The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-08-04
" Everybody buys it-Eperybody reads IL
Everybody admires it,"
FANNY FERNS New Book.

NOV ready-the twentieth thousand Of
IN Fern Leaves, from Fanny's Portfolio.
With eight illustrations, by Fred. Nj. Coffin
One volume, 400 pages, l2mo. Price 81 ,25.
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS!
BRIEF EXTRACTS FROM LENGTHY NOTICES.
come than these Fern Leaves. Syracuse
STANDARD.
Will call many smile TO the lips and
many tear to the eye of the reader, if there
is mite of love left in them. -DetrOit.fdo.
Everybody will buy the book-everybo
will read it-every body will admire it-and
Fanny will become more emphatically than
ever the favorite Of her people and kim
dred.-ButaiO Erpress.
We find in her volume much genial senti
ment, genuine holy feeling in sympathy
with the true, the meek and the lowly, a
keeni appreciation Of the beautiful, and
hearty sense Of the humorous.-Utica Her.
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 aglorious work, and one that we val
You can laugh or cry, as you please, by
opening at different pages. She is without
doubt at this moment the most popular
writer in the country .-Puritan Recorder.
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
N 70 al
They are the product of an inventive and
and loving spirit-.4ibany Argus.
Her books read better as 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.-
W Y. Tribune.
This is truly charming book. It's con-
tents are 80 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 uire, and nour-
ish every humor Of the head and hearty
y Com. .4du.
Who has not heard of Fanny Fern and
read Fanny Fern ! and laughed at Fanny
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 a
hearth of homestead that will not COM
mune with her-there is not q heart that
will not echo back the breathings Of her ma.
ture.-Bufalo Republic.
Now amusing her readers by her bold yet
broadly humorous hits" of life and char
acter, and now winning upon their affec.
tions as tender, thoughtful moralist.-.4r'
thurs Home Gazette.
Full Of flashes Of light, wit, pathos ant
power Wesleyan.
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 eack class. Cincin-
natl Daily.
II any one character be in them more
marked than another, it is their sympathy
with hOmely feelings, and tender regard fOl
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. ..NYIine'
Her book will create such q sensation il
the literary world as few similar work,
have done.-Batauia .AduOcate.
We do not hesitate to pronounce it one o
the most readable and remarkable books o
the day.-Chicago Journal
As a brilliant writer, Fanny is unequal
led by any writer, either American or for
eign.-.N. Y. Dutchman.
She is keen as a razor in her satirs-an
her graver sketches go straight to the heart
-.Ne,D Hauen Palladium.
Every article and every line in her boo
sparkle and glow with the exquisite patho'
the keen satire, the brilliant wit, the dee
knowledge of the human heart, and the in
mense power over it, which have achieve
for her so world. wide reputation.-B
ton True Flag.
1t is the most beautiful gem in the liter,
ry world we have seen for long time, an
do not expect to see its equal till Fam
writes book number two.-Sunday pisitO
Redolent of poetic beauty, although con
posed in prose; and glowing with sentimei
shch as appeals to the heart.-BuF Ch. I'D
Fresh green leaves these from the wild
wood; crisp and shining, unmarried by I'll
hot breath of the greenhouse, ,and sparklin
with crystal dews from q warm, generous
untrammeled woman heart.-Ch'n Intel
A healthy moral feeling, and an earncs
ness sometimes more than feminine, ind
cate serious views and abundant powe
They relate to almc st everything of feelin
duty, foible and the things of beauty, al
leave always noble moral Impress.
Y. Epangelist.
At times she stirs the profoundest EN-
tions Of the heart, and awakens the noble
impulse of the soul.-.NorthernC Chrisn.ft
Fanny Fern is voice, not an echo. II
writings are original in two senses. Tb
are the genuine offspring Of an origir
mind, and they are characteristic produ
Of New ENGLAND ONT Of New ENGLAND th,