The author of this story is well-known as vigorous and truthful delineator of common life. The present volume is one of his best. It inculcates the moral implied in the title, a moral which is the key to all success in life. The characters are drawn with much force, and the incidents have the interest of reality. To the young the work will be found particularly interesting.
Whately’s English Synonyms. First American Edition. Boston: James Monroe & Co.
This edition is very carefully revised from the second London edition, and will be found to be of great service to the student and man of letters.
The Romance of the Revolution. Edited by Oliver B. Bunce. New York: Bunce & Brother.
This volume is filled with passages of stirring interest, appropriately arranged, selected from various authorities, embracing the most romantic incidents of the War of Independence. It is admirably illustrated with wood-engravings by Orr, printed in tints.
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