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 A FEW FROM HUNDREDS OF PRESS NOTICES OF

Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife

By MARIETTA HOLLEY

"The persons who do not love quaint Josiah Allen's wife have something serious the matter with them. A more original and delightful character does not exist. The homely old philosopher, with her rugged sense, her quick wit, her unfailing humor, and her lively faculty of observation, will make her old friends more steadfast than ever and gain a host of new ones, by her latest adventures. It is a rare privilege to read a book which combines so happily the qualities of being both amusing and wholesome."—''Albany Times-Union''.

"The author besides having a marked talent for humor, possesses an effective capacity for pathos, and this book, besides being excellent fiction, is an instructive geographical excursion."—New York Evening Telegram.

"Josiah Allen's wife is a familiar character in households all over this broad land. Her doings in the past have been so closely watched that she has secured a place at the family hearth, which cannot be shaken. Her doings have been related and read aloud in the family circle and when 'the end' was reached there has ever been a sigh of regret."—Albany Evening News.

"A good many readers are acquainted with Josiah Allen's wife and have laughed with her as she philosophizes her smiling way about this country. In this last book Josiah Allen's wife extends her territory and broadens her views as she covers the ground."—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

"True pathos, as well, is not lacking in Samantha's reflections upon what she sees and hears that is sad, and her true insight into the springs of human action is often expressed in kindly and humorous ridicule."—Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.

"Pathetic and humorous incidents tumbling over each other in rapid succession is the best the author has given to the public."—St. Louis Mirror.

"Samantha has had her admirers these many years. Her humor has caught the fancy of the people far and wide, while they have been moved by her pathos at times. Samantha in this book is as wise and witty in her own shrewd way as ever. She is entirely an American character and one needs only to know her to appreciate her."—''Philadelphia Press''.

"Provides you with a view of the universe through homely spectacles, and stands by the while uttering good housewifely philosophies calculated to make you laugh."—St. Louis Republic.

"Those who have enjoyed the discursive descriptions of Samantha's experiences at the great expositions and under other and varied circumstances, will without doubt also enjoy this new book, 'Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife.'"—''New York Tribune''.

"The best of her books."—Albany Press.

"One of the 'classics' of literary comedy."—Toledo Blade.

A large, handsome Volume, profusely illustrated and beautifully bound in cloth. Price, $1.50

G. W. DILLINGHAM CO. Publishers, NEW YORK