KING BARNABY;
Or, the Maidens of the Forest. A romance of the Mickmacks, in Canada. By N. Wm. Busteed, Esq., a well-known New York lawyer. It deals with Indian life and the exciting incidents of their conflicts with the whites, introducing a great variety of characters, both male and female. While the story is historically true, it is, in all the elements of the romance, exceedingly enticing and satisfactory.
MRS. M. A. DENISON’S WORKS.
(Dime Series.)
The Dime Novels’ series include some of Mrs. Denison’s most popular and valued works. As a writer of Home and Fireside Tales Mrs. D. has won an enviable fame in American literature. Her contributions to the Dime series comprise several of more than usual power and excellence. We may refer the reader in quest of good stories for the family circle and the parlor to the following:
CHIP, THE CAVE-CHILD.
A romance of the wilds of Pennsylvania, attracting and commingling with life in Philadelphia. It is a somewhat singular story, but well calculated to enchain attention. The characters in chief are an old woman, and a child whom she has stolen and dragged away to a den in the wilderness, where she seeks to keep her. The narrative comprises a drama of unique interest, pathos and beauty.
THE PRISONER OF LA VINTRESSE.
This novel tells the Fortunes of a Cuban Heiress. The scene is laid in Cuba, but is, eventually, transferred to New York. The characters are every-day delineations; the story reads very much like “facts stranger than fiction.” We are not sure but it is true to life. It forms a very absorbing book—one particularly pleasing to those still in the romantic period of their lives.