Treated with the talent and skill for which Mr. Banvard has become noted, as a descriptive and popular writer.—Watchman and Reflector.
Few works will have a greater run, especially with youth. Many thrilling facts are either brought to light for the first time from musty records, or from tomes inaccessible to the public generally.—Journal and Messenger.
It is full of interest, abounding with vivid illustrations of fearless courage, enduring fortitude, ingenious strategy, and romantic adventure. It will find its way into every family.—Willis’s Home Journal.
NOVELTIES OF THE NEW WORLD;
AN ACCOUNT OF THE ADVENTURES AND DISCOVERIES of the First Explorers of North America. By Rev. Joseph Banvard, author of “Plymouth and the Pilgrims,” etc. Being the second volume of Banvard’s Series of American Histories. With numerous Illustrations. 16mo, cloth, 60 cts.
If Mr. Banvard completes the series as he has begun, he will supply an important desideratum for the young—a series of books which will serve as valuable introductions and enticements to more extended historical reading. The plan of the author is to seize on the prominent and interesting points in the history of our country, and present them in a continuous and sprightly narrative.—Am. Traveller.
We have seen the boys bend over these pages, unwilling to leave them, either for play or sleep; and when finished, inquiring anxiously when the next would come.—Watchman and Reflector.
It has all the interest of a romance.—Portland Transcript.
Written in a felicitous style, which is neither too childish for adults, nor yet too difficult of comprehension for children, they will delight and instruct.—Journal.
Some of the most interesting scenes and events in the New World are here brought together and invested with a charm that is irresistible by old or young.—Ch. Intel.