* * * Her writings are equal to the best. She is a second Fanny Fern.--_Palmyra Democrat._ * * * It is recommended by its excellent moral tone and its wholesome practical inculcations.--_N. Y. Tribune._ * * * Full of grace and charm, its style and vivacity make it a most amusing work. For the intellectual and thinking, it has a deeper lesson, and while it thrills the heart, bids parents beware of that weakness which prepares in infancy the misery of man. “Lewie” is one of the most popular books now before the public, and needs no puffing, as it is selling by thousands.--_N. Y. Day Book._ * * * The moral of the book is inestimable. The writer cannot fail to be good, as she so faithfully portrays the evils which owe their origin to the criminal neglect of proper parental discipline.--_Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine._ * * * The plot is full of dramatic interest, yet entirely free from extravagance; the incidents grow out of the main plot easily and naturally, while the sentiment is healthy and unaffected. Commend us to more writers like Cousin Cicely--books which we can see in the hands of our young people without uneasiness. Books which interest by picturing life as it is, instead of giving us galvanized society.--_National Democrat._ * * * A touching and impressive story, unaffected in style and effective in plot.--_N. Y. Evangelist._ * * * The story of the Governess, contained in this volume, is one of rare interest.--_Highland Eagle._ * * * The story is a charming one--the most affecting we ever read.--_Jersey Shore Republican._ * * * “Cousin Cicely” is just the person to portray family scenes. * * * This story will be profitable reading.--_Daily Capital City Fact, Columbus, Ohio._ * * * The contents of the work are of the first order, and unexceptionable.--_Hartford Daily Times._ * * * * * FOOTNOTES: [1] Report of Mr. Bowie on the cause of Cholera in Bermondsey. [2] Report of Dr. Gavin. [3] Evidence of Mr. J. T. Cooper, Practical Chemist. [4] Evidence before the Board of Health. * * * * * Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: gave him little encouagement=> gave him little encouagement {pg 11} where an elegaut _déjeuner_=> where an elegant _déjeuner_ {pg 20} wo had sprung=> woe had sprung {pg 27} againt the barons=> against the barons {pg 35} Ths spirit of a policeman=> The spirit of a policeman {pg 62} three feet together anwhere=> three feet together anywhere {pg 207} Nepho now lurked=> Nephelo now lurked {pg 321} cried Nepho=> cried Nephelo {pg 322} you are are not such a fool=> you are not such a fool {pg 334} End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Pearl-Fishing; Choice Stories from Dickens' Household Words; Second S, by Charles Dickens