"The humour of Sam Slick is inexhaustible. He is ever and everywhere
a welcome visitor; smiles greet his approach, and wit and wisdom
hang upon his tongue. We promise our readers a great treat from the
perusal of these 'Wise Saws,' which contain a world of practical
wisdom, and a treasury of the richest fun."--_Morning Post_.
THE OLD JUDGE; OR, LIFE IN A COLONY.
"By common consent this work is regarded as one of the raciest,
truest to life, most humorous, and most interesting works which have
proceeded from the prolific pen of its author. We all know what
shrewdness of observation, what power of graphic description, what
natural resources of drollery, and what a happy method of hitting off
the broader characteristics of the life he reviews, belong to Judge
Haliburton. We have all those qualities here; but they are balanced
by a serious literary purpose, and are employed in the communication
of information respecting certain phases of colonial experience which
impart to the work an element of sober utility."--_Sunday Times_.
TRAITS OF AMERICAN HUMOUR.
"No man has done more than the facetious Judge Haliburton through
the mouth of the inimitable 'Sam' to make the old parent country
recognise and appreciate her queer transatlantic progeny. His present
collection of comic stories and laughable traits is a budget of fun,
full of rich specimens of American humour."--_Globe_.
"Yankeeism, portrayed in its raciest aspect, constitutes the contents
of these superlatively entertaining sketches. The work embraces the
most varied topics--political parties, religious eccentricities,
the flights of literature, and the absurdities of pretenders to
learning all come in for their share of satire; while we have
specimens of genuine American exaggerations and graphic pictures
of social and domestic life as it is. The work will have a wide
circulation."--_John Bull_.
THE AMERICANS AT HOME.
"In this highly entertaining work we are treated to another cargo of
capital stories from the inexhaustible store of our Yankee friend.
In the volume before us he dishes up, with his accustomed humour and
terseness of style, a vast number of tales, none more entertaining
than another, and all of them graphically illustrative of the ways
and manners of brother Jonathan. The anomalies of American law, the
extraordinary adventures incident to life in the backwoods, and,
above all, the peculiarities of American society, are variously,
powerfully, and for the most part amusingly exemplified."--_John
Bull_.
"In the picturesque delineation of character, and the felicitous
portraiture of national features, no writer equals Judge Haliburton,
and the subjects embraced in the present delightful book call
forth, in new and vigorous exercise, his peculiar powers. 'The
Americans at Home' will not be less popular than any of his previous
works."--_Post_.
LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED.
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