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,
‘May this book continue in motion,
And its leaves every day be unfurled.’ ”