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Show J. 0. DERBY'S PUBLICATIONS. T H E H I D D E N P A T H. A NOVEL. BY MARION HARLAND. AUTHOB OF "ALONE." 12mo. Price $1 25. "High as has been the reputation acquired by the many authoresses of our country, we shall be mistaken if the writer of (Alone' and of' The Hidden Path' does not take ere long, place and precedence. She combines as many excellences with as few fault* as any one we can at the present writing call to mind. There is an originality in her thinking which strikes one with a peculiar force, and he finds himself often unconsciously recurring to what has had such a powerful effect upon him. She is emphatically an authoress not to be forgotten; her works are no short-lived productions, for they have In them a genius, a power and a purpose."-Boston Evening Gazette. "It forms a series of delightful home pictures, changing from place to place, but chiefly confined to Virginia, the writer's native State, and she paints its beauties with a master hand. She loves her native State, and has paid it no mean tribute in her book. We congratulate the young and gifted "authoress for having produced a work so remarkable for its delicacy, purity and general worth, and prophesy for her a brilliant and successful career in the world of letters."-Old Colony Memorial, Plymouth Mass. " It will every way sustain the praise so worthily won by the author's first effort. Ii exhibits the same healthful sentiment and beautiful feeling, the same truthful simplicity and yet charming elegance, the same just appreciation of different phases of social and domestic life. The tale is one of American life, and is most aptly and gracefully wrought."-N. Y. Courier and Enquirer. "'The Hidden Path' is a work of originality and genius, full of striking thoughts, ^eautJEul descriptions, and graceful conversation, and just interesting enough as a story to earry the reader through a volume from the perusal of which one rises better at heart and with a more genial, kindly feeling toward humanity in general."-Boston Daily Journal. We have read * The Hidden Path' with unmingled pleasure. It is one of the best novels of the day. The promise given by Miss Harland in her ' Alone' has been fullr met. She takes rank among the best writers of fiction of this age. The story is interest lng; the language pure, often eloquent; the plot natural and interesting; and the mora excellent."-New York DoMy News. "We take the liberty of confidently commending it to our readers as one ej thos» gentle, earnest books which will be found acceptable to all pure hearts, and become, w« sincerely trust, an especial favorite with the women readers of America."-Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. " Home, sincerity and truth, are invested with most attractive charms, and their valua enhanced by painful contrasts. While engaging the imagination by its well-conceived plot, it makes all submit to its moral impression, and enlists the reader*s approbation exclusively with the vinuous and true.*'-New York Evangelist. " Its great charm, like that of * Alone,' consists in the sincerity which pervades it, and in the delicate sentiments of love and friendship which, in all their unadulterated sweetness, throw a magic grace over the whole volume."-New York Day Book. |
