* * * Full of grace and charm, its style and vivacity make it a most amusing work. For the intellectual and thinking, it has a deeper lesson, and while it thrills the heart, bids parents beware of that weakness which prepares in infancy the misery of man. “Lewie” is one of the most popular books now before the public, and needs no puffing, as it is selling by thousands.—N. Y. Day Book.
* * * The moral of the book is inestimable. The writer cannot fail to be good, as she so faithfully portrays the evils which owe their origin to the criminal neglect of proper parental discipline.—Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine.
* * * The plot is full of dramatic interest, yet entirely free from extravagance; the incidents grow out of the main plot easily and naturally, while the sentiment is healthy and unaffected. Commend us to more writers like Cousin Cicely—books which we can see in the hands of our young people without uneasiness. Books which interest by picturing life as it is, instead of giving us galvanized society.—National Democrat.
* * * A touching and impressive story, unaffected in style and effective in plot.—N. Y. Evangelist.
* * * The story of the Governess, contained in this volume, is one of rare interest.—Highland Eagle.
* * * The story is a charming one—the most affecting we ever read.—Jersey Shore Republican.
* * * “Cousin Cicely” is just the person to portray family scenes.
* * * This story will be profitable reading.—Daily Capital City Fact, Columbus, Ohio.
* * * The contents of the work are of the first order, and unexceptionable.—Hartford Daily Times.
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