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Show Wl!A'l' THE PRESS SAY. The contents of the work arc of the first orUcr nnU. uncxccptionablc.- Rod•esler D.tif,lj Union. '!'he story is not only well written, but it h1.s mcriL'i in the dramatic grottpitlg of ittcident..<;, graphic dclittcation of' cltan•etcr, and I he :dlCcting intcrc~t which attracts and supports the rc·td(·r's attention through the whole worl•, from the opclling sccuc to the finuJc.-R ochesler Daily Democrat. This is a new work from the pen of the giftcU nuthor of the "Silver Lake Stori ·~-" It is g-ot up in a style of lllcchanieal elegance equal to the i"::;ucs of Putnam and Appleton, and the quality of its contents will not IJc fOund behind tlmt of threefourths of the publication!-! that emanate from the pens of more wide-known author::;, nnd from publishing houses that Ctnpluy none but tho best wrilers.-Canandaigult .Ucssenger. It is n storyilosigned to illustmto tho deplomble clTccts of a neglect of proper parenL.'ll disci pline in infancy; in a well written preface, the authoress, " Uousin Ciccly," as~urcs us it is ~ubstuntially a narrative of facU!. It traces the curerr of a. spoiled and petted boy, whose mother was too wf'ak aiHI indolent to restrain him us she ought, throuf!h the several stag-es of a pcrvl'rsc childhood, a. reckless boyhood, and a passionate, nngo\'ernable youth. till this victim uf a parent'~ fUlly is funnd in ;t !Cion's cell, wltl~ tJlC mnrk of Cain on his bruw.-.,Ju!Jw·n D,ti(J .J lverlisel'. 'l'lw nnthorcs!-1, who, by the way, nc(•d not be afi'rt id to sail under hrr own }Jropc>r colors hcreaflPr, c laim:'! that most of the incidenU! arc taken from real life; a very creditable U\'Crmcnt, a.9 the worli, with slight modifications in each indivitlu:1l cao;;e, would prove a faithful portraiture of tlte early t raining- and snb::.wqnent career of nine-tf'nths of the Yictims of the gallows, and of the penitentiary.-Mirror, L_yons, /V: l ': The writer of thi..:, ;uHl of nnny othf'r ple·ts'Jnt volnmes" Cousin Cicciy," as sh0 chooses to IJc c;tJINI-i;, gifted with rare talents, which she is wisely devoting to useful ends. Her chuming "Silver L·tl.:c Stones," have eJICcted much good, und this . IVIIA1' TilE PRESS SAY. 3 work IS "'f'll C'! c 1 l.trgcr ttn,l of ,· u atPrl to do tlu.: S:tlltf', both with children of UJC rious ll:tllltesa~·;;l'l'll<lJlt~ll(·r: ~r~)l·:·th. • _ ~ • Difii~ulti:s of vnUtc cut;t..'>trophc ol',the ~~,~ l:tst .md tnost llllpn~·lmt of '' lm·h h;m,gs (;Ut\:i, i!) for the rca l , . t ? . Hut'' hat th:ll JS, amlltow the book Jou,lwl. { l;l' to ftud out, not for us to t.cll.-.(Jtban!J Eve • • • One of the il · . ling upon home ufi:Cc. omcs~JC _sort-spcakmg of home, ilwcJ. of co1muon life, yet ~~~::~~\ 1•_umly ~l~aru~tcr, an1l the incidents ll:trnttive 1t I I y mtercst~~tz ,Js the tttost romantic tut.ious p;aise. ~~ tn?t h~cn paraded before the public with ostcnthan tn;my w:nk~J t;~a:vll,l _be filr more acc~ptable to tJlC reader without beiJW abl t h,l\ c tllll~ attracted mtercst in advance, .,. , e o meet and repay il-Jll!Jany .!lllas. |
