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"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._
_D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS._
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 c.u.mmings, 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 fas.h.i.+onable 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 s.e.x."--_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 cla.s.ses 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._
_D. Appleton & Company's Publications._
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.
