“Abounds in the most racy and picturesque slang.”—N. Y. Recorder.
“Checkers is an interesting and entertaining chap, a distinct type, with a separate tongue and a way of saying things that is oddly humorous.”—Chicago Record.
“If I had to ride from New York to Chicago on a slow train, I should like half a dozen books as gladsome as Checkers, and I could laugh at the trip.”—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
ALICE MORSE EARLE.
CURIOUS PUNISHMENTS OF BYGONE DAYS; by the author of “Sabbath in Puritan New England,” etc., with many quaint pictures by Frank Hazenplug. 12mo. $1.50.
Mrs. Earle dedicates her book, in the language of an old-time writer, to “All curious and ingenious gentlemen and gentlewomen who can gain from acts of the past a delight in the present days of virtue, wisdom and the humanities.”
H. C. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR.
THE LAND OF THE CASTANET; Spanish Sketches, by the author of “Two Women and a Fool,” with twenty-five full-page illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.
A collection of rambling sketches of Spanish people and places. Mr. Chatfield-Taylor has written frankly and entertainingly of the most striking features of “The Land of the Castanet.” The volume does not pretend to be exhaustive; in no sense is it a guide book—it is intended rather for the person who does not expect to visit Spain than for the traveller.
C. E. RAIMOND.