LEA AND BLANCHARD HAVE LATELY PUBLISHED Mr. Cooper's New Novel of MERCEDES OF CASTILE.
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A ROMANCE OF THE DAYS OF COLUMBUS.
BY THE AUTHOR OF
“The Pathfinder,” “Pioneers,” &c.
In 2 vols. 12mo.
Whether we are prepossessed by our penchant for history, and
especially for all that relates to that glorious and heroic epoch of
American History, the age of Columbus or not, we cannot say; but
rising fresh from the attentive and thorough perusal of this novel,
we pronounce it the very best Mr. Cooper has ever written. It is
well considered and highly finished in all its parts. The plot is
natural and free from the puzzling intricacy which was once the
fashion among novel writers; the dialogue is characteristic of the
personages introduced, historical and fictitious, and suitable to the
age in which it is represented to have taken place; which remark
the reader may easily verify by comparing it with the recorded
conversations of that age. The delineation of such characters as
Isabella the Queen, Columbus, the Pinzos, St. Angle and Quintanilla,
are, to us, perfectly delightful. They have all the freshness
of present life, with all the dignity of remote and heroic history.
The action too of the story is so grand, and truly national,
so full of epic splendour, as well as the gorgeousness and glare of
romance, that one devours the story with an appetite unfelt since
the days when Kenilworth and Ivanhoe appeared.
Cooper's Pathfinder—A New Edition.
THE PATHFINDER,
OR
THE INLAND SEA.
By the Author of “The Spy,” “Pioneers,” &c. &c.
In 2 vols. 12mo.
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SAM SLICK ON HIS JOURNEY.
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THE THIRD SERIES OF
THE CLOCKMAKER,
OR
THE SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF SAMUEL SLICK,
OF SLICKVILLE.
In 1 vol. 12mo.
“Folks say, that natur is one thing and wisdom another, but it's
plaguy odd that they look so much alike and speak the very identical
same language, ain't it?”
—S. S.
Contents.—Playing a Card—The Duke of Kent's Lodge—Behind
the Scenes—The Black Brother—The Great Unknown—
Snubbing a Snob—Patriotism, or the Two Shears—Too Knowing
by Half—Matrimony—The Old Minister—The Barrel without
Hoops—The Wooden Horse—The Bad Shilling—Trading in Bed—
Knowing the Soundings, or Polly Coffin's Sandhole—An Old
Friend with a New Face—The Unburied One—Definition of a
Gentleman—Looking Up—Facing a Woman—The Attache.
“As odd and philosophic withal as ever is Samuel Slick, of
Slickville, in this his third journey with the author. We have not
space to enumerate the half of the excellent sayings of the eceentric
Yankee Clockmaker, but we beg every reader at once to turn
to chapter 20th, and peruse the account of old Mr. Slick's courtship;
if he does not laugh long, and right merrily withal, we shall
put him down as some crazy old bachelor, with a face like crubapples,
and a smile like verjuice.”
—Saturday Evening Post.
A NAVAL HISTORY
OF
THE UNITED STATES.
BY J. FENIMORE COOPER, ESQ.
IN TWO HANDSOME VOLUMES, BOUND IN EMBOSSED CLOTH.
A new edition, revised and corrected, with an index.
Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 [1841], The kinsmen, or, The black riders of Congaree, volume 1 (Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf366v1].
