"The reader cannot fail of being both charmed and instructed by the book, and of hoping that a pen so able will not lie idle."--_Pennsylvanian._

"We fearlessly recommend it as a work of more than ordinary merit."--_Binghampton Daily Republic._

"The great moral lesson indicated by the t.i.tle-page of this book runs, as a golden thread, through every part of it, while the reader is constantly kept in contact with the workings of an inventive and brilliant mind."--_Albany Argus._

"We have read this fascinating story with a good deal of interest. Human nature is well and faithfully portrayed, and we see the counterpart of our story in character and disposition, in every village and district.

The book cannot fail of popular reception."--_Albany and Rochester Courier._

"A work of deep and powerful influence."--_Herald._

"Mrs. Cowden Clarke, with the delicacy and artistic taste of refine womanhood, has in this work shown great versatility of talent."

"The story is too deeply interesting to allow the reader to lay it down till he has read it to the end."

"The work is skilful in plan, graphic in style, diversified in incident and true to nature."

"The tale is charmingly imagined. The incidents never exceed probability but seem perfectly natural. In the style there is much quaintness, in the sentiment much tenderness."

"It is a spirited, charming story, full of adventure, friendship and love, with characters nicely drawn and carefully discriminated. The clear style and spirit with which the story is presented and the characters developed, will attract a large const.i.tuency to the perusal."

"Mrs. Cowden Clarke's story has one of the highest qualities of fiction--it is no flickering shadow, but seems of real growth. It is full of lively truth, and show nice perception of the early elements of character with which we become acquainted in its wholeness, and in the ripeness of years. The incident is well woven; the color is blood-warm; and there is the presence of a sweet grace and gentle power."

WORKS BY MISS SEWELL,

PUBLISHED BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY.

I.

_THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE: A TALE._

One vol. 12mo. Paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. (_Just ready._)

II.

_A JOURNAL KEPT DURING A SUMMER TOUR_

FOR THE CHILDREN OF A VILLAGE SCHOOL

Three parts in one vol. 12mo. Cloth, $1.

"A very simple and sweetly written work. There is the same natural and graceful detail that mark Miss Sewell's novels. It will find a great many admirers among the young people, who will be almost as happy as the fair traveller in wandering over the ground on which she has looked with a discriminating eye, and received, and communicated suggestions which, from her enlarged sphere of observation, can hardly fail to enlarge the heart as well as to enrich the intellect."--_Commercial Advertiser._

III.

_THE EARL'S DAUGHTER: A TALE._

Edited by the Rev. WM. SEWELL, B. A. One vol. 12mo. Paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.

IV.

_MARGARET PERCIVAL: A TALE._

Edited by the Rev. WM. SEWELL, B. A. Two vols. 12mo. Paper cover, $1; cloth, $1.50.

V.

_GERTRUDE: A TALE._

Edited by the Rev. WM. SEWELL, B. A. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents; paper cover, 50 cents.

VI.

_AMY HERBERT: A TALE._

Edited by the Rev. WM. SEWELL, B. A. One vol. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents; paper cover, 50 cents.

VII.

_LANETON PARSONAGE: A TALE._

Edited by the Rev. WM. SEWELL, B. A. Three vols. 12mo. Cloth, $2.25; paper cover, $1.50.

VIII.

_WALTER LORIMER, AND OTHER TALES._

12mo. Cloth, 75 cents.

IX.

_THE CHILD'S FIRST HISTORY OF ROME._

One vol. 16mo. 50 cents.

X.

_THE CHILD'S FIRST HISTORY OF GREECE._