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The Fortunes of Toby Trafford.
“A new story by J. T. Trowbridge, is, like all Mr. Trowbridge’s fiction, the good wine that needs no bush. The plot is full of interest, and is still so natural that it all might happen in a thousand places. Its scenes and its people are everywhere; only few writers have Trowbridge’s eyes to see them. The hero is not an impossibly good boy, but he has manly instincts; and he is kept from follies and mistakes by the counsels of an excellent mother, and of his wise and noble-hearted schoolmaster. Boys will follow his career and his good and bad fortune with genuine interest.”—Boston Budget.
Father Brighthopes; An Old Clergyman’s Vacation.
“To the many friends which this book will doubtless gain it may be well to say that Father Brighthopes of the story gains that cheery name by his readiness to always see the bright and not the dark side of any difficulty, great or small. The few weeks which he spent with his friends, the Roydons, wrought a change in their daily life as marked as it was pleasant. The writings of Trowbridge are too well known to require comment, since almost everyone is familiar with his straightforward, simple style, underlying which there is not a little humor as well as pathos.”—Chicago Times.
Woodie Thorpe’s Pilgrimage, and other Stories.
“The scenes are full of human interest and lifelikeness, and will please many an old reader, as well as the younger folks, for whose delectation it is intended. As in all the books of this author the spirit is manly, sincere, and in the best sense moral. There is no “goody” talk and no cant, but principles of truthfulness, integrity, and self-reliance are quietly inculcated by example. It is safe to say that any boy will be the better for reading books like this.”—St. Botolph.
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