BY HERMAN MELVILLE.
REDBURN.
One Volume, 12mo, Muslin, $1 00; Paper, 75 cents.
Ships and the sea, and those who plow it, with their belongings on shore—these
subjects are identified with Herman Melville's name, for he has most unquestionably
made them his own. No writer, not even Marryat himself, has observed them
more closely or pictured them more impressively.
—Albion.
A delightful book. A quiet vein of humor runs through it that will better repay
the exploring than many of the veins will gold-digging.
—Courier.
It is unquestionably a work of genius, and quite as interesting as it is unique; and
we know not where a better idea of sailor life can be found than in its pages.
—
National Intelligencer.
As perfect a specimen of the naval yarn as we ever read, and displays much various
talent and power. The characters are exceedingly well drawn.
—London Literary
Gazette.
This book is intensely interesting. The great charm of the work is its realness.
It seems to be fact, word for word. The tale is told simply and without the least pretension;
and yet, within its bounds, are flashes of genuine humor, strokes of pure
pathos and real and original characters.
—Boston Post.
The life-like manner in which every event is brought to the reader is astonishing.
—Home Journal.
This book is in the old vein. It is written for the million, and the million will
doubtless be delighted with its racy descriptions of the life of a young sailor.
—Noah's
Times and Messenger.
Redburn is a clever book. * * * All who have read “Omoo” will remember that
the author is an adept in the sketching of beautiful originals.
—Blackwood's Magazine.
The freshness and rich coloring of his writings, with his easy and pointed style,
his humor and descriptions of scenery and character, have earned for him the name
of the Defoe of the Sea.
—Baltimore American.
Redburn will prove a most readable book.
—Richmond Whig.
The style of the book is exceedingly attractive. In our view it has higher merits
than any other volume from the same pen.
—Hartford Republican.
Redburn is no ordinary book. If an imaginary narrative, it is the most life-like,
natural fiction since Robinson Crusoe.
—Southern Literary Messenger.
In the filling up there is a simplicity, an ease, which may win the attention of a
child, and there is a reflection which may stir the profoundest depths of manhood.
—Literary World.
Herman Melville is one of the few who has made a distinct mark on the literature
of his time.
—Philadelphia North American.
The author of this volume needs no commendation. He has already found his
audience, and it is not wanting in numbers, in taste, in discrimination. No writer
plans better than he; no one uses better materials, or gives them better workmanship;
no one puts on a more exquisite finish.
—Worcester Palladium.
Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York.
