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RUTH.

A NOVEL, By the Author of "Mary Barton."

"A sad tale, most sweetly told; a Christian lesson most eloquently enforced."—Sun.

"A book so full of pathos, of love, and kindness; of charity in its highest and broadest meaning; of deep religious feeling, and of fine observation, you will not often meet with. It cannot be read with unwet eyes, nor with hearts uninfluenced Let no one leave 'Ruth' unread."—Leader.

MARY BARTON: A Tale of Manchester Life.

"Its interest is intense—often painfully so "We can conscientiously pronounce it to be a production of great excellence.—Edinburgh Review.

OLIVE.

A NOVEL. By the Author of "The Head of the Family."

"Full of noble sentiments and highest aspirations."—New Monthly Magazine.

THE FALCON FAMILY;

OR, YOUNG IRELAND. A SATIRICAL NOVEL.

By the Author of "The Bachelor of the Albany."

"A vein of genuine comedy runs lavishly through every page."—Morning Chronicle.

THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY.

A NOVEL. By the Author of the "Ogilvies," &c.

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THE WHITEBOY.

A STORY OF IRELAND IN 1822. BY MRS. S. C. HALL.

"Indisputably Mrs. Hall's best novel."—Athenæum.

THE BACHELOR OF THE ALBANY.

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THE HALF SISTERS.

A TALE. By MISS JEWSBURY.


 * "The beauty and the power of gentleness, virtue, wisdom, and endurance were never more touchingly and truthfully delineated."—Sunday Times.

THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE.

BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORN.

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THE OGILVIES:.

By the Author of "The Head of the Family," &c.; in the press.


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