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NEW AMERICAN WORKS.
LEA & BLANCHARD,
SUCCESSORS TO CAREY AND CO.
HAVE RECENTLY PUBLISHED,
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN DAY. By Dr. Bird,
Author of “Calavar,” “Nick of the Woods,” &c. In Two
Volumes, 12mo.
This is a very interesting and well written work, and fully
sustains the previous reputation of the author. It contains a
fund of humour, keen satire and rich description, and displays
a close and careful observation of human nature.—Sunday
Morning News.
“Robin Day,” is a plain, adventurous story, told with more
freedom than grace, yet fruitful in its incident, and engrossing
in its tenor. It has not the chivalry of Calavar, nor the fire of
the Gladiator—yet it bears those high marks of invention, which
characterise the author in both.—Philadelphia Gazette.
ROB OF THE BOWL; OR, A LEGEND OF ST.
INIGOES. By the Author of “Horse Shoe Robinson,” &c.
In Two Volumes, 12mo.
The hero, “Rob of the Bowl,” is a finely executed conception.
The perfect originality of the design, the bold colouring
and elaborate finish of this character, stamp the author as an
artist of no ordinary power. He has now produced an able
work that will be read with pleasure wherever the English
language is understood. His well known powers of description
render his account of the eventful scenes of the early colonists
most lifelike and pleasingly exact.—Gentleman's Magazine.
Many of the scenes and incidents are told with great spirit,
and there is a freshness and vigour about it that stirs the blood,
and keeps the attention unflagging. It has a heartiness, which
we like far better than the sickly refinement of the swarm of
English fashionable novels which darken our land. The simplicity
of early manners, and the rudeness of provincial life, are
brought vividly before us; and the sketches are traced with a
free and vigorous, though sometimes a careless pencil.—Galaxy.
PETER PILGRIM; OR, A RAMBLER'S RECOLLECTIONS.
By Dr. Bird, Author of “Nick of the Woods,”
“Calavar,” &c. &c. In Two Volumes, 12mo.
It is a sort of Decameron of Tales, of which the scenes are
laid in various parts of our country, and it abounds in rich traditionary
lore and national characters. The tale entitled “Merry
the Miner” is one of the most imaginative and powerful we ever
read, combining the author's most finished style, with a power
and moral sublimity for which we are at a loss to find a parallel.
The “Night on the Terrapin Rocks,” and the “Mammoth Cave,”
are written in the same powerful style. Peter Pilgrim will enhance
author of the “Gladiator” and “Calavar.”—Weekly Messenger.
STANLEY; OR, THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A MAN
OF THE WORLD. By an Unknown Writer. In Two
Volumes, 12mo.
Stanley is far above the common class of novels. It is
evidently the production of a ripe scholar and deep thinker;
one who has seen much and meditated more, and who, from
the affluence of his stores, sometimes becomes profuse in the
distribution of his knowledge. The criticisms in which the
work abounds, are original, vigorous, searching, and profound,—
and the characters of several of the most distinguished writers
of the present century are drawn with singular felicity. Altogether
it is the effort of a highly cultivated mind, rich alike in
natural endowments and acquired treasures.—Saturday News.
ISABEL, OR SICILY, a Pilgrimage by Henry T. Tuckerman,
Author of “Italian Sketch Book.” In One Volume.
This is the production of a good scholar and a man of taste.
It contains much delicacy of sentiment, prettiness of thought,
and beauty of expression. The ideas and descriptions of Sicilian
scenery, manners, history, &c. are conveyed in the form of
graceful colloquy, by which many unimportant details are
avoided, and the narrative of a connected pilgrimage preserved.
—Madisonian.
HOMEWARD BOUND; OR, THE CHASE. A STORY
OF THE SEA. By J. Fenimore Cooper, Esq. Author of
“The Pilot,” “The Red Rover,” “The Water Witch,” &c.
A new edition, in Two Volumes, 12mo.
A most spirited and interesting narrative. Mr. Cooper has
never been seen to more advantage.—Literary Gazette.
This work is entitled to high praise.—Spectator.
Written with great spirit and good feeling.—Times.
In every respect quite equal—in some decidedly superior—to
any preceding story by the same author.—Morning Post.
Never has Mr. Cooper's pen been more successful than in the
present story. In “Homeward Bound,” after so long an interval
partially devoted to publications of a different description, he
bursts upon us like a giant “refreshed.”—Globe.
ALSO,
HOME AS FOUND; BEING A SEQUEL TO “HOMEWARD
BOUND.” By Mr. Cooper. In Two Volumes 12mo.
PRECAUTION. A Novel. By J. Fenimore Cooper, Esq.
Author of “The Spy,” “Pioneers,” &c. A new edition,
revised by the Author. Two Volumes, 12mo.
THE AMERICAN LOUNGER; OR, TALES, SKETCHES
AND LEGENDS. By the Author of “Lafitte,” “Captain
Kyd,” &c. &c. One Volume, 12mo.
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