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 Smithy Elder and Co. m |l0IM[l8. KATHIE BRANDE: The Fibbsidb HistoktofaQuibt Life. Bt Holme Lee. Author of <* Gilbert Massenger/' ** Thomej Hall,*' &c. 2 toIs. TENDER AND TRUE. Bj the Author of '* Clara Morison.'* 2 yoIs. it cbanns by ils sentte good seiise. The Btoength of the book Ilea in its delineationB of married In a pore, feminine spirit.*'— fxamifMr. tbe tone to very pore, and altogether the fiction to marked by sense and spirit."— iV«M. m. YOUNG SINGLETON. By Talbot Gwynnb, Author of '* Tbe School for Eathers," &c. 2 yoIs. preyioTis fictions, m hto present story he rises into the yaried action, the more nnmerons persons, and the complicated interests of a novel. It has also a moral ; being designed to paint the wretched consequences that fbUow (Irom envy and vanity."— i8j)ectoe. work— qualities to which we always give honour."— ^<AeiMnim. V. ERLESMERE: or. Contrasts of Character. By L. S. Lavbnxt- In 2 vols. '^'Erlesmere* belongs to the same class of noveto as the stories of Miss Young, * The Heir of Beddyflls,' &c.,nor to it inferior to them in ability and In the exhibition of internal conflict, though the incidents are more stormy. There are many passages of extraordinary force ; tragic circumstapoes being revealed in momentary flashes of dramatic force."— iVcM. the book ; and there are scenes of passion, though ixJured by Tiolence.**— iSjpec^a^or. PERVERSION; Or, The Causes and Consequences op Infidelity. A Tale for the Times, In 3 vols. Second EdUUm, a gentleman, a scholar, and a Christian. It is the best timed and most uaeftil book which has appeared for jean.**— New Quarterly Review, first to ^ag^:*— Spectator. - A novel written with a strong sense both of what to amusing and what to right. It to a religious novel, fipee flrom dullness."— iSromtfMr. interest, which lingers with the reader after he has closed hto Mo)L,**—AthencBwn. Digitized by Google
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