The Most Popular Author Before the Public! ONE VOLUME 12MO. MUSLIN--PRICE $1.25. * * * * * FOURTH THOUSAND IN SIXTY DAYS! * * * * * ALDEN, BEARDSLEY & Co., Auburn, N. Y., } } Publishers. WANZER, BEARDSLEY & Co., Rochester, N. Y., } * * * * * Extracts from Notices of the Press. "From the title of the volume one would suppose that it was made up exclusively of funny anecdotes and amusing stories. Such, however, is not the fact. Many incidents narrated in the book, will be read with other feelings than those inspired by the perusal of laughable anecdotes. But they, as well as the _real_ 'Fun-Jottings,' will be perused with interest. The work is written in Willis' peculiar and happy style. It will unquestionably meet with a wide sale. It is printed in the best style of the art, and handsomely bound."--_Auburn Daily Adv._ "Some twenty choice love stories, all ending in fun, and redolent with mirth, are related with humor and sentiment, which are decidedly captivating."--_Syracuse Journal._ "These Fun Jottings' embrace the best of Willis' livelier efforts. * * * The most clever, graphic, and entertaining sketches ever produced in this country."--_Boston Post._ "It is a good book, and will be read by thousands."--_Chicago Journal_. "Some of Mr. Willis' happiest hits and most graceful specimens of compositions are here included."--_N. Y. Evangelist._ "Fresh, lively, gay, and gossipping, these 'Fun Jottings' deservedly merit the enduring garb in which they appear."--_Home Gazette_. "One of Willis' pleasant books, in which the reader is always sure to find entertainment."--_Philadelphia Mirror_. "The contents are better than the title."--_N. Y. Tribune_. "A volume of light sketches, written in Mr. Willis' most amusing style, and will be read by everybody."--_Detroit Advertiser_. "It contains the best specimen of the prose writings of Mr. Willis."--_Montgomery Gazette_. "The book is entertaining and spicy--just the kind of reading to keep one 'wide awake' during the long nights that are now approaching."--_Phil. News_. "For laughter without folly, for a specific in innocent mirthfulness against _ennui_ and _hypo_--as a cordial to the animal spirits when drooping with care or flagging with excess of labor--this volume of 'Fun-Jottings' bears the palm."--_N. Y. Independent_. "It is funny and fascinating--a collection of Willis' dashing sketches--half comic, half pathetic."--_Cincinnati Herald_. "Mr. Willis' reputation as a story writer, has long been well established, and lovers of this kind of reading will find a rich entertainment in this volume."--_Hartford Times_. THE FARM AND THE FIRESIDE; OR, THE ROMANCE OF AGRICULTURE, BEING HALF HOURS OF LIFE IN THE COUNTRY, FOR RAINY DAYS AND WINTER EVENINGS. BY REV. JOHN L. BLAKE, D. D.