The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-08-11
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS!

WIN elgnt ILLUSTRATIONS, Dy ffed. VI. toinn.
One volume, 400 pages, l2mo. Price 81 20.
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS!
BRIEF EXTRACTS FROM LENGTHY NOTICES.
The leaves of Spring will not be more well
come than these Fern Leaves. .-SWacuse
Standard.
Will call many n smile to the lips and
many tear to the eye of the reader, if There
is mite of love left in them Detroit. .fdr.
Everybody will buy the book-everybody
will read it--everybody will adm reit-and
Fanny will become more emphatlcally than
ever the favorite of her people and kim
dred.-BuBaiO Erpress
We find in her volume much genial senti
ment, genuine holy feeling i'll sympathy
with the true, the meek and the lowly, n
keen, appreciation Of the beautiful, and
hearty sense Of the humorous Ultra Her.
1t will be the book of the season, and the
circulation cannot fail to be very great
PrOpideRce Journal
Buy Fanny Ferns book, and thank US for
recommending it to you.-Bufdio Cour.
1t is glorious work, and one that we val
ue beyond price.-SVacusc Journal.
GU can laugh or cry, as you please, by
opening at different pages. She is without
writer in the country. .-Purtan Rec0rder
There are pictures Of love, beauty, and of
suffering here, equal to the best sketch OF
Dickens. Compared with the graceful
: Leaves" Of "Grace Greenwood" Fanny
Fern has woven wreath that Is as oak
leaves to clover.-.N Y. .WirrOr.
They are the product of an inventive and
beautiful mind, and breathe pure, gentle
Her books read better as a whole, than
any of her scattered productions which we
remember. This "A rare experience in au-
thorship. 1t is the best tribute to the au-
thenticity of her fame. We predict that her
Leaves" will become general favorites.-
" Y. Tribune.
This is truly n charming book. It's con-
tents are so excellent and varied, passing
rapidly '' from grave TO gay-from lively to
severe" that they keep the mind of the
reader constantly on the qui rice, and nour-
ish every humor of the head and heart.--.N
Y. Com. .7ag
Who has not heard of Fanny Fern and
read Fanny Fern and laughed at Fanny
Fern and wept at Fanny Fern and Won
dered and fed at Fanny Fern ?-Ece Chron.
The satirical thistle, the laughing rose,
from her untailing thoughts, which fall like
stars from the warm armament of her
boundless imagination. There is not a
hearth Of a homestead that will not COM
mune with her-there is not a heart that
will not echo back the breathings Of her ma
ture.-Butalo Republic.
Now amusing her readers by her bold yet
broadly humorous hits of life and char
acter, and now winning upon their aiiec-
tions as tender, thoughtful moralist.-.dr-
thurs Home Gazette.
Full Of flashes of light, wit, pathos and
Wesieyan.
The rich and the poor, young and old,
grave and gay, father and mother, youths
and children, husbands and wives, old bach
elors and old maids, house-keepers, board
ers, and loafers, will find some profitable
truths in the "leaves" from Fanny, uttered
for the special good Of eacE class. s.-Cncln-
natl Daily
If any one character be in them more
marked than another, it is their sympathy
with homely feelings, and tender regard for
domestic ties, children, friends and kindred.
This has made them prime favorites by the
fireside and the volume wherein they are
now compact, deserves its corner on every
sitting-room table, and made to yield one
of its short but beautiful lessons .N'YItmes
Her book will create such sensation in
the literary world as few similar works
have done.-Botauia .AduOcate.
We do not hesitate to pronounce it one OF
the most readable and remarkable books Of
the day.-Chicago Journal.
As brilliant writer, Fanny is unequal
led by any writer, either American or for
eign. Y. Dutchman
She is keen as q razor in her satire-anC
her graver sketches go straight to the heart
-.NeU HaUen Palladium.
Every article and every line in her bool
sparkle and glow with the exquisite pathos
the keen satire, the brilliant wit, the dee
knowledge of the human heart, and the i'm
mense power over it, which have achieve
for her so worldwide reputation.-Bos
ton True Flag.
1t is the most beautiful gem in the litera
ry world we have seen for long time, an
do not expect to see its equal till Fam
writes book number two.- Sunday VisitOy
Redolent of poetic beauty, although com
posed in prose; and glowing with sentimen
shch as appeals to the heart.-Buf. Ch. ..4dr
Fresh green leaves these from the wild
wood; crisp and shining, unmarried by tn
hot breath of the green house and sparklin
with crystal dews from warm, generous
untrammeled woman heart.-Ch'n Intel.
A healthy moral feeling, and an earnest
ness sometimes more than feminine, ind
cate serious views and abundant power
They relate to almost everything of feeling
duty, foible and the things of beauty, an
leave always noble moral impress.-N
Y. Erangelist
AT times she stirs the profoundest EN-
tions Of the heart, and awakens the noble
impulse Of the soul.-.NorthernC Chrisn.fd
Fanny Fern is voice, not an echo. II
writings are original in two senses. Thu
ore the genuine offspring Of an origin
mind, and they are Characteristic produc
of New England. Out of New England the
are no such persons as Fanny Fern, and
New England there is probably no one so il
tensely Yankee as she.-Iome Journal.
She wns Las We 4 ayn sinca lnnrnnlA no,