The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-07-28

Everybody buys it-Epery6ody reads ii
-Ererydody admires H."
FANNY FERNS New Book.
NOW ready-the twentieth thousand of
IN Fern Leaves, from Fanny's Portfolio.
With eight illustrations, by Fred M. Coffin.
One volume, 400 pages, 12mo Price 81 ,25.
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS!
BRIEF EXTRACTS FROM LENGTHY NOTICES.
The leaves of Spring will not be more well
come than these Fern Leaves. .-Syrac.'se
Standard.
Will call many a smile to the lips and
many tear to the eye of the reader, if there
is a mite of love left in them. m.-DetrOU.fdc.
Everybody will buy the book-every body
will read it-every body will admire it-and
Fanny will become more emphatically than
ever the favorite of her people and kim
dred.-Bufaio Express.
We find in her volume much genial senti-
ment, genuine holy feeling in sympathy
with the true, the meek and the lowly n
keen. appreciation of the beautiful, and
hearty sense of the humorous.-Utica Hei'.
1t will be the book of the season. and the
circulation cannot fail to be very great
Providence Journal.
Buy Fanny FERNS book, and thank US for
recommending it to you.-Bu6aIO COur.
1t is a glorious work, and one thai we val
ue beyond price.-Syyacusc JOurnai.
Long may Fanny Fern labor in the field
she has chosen, and rich be her reward.
The smile and the tear she so covets from
her readers, cannot fail her we know.-.N
Y. Sun.
She has looked deep down into the human
heart, dissected the varying conformations
Of human nature, and touched many vi
brant cord, by the magic Of her pen.-Inde-
pendent Press.
You can laugh or cry, as you please, by
opening at different pages. She is without
doubt Mt this moment the most popular
writer in the country. .-Pu,ifan Recorder.
There are pictures of love, beauty, and of
suffering here, equal to the best sketch of
Dickens. Compared with the graceful
" Leaves" of E" Grace Greenwood" Fanny
Fern has woven wreath that is as oak
leaves to clover.-.N Y. Mirror.
They are the product of an inventive and
beautiful mind, and breathe pure, gentle
and loving pirit.-Aibaay .4rgus.
Her books read better as a whole, than
any Of her scattered productions which we
remember. This 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 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 pipe, and nour-
ish every humor of the head and heart.
Y. Com .Adu.
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 !-Epe Chron.
The satirical thistle, the laughing rose,
or the modest lily alike draw sustenance
from her unfailing thoughts, which fall like
stars from the warm armament of her
boundless imagination. There is not Il
hearth of q homestead that will not COM
mune with her-there is not heart that
will not echo back the breathings of her na
ture.-Bufaio Republic.
Now amusing her readers by her bold yet
broadly humorous hits" of life and char
acter, and now winning upon their afec-
tions as tender, thoughtful moralist.-.ar-
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 each class. .-Cncin-
natl Daily.
If any one character be in them more
marked than another, it is their sympathy |
with homely feelings, and tender regard for |
Il 4 Il g.. Il, L.. 1raI
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 oSe
of its short but beautiful lessons. NY Times
Her book will create such a sensation in
the literary world as few similar works
have done.-BafdUia .adpOcate.
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. Dutchn,an.
She is keen as razor in her satire-and
her graver sketches 60 straight to the heart.
-.Netc HdUen Palladium.
Every article and every line in her book
sparkle and glow with the exquisite pathos,
the keen satire, the brilliant wit, the deep
knowledge of the human heart, and the i'm
mense power over it, which have achieved
for her SO worldly wide reputation.-Bos-
ton True Flag.
1t is the most beautiful gem in the litera-
ry world we have seen for long time, and
do not expect to see its equal till Fanny
writes book number two.-Sunday pisitor.
Redolent of poetic beauty, although COM
posed in prose; and glowing with sentiment
shch as appeals 10 the hea rt Ruff IN 9dp |
Fresh green leaves these from the wild