Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-23

ing thought clothed in the most attractive and bril-
liant style. In this important field Of literature
sincerity believe Mr.. Baldwin has no American COM
petitor.
From Hon. John p. Kennedy
work of SURPRISING merit.
From the Editor Of the Western Democratic
Revieu.
Party Leaders is worth more TO politicians of all
parties than any other book its size printed
In the United States. consider Mr. Baldwin by far
the ablcst sketcker in the Union.
From er- President Fillmore
have read Party Leaders with great satisfaction
and delight and return you thousand thanks for the
pleasure and instruction have derived from the
perusal.
From Hon. Geo. W. Smm,ers, of IA.
Party Leaders is a charming captivating book Of
its kind and cannot fail to place the author in the
very front rank Of American writers. As writer,
Mr.. Baldwin has all the qualities to attract present
popularity and lasting fame He is faithful TO truth
and vet he does not deem il necessary TO present il al
dry, withered, and branchless thing, but he rvtes
all the at once by offering TO flowers, foliage
and fruit in delightful combination.
From the Hon. James M. Mason, United States
Senator.
I had heard Party Leaders highly commended by
those competent to judge, but confess not pre-
pared for The intellectual and literary feast its rich
pages have yielded.
ilton, Randolph jackson and Clay, shall have ceased
on earth posterty may safely look into this memorial
for the true characters intellectual moral and politi
cal, Of those itsportrays.
Asa literary work, shall be much disappointed If
II does not place its author at once in the front rank
Of American literature; and even in Old England.
took its Iplace next to, If not by the side OF, Il
kindred works Of Mcintosh and Macauly.
The North Amerc N, the Southern Quarterly the
Western Democrat, De Bows, and the Methodist
Quarterly Review, the Southern Literary Messenger,
Hunts Merchants Magazine, the New Church Re-
pository, the Western Literary Gazette, and large
Zfa
es and in ali parts Of thc United States have borre
strong testimony to the ability eloqueace and inn
!artalty Of these sketches
The Neg York Literary Gazette Says
"This is a remarkable book, aud is we think, des-
ined TO take the first rank among works on American
Political History. We do not hesitate to place it
in the rank with the sketches Of Statesmen, by
Lord Brougham, the Phosophicviews Of American
Democracy by DeTocqueville and the notices Of pub
lie men, and their times, by Col. Benton Indeed,
should do injustice TO the author of Party Leaders
if we did not give him the superiority in point of
style and caudor and freedom from prejudice, even
the popular Sketches Of Benton"
Also the Flash Times, Of Alabama, and Mis-
sissippi, tenth edition.
From the North american Rcpiep.
Flush Times contains series of pictures, for
the most part entirely comic, yet hardly overdraws
of life and manners in the Southwest 0feo-
quent and Ife-like Characterization we can hardly
point 10 a'ricber specimen than Mr. Baldw MS sketch
Of Hon. s. s. Prentiss that Of equal merit Of Hon.
trsncisf5trotber n[ Hon. Francis 8. Lyon, Of Ala)
From the Western Democratic Review.
Mr. Baldwin has no equal in this department of
writing His book contains more humor and rood
combined than any other of the day. The sketch
II Prentiss, il win be conceded, evinces a master
hand.
From the Southern Quarterly Review.
clever, sprightly, and amusing book
From the Southern Literary Messenger.
We are but giving expression to a widely-enter.
aimed opinion, when we say they are the very best
bings Of the kind that the age has produced The
lrollery of the writer ia irresistible In the sketch
Prentiss there Is power Of mental analysis, and
egal pomp Of language, that only the acknowledged
wers in the intellectual world possess.
stT sale by booksellers throughout the United
Gt Price of Party Leaders, 81, Of Flush Times,
81 ID. APPLETON n co.
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