"Why, yes, I liked him," said Susan, "there were spots durin' the time when I felt to be real fond of him, but laws, that did n't make me want to have him around any more than I had to. But you know as well as I do that a woman can like a man very much an' still be happiest when she ain't got him on her hands to fuss with. I was n't built to fuss, Mrs. Lathrop, as you know to your cost, for if I had been I'd of been over here two days a week tidyin' up out of pure friendship, for the last twenty years. But no, I ain't like that--never was an' never will be--an' I ain't one to go pitchin' my life hither an' yon an' dancin' wildly first on one leg an' then the other from dawn to dusk for other people. Elijah's come an' Elijah's gone an' his mattress is hung back to the rafter in the attic an' his sulphur candle is all bought to burn to-morrow an' when that's over an' the smell's over too I shall look to settle down an' not have nothin' more to upset my days an' nights till your time comes, Mrs. Lathrop, an' I hope to goodness as it won't come in the night, for boardin' a editor has put me all at outs with night work." "I--" said Mrs. Lathrop. "Well, if you say so, I'll believe it," said Miss Clegg; "for I will say this for you, Mrs. Lathrop, an' that is as with all your faults you've never yet told me nothin' as I've found out from others afterwards was n't true." _A Masterpiece of Native Humor_ SUSAN CLEGG AND HER FRIEND MRS. LATHROP By ANNE WARNER Author of "A Woman's Will," etc. With Frontispiece. 227 pages. 12mo. $1.00. It is seldom a book so full of delightful humor comes before the reader. Anne Warner takes her place in the circle of American woman humorists, who have achieved distinction so rapidly within recent years.--_Brooklyn Eagle_. Nothing better in the new homely philosophy style of fiction has been written.--_San Francisco Bulletin_. Anne Warner has given us the rare delight of a book that is extremely funny. Hearty laughter is in store for every reader.--_Philadelphia Public Ledger_. Susan is a positive contribution to the American characters in fiction.--_Brooklyn Times_. Susan Clegg is a living creature, quite as amusing and even more plausible than Mrs. Wiggs. Susan's human weaknesses are endearing, and we find ourselves in sympathy with her.--_New York Evening Post_. No more original or quaint person than she has ever lived in fiction.--_Newark Advertiser_. LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., Publishers, BOSTON _At all Booksellers'_ _Another Popular "Susan Clegg" Book_ SUSAN CLEGG AND HER NEIGHBORS' AFFAIRS _By_ ANNE WARNER With frontispiece. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00 All the stories brim over with quaint humor, caustic sarcasm, and concealed contempt for male folk and matrimonial chains.--_Philadelphia Ledger_. Anything more humorous than the "Susan Clegg" stories would be hard to find.--Jeannette L. Gilder, Editor of _Putnam's Magazine_.