHIHUAHUA, CONNECTED WITH THE MEXICAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION, DURING THE YEARS 1850, ’51, ’52, and ’53.

BY JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT,

United States Commissioner during that period.

In 2 vols. 8vo, of nearly 600 pages each, printed with large type and on extra fine paper, to be illustrated with nearly 100 wood-cuts, sixteen tinted lithographs and a beautiful map, engraved on steel, of the extensive regions traversed. Price, $5.

II.

AFRICA AND THE AMERICAN FLAG.

BY ANDREW H. FOOTE,

Lieutenant Commanding the U. S. Brig Porpoise, on the Coast of Africa, 1851–’53.

With tinted lithographic illustrations. One volume 12mo.

III.

CAPT. CANOT; OR, TWENTY YEARS OF A SLAVER’S LIFE.

EDITED BY BRANTZ MAYER.

With numerous illustrations. One vol. 12mo, cloth.

IV.

RUSSIA AS IT IS.

BY THE COUNT DE GUROWSKI.

One vol. 12mo, cloth.

V.

TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE; OR, LIFE IN KENTUCKY.

BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.

One vol. 12mo, paper cover or cloth.

VI.

FARMINGDALE.

A TALE BY CAROLINE THOMAS.

One vol. 12mo, paper cover or cloth.

⁂ Excels in interest, and is quite equal in its delineation of character to The “Wide, Wide World.”

VII.

THE HIVE OF THE BEE HUNTER.

BY T. B. THORPE.

With several illustrations. One vol. 12 mo, cloth. [332]

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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 a 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. [333]

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HAVE JUST PUBLISHED

LIFE IN ABYSSINIA,

Being the Personal Narrative of an Englishman, a long resident in the Country.

By MANSFIELD PARKYNS, Esq.

With Illustrations. 2 vols. 12mo. Price, $2 50. Cloth.

LITERARY CRITICISMS.

“Of one thing we are convinced, and that is, that few that take up “Life In Abyssinia,” will lay it down without reading it through, and without exclaiming when they come to the end “what an amusing book this is, and what an agreeable savage is Mansfield Parkyns.”—Blackwood’s Magazine.

“Since the appearance of “Typee and Omoo,” we have soon no more agreeable volumes of travel than those of Mr. Parkyns.”—Eve. Post.

“Mr. Mansfield Parkyns is no tourist, but a genuine traveller. In acquaintance with Eastern languages and manners he is a Burckhardt; his liking for Natural History and assiduity as a collector, reminds us of Waterton; while in his passion for the chase, and occasional introduction of elephants, giraffes, and lions, he bears an obvious likeness to Campbell or Gordon Cumming.”—Dublin Magazine.

“Remarkably entertaining and interesting volumes, brimful of adventures and life. We have read them with perfect gusto, and cordially join Blackwood’s recommendation.”—Boston Atlas.

“A story of three years in Abyssinian life, by one so keen in observation and fond of adventure as Mr. Parkyns could not but promise a great attraction; and no one who opens this book will lay it down in disappointment. He sketches the incidents of his travels with great distinctness and vividness and portrays character, wherever he meets it, capitally.”—N. Y. Courier.

“The author appears to have become thoroughly naturalized among the singular people with whom it was his lot to dwell, and tells the story of his adventures with a liveliness and freedom from reserve that are extremely captivating.”—Jour. of Com.

“Dullness certainly has no share in Mr. Parkyns’ composition—it is a capital book.”—U. S. Gazette.

“This is no ordinary production.”—Albany Argus.

“Attractive as a romance while they have the merit of usefulness.”—Boston Cour.

“The most interesting book of travel issued from the press in many years.”—Phila. Courier.

“In every respect the volumes are truly attractive.”—American Courier.

“We have been highly amused, and, we must say, instructed, in the perusal of Mr. Parkyns’ adventures.”—Buffalo Democrat.

“We do not hesitate to commend the book to our readers—it will amply repay their attention.”—Hartford Times.

“The work fulfils all the author promises.”—Christian Register.

“To all who are in any kind of trouble from hot weather, bad temper, unpaid bills, and the like annoyances, we would recommend this book.”—Providence Journal.

“The style is pleasant and many of the incidents are piquant and startling.”—Rochester American.

“These are two delightful volumes of travel, fresh, racy and glowing with life.”—Com. Advertiser. [334]

MRS. COWDEN CLARKE’S NEW ENGLISH NOVEL.

The Iron Cousin, or Mutual Influence,

BY MARY COWDEN CLARKE,

Author of “The Girlhood of Shakspeare’s Heroines,” the “Complete Concordance to Shakspeare,” &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 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 refined 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 shows 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.”