The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-01-08
CLOVER NOOK: BY ALICE CAREY
THE BOOK OF THE SEASON

Readers Of the National Er0 who have been de-.
lighted with the contributions Of Party LEE." will
not fail to buy her charming volume Of Ciory
Nook or Reooiier,,oVs Of orr Home ,U fhe Wa. in
which she has painted American country life with
freshness Of genius and felicity Of style hitherto
exampcd in literature. It is work for our free
agricultural States not less attractive and character
istc than Miss Mitfords Hhggr .S,0yies for England
or Washington Iryings Stch BsDt for the old Dutch
society Of New Amsterdam and the borders Of the
Hudson
EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES OF THE PRESS
We do not hesitate to predict for these sketches 4
wide popularity. They bear the true stamp of yc-
Mus simple, natural, truthful and c,ncc a keen
sense of the humOr and pathos Of the comedy and
tragedy, of life in the country. No one who has ever
read 1t forget the sad and beautiful story of Mary
Wildermngs- its weird fancy, tenderness and beauty:
its touching description of the emotions 81 sick aud
suffering human spirit. and its exquisite rural pie
lures. The moral tone OF Alice Carcys writings il
unobjectonabe always.'-J u. IFhai,1.
Miss Careys experience has been in the midst Of
rural occupations in the interior of Ohio Every word
here reflects this experience in the rares shapes and
most exquisite hues. The opinion now appears to bo
commonly entertained that Miss Carey is decidedly
the first Of our female authors an opinion which
Fitz Greene llalleck. John q. Whittier DR. Griswold
William d. Gallagher, Bayard Taylor, with many
otuVTSs uaNc On NailouH oCtasOnh tnuofrsu -I nus
frItod NsrS.
IF we look at the entire catalogue Of female wri-
tcrs of prose fiction ia this country we shall find no
who approaches Alice Carey in the best charac-
torstics of genius Like all genuine authors she has
peculiarites her hand is detected unerringly "a
that of Poe or Hawthorne; much they she is
apart from others and above Others and her sketches
Of country life must we think be admitted to be su-
perior to those delightful tales Of Miss Milford
which, in n similar line, are generally Acknowledged
to be equal To anything done in England - LlicH7-
hOnoI Mag0riHe
"Alicc Carey has perhaps the strongest Imagination
among the women of this country Her writings will
live longer than those of any other woman among
as '-AnaerieIn Whig Rerieir.
Alice Carey has fine. rich, and purely original
genius Her country stories almost uno, -
led '-KRickerbocksJ M9g0ziHf.
Miss Carey's sketches are remarkably fresh, ami
exquisite in decacy, humor. and pathos. She IS
booked for immortality .'-Homs Journal
THE HR,ss speaks of Alice Carey standing az
the head Of the female living writers of America We
go even farther in our favorable judgment, and
press the opinion that among those living dead she
has had equal in this country and We know Of few
in the annals Of English literature who have exhibit
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