It gives a picture of his private life, which it presents in a most favorable light, calculated to redeem Jefferson’s character from many, if not all, the aspersions and slanders which, in common with most public characters, he had to endure while living.—New Bedford Standard.
The letters of Jefferson are models of epistolary composition—easy, graceful, and simple.—New Bedford Mercury.
The book is a very good picture of the social life not only of himself but of the age in which he lived.—Detroit Post.
One of the most charming memoirs of the day.—N. Y. Times.
[ THE TOM BROWN BOOKS.]
TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS. [1480]
By An Old Boy. New Edition. Beautifully Illustrated by Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall. 8vo, Paper, 50 cents.
Nothing need be said of the merits of this acknowledged on all hands to be one of the very best boy’s books ever written. “Tom Brown” does not reach the point of ideal excellence. He is not a faultless boy; but his boy-faults, by the way they are corrected, help him in getting on. The more of such reading can be furnished the better. There will never be too much of it.—Examiner and Chronicle.