“It is a cheery, witty, decorous, charming book.”—New York Herald.
“Widely read and praised on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific, the diary is now republished in New York, with scores of illustrations which fit the text exactly and show the mind of artist and writer in unison.”—New York Evening Post.
“… It is to be doubted whether another book can be found so thoroughly amusing from beginning to end.”—Boston Daily Advertiser.
“A very bright book on a very entertaining subject. We commend it to those readers who abhor the ordinary statistical book of travels.”—Boston Evening Transcript.
“A brighter, merrier, more entirely charming book would be, indeed, difficult to find.”—St. Louis Republican.
“For sparkling wit, irresistibly contagious fun, keen observation, absolutely poetic appreciation of natural beauty, and vivid descriptiveness, it has no recent rival.”—Mrs. P. T. Barnum’s Letter to the New York Tribune. [[315]]
Recent Issues in Appletons’ Town and Country Library.
THE NUGENTS OF CARRICONNA. An Irish Story. By Tighe Hopkins. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
“An extremely racy Irish story, quite separated from everything that savors of the present agitation in Ireland, and one of the best things of the kind for several years.”—Springfield Republican.
A SENSITIVE PLANT. A novel by E. and D. Gerard, joint authors of “Reata,” “The Waters of Hercules,” etc. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.