"The book embraces a great variety of personal and social sketches in the Old World, and concludes with some thrilling reminiscences of distinguished ladies, including the Belles of New York, etc."—The Republic.
LIFE HERE AND THERE, or Sketches of Society and Adventure at far-apart times and places. By N. P. Willis. 1 vol., 12mo.
"This very agreeable volume consists of sketches of life and adventure, all of them, the author assures us, having a foundation strictly historical, and to a great extent autobiographical. Such of these sketches as we have read, are in Mr. Willis's happiest vein—a vein, by the way, in which he is unsurpassed."—Sartain's Magazine.
"Few readers who take up this pleasant volume will lay it aside until they have perused every line of its contents."—Jersey Journal.
HURRYGRAPHS, or Sketches of Scenery, Celebrities, and Society, taken from Life By N. P. Willis. 1 vol., 12mo., Third Edition.
"Some of the best specimens of Mr. Willis's prose, we think, are herein contained."—N. Y. Evangelist.
"In the present volume, which is filled with all sorts of enticements, we prefer the descriptions of nature to the sketches of character, and the dusty road-side grows delightful under the touches of Willis's blossoming-dropping pen; and when we come to the mountain and lake, it is like revelling in all the fragrant odors of Paradise."—Boston Atlas.
LECTURES ON ART—AND POEMS. By Washington Allston. Edited by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Contents—Lectures on Art, pages 3-167—Aphorisms, sentences written by Mr. Allston on the walls of his Studio, pages 167-179—The Hypochondriac, pages 179-199—Poems, pages 199-317. 1 vol. 12mo., Price, $1.25.
"There is a store of intellectual wealth in this handsome volume. It is a book of thought. Its contents are the rich and tasteful productions of the scholar and artist, who had mind to perceive and skill to portray much that is unseen by ordinary minds, as well as intelligence and power to exhibit whatever is grand and beautiful both in the physical and moral world."—Christian Observer.
"These are the records of one of the purest spirits and most exalted geniuses of which this country can boast. The intense love of the beautiful, the purity, grace and gentleness which made him incomparably the finest artist of the age, lend their charm and their power to these productions of his pen. *** There are in his poems feeling, delicacy, taste, and the keenest sense of harmony which render them faultless."—N. Y. Evangelist.