WORKS BY THE AUTHOR OF "MARY POWELL."
This day, price 7s. 6d., post 8vo., cloth,
THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS.
By the Author of "Mary Powell."
"Close the curtains, draw the sofa by the fire, fit the ottoman to your feet, and adjust the light. If the reader be thus prepared he is ready to commence reading 'The Day of Small Things.' What is this neat and unpretending volume by the authoress of 'Mary Powell?' It is a string of pearls. Yes. Yet the simile will not be perfect unless the thread on which they are strung be golden. Then we will accept the resemblance.... The authoress of 'Mary Powell,' and, we add, 'The Day of Small Things,' feels her own power, and knows how deeply trifles, when judiciously introduced, will tell.... It is a cornucopia filled with rich moral fruits of every kind; and, though small are the hints thrown out here and there, or the advice casually given, still in the aggregate their voice becomes powerful, and we find that we have been reading a powerful lesson while we were scanning the jottings of a diary.... The work is worthy of its author, and will be a general favourite."
—Atlas.
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POPLAR HOUSE ACADEMY.
"A tale as touching and alluring as it is simple—a tale sure to interest, whether by its sweet scenes of pathos, its continuous interest, its exquisite traits of nature, or its unaffected, unobtrusive tone of true piety."
—Literary Gazette.
"In every thing that the author of 'Mary Powell' writes, there is a pleasant vein of quiet, refined cheerfulness, which, like the tone of a sweet voice, makes one listen with pleasure."
—Athenæum.
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THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
A Tale of Auvergne.
"It is written in a clear, pointed style, embellished with original fancies, and eloquent with an earnest meaning. The various scenes and characters are obviously studies from life—the life of restlessness, of fear, of devotion, among the friends of martyrs, described by the chroniclers of that epoch, stained with the blood of fanatical wars and persecutions. Colette, as delicately and distinctly limned in the successive chapters, might have formed a figure in the fifteenth-century group, drawn by a home-inspired artist. Then, the struggle round the walls of Le Puy is a picture of olden warfare, of arquebus and halberd battles, of priestly soldiers, sworn to shed no blood, but casuistically, with a ponderous club, immortalizing the miserable routiers. Again, the crétin is a portrait painfully accurate. Indeed, the entire story is vivified by its evident reality."
—Athenæum.
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THE PROVOCATIONS OF MADAME PALISSY.
"On the basis of the true history of Palissy, the writer has formed the present work; has given a very spirited sketch of his labours; has exhibited the extravagances, amounting to crime, of a man of genius driving on in pursuit of his darling object; and has depicted, as the title promises, with a good deal of power, the plagues of a wife who has such a husband."
—Christian Observer.
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FAMILY PICTURES.
TWILIGHT IN AN UNINHABITED HOUSE.
OF A FINE OLD ENGLISH MERCHANT.
FATHER AND SON.
A GENTLEMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
A GHOST STORY.
CHARLES LAMB.
SIR FRANCIS BARING.
ON LEAVING AN OLD FAMILY HOUSE.
LONE HEATHS AND HIGHWAYMEN.
ON THE SACRED AFFECTIONS.
A SCRAP OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER.
THE EVELYNS OF WOTTON.
FABIAN'S DILEMMA.
CLAREMONT AND THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.
THE FATHER OF A FAMILY.
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THE YEAR NINE.
A Tale of the Tyrol.
"A highly interesting volume, in which the noble stand made by an army of peasants for independence is told with great power and pathos."
—Morning Herald.
"Sweet 'Mary Powell' exchanges her lute for a cymbal, clanging with her white fingers upon the sounding brass. The subject is well chosen, and the theme inspiriting. 'Hofer' is the hero of her lute."
—Art-Journal.
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CLAUDE THE COLPORTEUR.
"The hero of the narrative is, in plain English, a Bible hawker among Roman Catholics chiefly; and his difficulties, ill-treatment, conversations, and beneficial influence, form the staple of the book— his character is well drawn."
—English Churchman.
"The volume is one of no ordinary merit; for it throws intense interest around common occurrences and common characters, and presents not only a vivid series of pictures, but a well-sustained tale."
—Church and State Gazette.
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SOME ACCOUNT OF MRS. CLARINDA SINGLEHART.
"It may be said of all her works, that of their kind they are very good; and this cannot fail to give pleasure to every reader capable of appreciating literary merit, and it will commend itself for family reading, on account of the genial tone of the morality which runs throughout."
—Atlas.
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YE MAIDEN & MARRIED LIFE OF MARY POWELL.
Afterwards MISTRESS MILTON.
"This is a charming little book; and whether we regard its subject, cleverness, or delicacy of sentiment and expression, —to say nothing of its type and orthography, —it is likely to be a most acceptable present to young or old, be their peculiar taste for religion, morals, poetry, history, or romance."
—Christian Observer.
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CHEAP AND POPULAR TALES
BY F.E. SMEDLEY.
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FRANK FAIRLEGH;
OR, SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A PRIVATE PUPIL.
"There is no reason to complain of any want of vivacity in this story. The author has made himself well qualified for the task, and excites mirth by the recital of some curious adventures. If any of our readers wish to read a very entertaining and laughter-provoking story, we cannot do better than suggest a perusal of 'Frank Fairlegh.'"
—Somerset Gazette.
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LEWIS ARUNDEL;
OR, THE RAILROAD OF LIFE.
"The task of the reviewer becomes a pleasant one when such works as the one before us is forced upon his perusal. We must once more commend the taste and talent of the author of 'Lewis Arundel.'"
—Weekly Times.
"Sparkling like a firefly, 'Frank Fairlegh' bustles through the scenes of his story, if not the most profound, certainly one of the gayest and prettiest writers of the day."
—Bath Journal.
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THE FORTUNES OF THE COLVILLE FAMILY;
OR, A CLOUD AND ITS SILVER LINING.
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SEVEN TALES BY SEVEN AUTHORS.
Edited by F.E. SMEDLEY, Esq., Author of "Frank Fairlegh," &c.