SIX THOUSAND PUBLISHED IN THIRTY DAYS!
UPS AND DOWNS,
Or Silver Lake Sketches.
BY COUSIN CICELY, Author of Lewie or the Bended Twig
_One Elegant 12mo. Vol., with Ten Illustrations by Coffin, and engraved
by the best artists. Cloth, gilt_, $1.25.
ALDEN & BEARDSLEY, Auburn and Rochester, N.Y., Publishers
The Critics give it Unqualified Commendation.
Cousin Cicely’s “Lewie, or the Bended Twig,” published and widely read not long ago, was a volume to sharpen the reader’s appetite for “more of the same sort.” ***** ‘Ups and Downs’ is a cluster of sketches and incidents in real life, narrated with a grace of thought and flow of expression rarely to be met. The sketches well entitle the volume to its name, for they are pictures of many sides of life—some grave, some gay, some cheering and some sad, pervaded by a genial spirit and developing good morals.
Either of the fifteen sketches will amply repay the purchaser of the volume, and unless our judgment is false, after a careful reading, “Ups and Downs” will make an impression beyond “the pleasant effect to while away a few unoccupied moments.” The Publishers have given Cousin Cicely’s gems a setting worthy of their brilliancy. The ten illustrations are capital in design and execution, and it strikes us as remarkable how such a volume can be profitably got up at the price for which it is sold. The secret must lie in large circulation—which “Ups and Downs” is certain to secure.—N.Y. Evening Mirror.