_One Elegant 12mo. Vol., with Ten Illustrations by Coffin, and engraved by the best artists. Cloth, gilt_, $1.25. ALDEN & BEARDSLEY, Auburn and Rochester, N.Y., Publishers _The Critics give it Unqualified Commendation_. Cousin Cicely’s “Lewie, or the Bended Twig,” published and widely read not long ago, was a volume to sharpen the reader’s appetite for “more of the same sort.” ***** ‘Ups and Downs’ is a cluster of sketches and incidents in real life, narrated with a grace of thought and flow of expression rarely to be met. The sketches well entitle the volume to its name, for they are pictures of many sides of life—some grave, some gay, some cheering and some sad, pervaded by a genial spirit and developing good morals. Either of the fifteen sketches will amply repay the purchaser of the volume, and unless our judgment is false, _after a careful reading_, “Ups and Downs” will make an impression beyond “the pleasant effect to while away a few unoccupied moments.” The Publishers have given Cousin Cicely’s gems a setting worthy of their brilliancy. The ten illustrations are capital in design and execution, and it strikes us as remarkable how such a volume can be profitably got up at the price for which it is sold. The secret must lie in large circulation—which “Ups and Downs” is certain to secure.—N.Y. _Evening Mirror_. _Who is Cousin Cicely_?—We begin to think Cousin Cicely is _somebody_, and feel disposed to ask, who is she? We several months ago noticed her “Lewie” in this journal. It is a story with a fine moral, beautiful and touching in its development. It has already quietly made its way to a circulation of _twelve thousand_, “without beating a drum or crying oysters.” Pretty good evidence that there is something in it. Our readers have already had a taste of “_Ups and Downs_,” for we find among its contents a story entitled “_Miss Todd, M.D., or a Disease of the Heart_,” which was published in this journal a few months ago We venture to say that _no one_ who read has forgotten it, and those who remember it will be glad to know where they can find plenty more of the “same sort.”—_U.S. Journal_. * * * Sketches of life as it is, and of some things as they should be; all drawn with a light pencil, and abounding with touches of real genius, Cousin Cicely has improved her former good reputation in our opinion, by this effort.—_The Wesleyan_.