Sentence:  But yesterday evening late, when Lewis arrived from down town he found his supper spread, and some presents of books there, with very <WSD>complimentary</WSD> writings on the fly-leaves, and certain very <WSD>complimentary</WSD> letters, and more or less greenbacks of dignified denomination pinned to those letters and fly-leaves... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  In the nature of a compliment.