JACK O’DOON. (2d Edition.)
A Romance of the North Carolina Coast. By Maria Beale.
“There is a maturity of conception, an accuracy of artistic perception, not often noticed in an author’s first novel ... the landscapes are as faithfully definite as any artist could make them.... There is a great deal of vigor in the characterization, and no little humor, while the conversation is straightforward and natural.... Too much praise can hardly be given to the management of the tragic close of the book ... very carefully as well as finely related ... the tale ends precisely where it should, and this is not one of the least of the several excellences of this delightful story.”—Boston Transcript.
SLUM STORIES OF LONDON.
By Henry W. Nevinson.
“Depicted with wonderful vividness.... They are wholly original.... The touch, the manner is delightfully new.”—N. Y. Times.
“Graphically told, most vividly realistic.”—Boston Advertiser.
QUAKER IDYLS. (4th Edition.)
By Mrs. S. M. H. Gardner.
“Her accounts of these (an anti-slavery fair and the trial of a fugitive slave) seem to be descriptions of actual happenings, and she describes men and incidents vividly.”—New York Times.