The first story in the volume, entitled “The Methodist Preacher, or hights and Shadows in the Life of an Itinerant,” is alone worth the price of the work.—Evening Bulletin.
It is emphatically a splendid work.—Middletown Whig.
Its worth and cheapness should place it in every person’s hands who desires to read an interesting book.—Odd Fellow, Boonsboro’.
“The Methodist Preacher,” “Seed-Time and Harvest,” “Dyed in the Wool,” are full of truth as well as instruction, and any one of them is worth the whole price of the volume.—Lowell Day-star, Rev. D. C. Eddy, Editor.
There is a fascination about these sketches which so powerfully interests the reader, that few who commence one of them will part with it till it is concluded; and they will bear reading repeatedly.—Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald.
Those who have not perused these model stories have a rich feast in waiting, and we shall be happy if we can be instrumental in pointing them to it.—Family Visitor, Madison, Ga.
No library for family reading should be considered complete without this volume, which is as lively and entertaining in its character, as it is salutary in its influence.—N. Y. Tribune.
The work is beautifully illustrated. Those who are at all acquainted with Arthur’s writings need hardly be told that the present work is a prize to whoever possesses it.—N. Y. Sun.
We know no better book for the table of any family, whether regarded for its neat exterior or valuable contents.—Vox Populi, Lowell.
The name of the author is in itself a sufficient recommendation of the work.—Lawrence Sentinel.