Captain Canot Part 46

BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.

One Volume, 12mo. Paper covers, 75 cents; cloth, $1.

These are the most striking and original sketches of American character in the South-western States which have ever been published.

The character of Tempest is drawn with all that spirit and energy which characterize the high toned female spirit of the South, while Sunshine possesses the loveliness and gentleness of the sweetest of her s.e.x. The Planter is sketched to the life, and in his strongly marked, pa.s.sionate, and generous nature, the reader will recognize one of the truest sons of the south-west.

=OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.=

"The book is well written, and its fame will be more than ephemeral."--_Buffalo Express._

"The story is interesting and finely developed."--_Daily Times._

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"An excellent work, and its sale must be extensive."--_Stamford Advocate._

"The whole is relieved by a generous introduction of incident as well as by an amplitude of love and mystery."--_Express._

"A delightful, well written book, portraying western life to the letter. The book abounds in an easy humor, with touching sentences of tenderness and pathos scattered through it, and from first to last keeps up a humane interest that very many authors strive in vain to achieve. 'Tempest' and 'Sunshine,' two sisters, are an exemplification of the good that to some comes by nature, and to others is found only through trials, temptation, and tribulation. Mr. Middleton, the father of 'Tempest' and 'Sunshine' is the very soul and spirit of 'Old Kaintuck,' abridged into one man. The book is worth reading. There is a healthy tone of morality pervading it that will make it a suitable work to be placed in the hands of our daughters and sisters."--_New York Day Book._

_D. APPLETON & COMPANY'S PUBLICATIONS._

The Great Work on Russia.

Fifth Edition now ready.

RUSSIA AS IT IS.

BY COUNT A. DE GUROWSKI.

One neat volume 12mo., pp. 328, well printed. Price $1, cloth.

CONTENTS.--Preface.--Introduction.--Czarism: its historical origin.--The Czar Nicholas.--The Organization of the Government.--The Army and Navy.--The n.o.bility.--The Clergy.--The Bourgeoisie.--The Cossacks.--The Real People, the Peasantry.--The Rights of Aliens and Strangers.--The Commoner.--Emanc.i.p.ation.--Manifest Destiny.--Appendix.--The Amazons.--The Fourteen Cla.s.ses of the Russian Public Service; or, the Tschins.--The Political Testament of Peter the Great.--Extract from an Old Chronicle.

=Notices of the Press.=

"The author takes no superficial, empirical view of his subject, but collecting a rich variety of facts, brings the lights of a profound philosophy to their explanation. His work, indeed, neglects no essential detail--it is minute and accurate in its statistics--it abounds in lively pictures of society, manners and character. * * *

Whoever wishes to obtain an accurate notion of the internal condition of Russia, the nature and extent of her resources, and the practical influence of her inst.i.tutions, will here find better materials for his purpose than in any single volume now extant."--_N. Y. Tribune._

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"It is original in its conclusions; it is striking in its revelations.

Numerous as are the volumes that have been written about Russia, we really hitherto have known little of that immense territory--of that numerous people. Count Gurowski's work sheds a light which at this time is most welcome and satisfactory."--_N. Y. Times._

"The book is well written, and as might be expected in a work by a writer so unusually conversant with all sides of Russian affairs, it contains so much important information respecting the Russian people, their government and religion."--_Com. Advertiser._

"This is a valuable work, explaining in a very satisfactory manner the internal conditions of the Russian people, and the construction of their political society. The inst.i.tutions of Russia are presented as they exist in reality, and as they are determined by existing and obligatory laws."--_N. Y. Herald._

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Sun._

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_D. Appleton & Company's Publications._

MARIA J. McINTOSH'S WORKS.

I.

=THE LOFTY AND THE LOWLY,=

OR, GOOD IN ALL AND NONE ALL GOOD.

_Two vols. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50; paper covers, $1._

"Life, in its varied relations at the North and the South, is the theme of this work. In its graphic delineations of character, truthfulness of representation, and stirring realities of life, it will hardly give place to 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' The auth.o.r.ess is well-known to the public by her many charming works of fiction, and her life has been pa.s.sed at the North of South. The n.o.bleness of her sentiments, her elevated and candid views, her genuine feelings of humanity, and the elegance and eloquence of her pen, are brought out in these pages with their full brilliancy and effect."

II.

=EVENINGS AT DONALDSON MANOR;=

OR, THE CHRISTMAS GUEST.

_One vol. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents; paper covers, 50 cents; or, a finer Edition, Ill.u.s.trated with Ten Steel Engravings, 8vo., cloth, $2; gilt edges, $2.50; morocco, $3.50._

"It is a book that parents may buy for their children, brothers for their sisters, or husbands for their wives, with the a.s.surance that the book will not only give pleasure, but convey lessons of love and charity that can hardly fail to leave durable impressions of moral and social duty upon the mind and heart of the reader."--_Evening Mirror._

III.

=WOMAN IN AMERICA;=

HER WORK AND HER REWARD.