Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the headBarker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)
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Tough yarns, vol. 2 (of 2) : $b A series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head
Barker, M. H. (Matthew Henry)
Sea stories, English; Seafaring life -- Fiction
“One of the most valuable and interesting works which has yet been
placed in our hands, on the domestic state of Turkey.”--_Monthly
Review._
“We do not know when we have met with two volumes more amusing--they
are full of highly entertaining and curious matter.”--_Court Jour._
“The work before us supplies the best description of this remarkable
nation.”--_Courier._
“One of the most amusing and interesting of oriental travellers, none
having ever equalled him in a thorough knowledge of the true state of
society, and the true character of the Turks.”--_Spectator._
“We can warmly recommend this book for perusal, it is not only very
amusing but very valuable.”--_Metropolitan._
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In Two Volumes, 12mo.
TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE
IRISH PEASANTRY
FIRST SERIES.
“Admirable--truly, intensely Irish: never were the outrageous
whimsicalities of that strange, wild, imaginative people so
characteristically described; nor amidst all the fun, frolic, and
folly, is there any dearth of poetry, pathos, and passion. The author’s
a Jewel.”--_Glasgow Journal._
“To those who have a relish for a few tit-bits of _rale_ Irish
story-telling,--whether partaking of the tender or the facetious,
or the grotesque,--let them purchase these characteristic
sketches.”--_Sheffield Iris._
“The sister country has never furnished such sterling genius, such
irresistibly humorous, yet faithful sketches of character among the
lower ranks of Patlanders, as are to be met with in the pages of these
delightful volumes.”--_Bristol Journal._
“This is a capital book, fall of fun and humour, and most
characteristically Irish.”--_New Monthly Magazine._
“Neither Miss Edgeworth, nor the author of the O’Hara Tales, could
have written any thing more powerful than this.”--_Edinburgh Literary
Gazette._
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In two Volumes, 12mo.
TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE
IRISH PEASANTRY.
THIRD SERIES.
“This work has been most extravagantly praised by the English critics:
and several extracts from it have been extensively published in our
newspapers. It is altogether a better work than any of the kind which
has yet appeared--replete with humour, both broad and delicate--and
with occasional touches of pathos, which have not been excelled by any
writer of the present day. An Edinburgh critic says that ‘neither Miss
Edgeworth, nor the author of the O’Hara tales, could have written any
thing more powerful than this.’”--_Baltimore American._
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In two Volumes, 12mo.
PIN MONEY;
BY MRS. CHARLES GORE,
Authoress of “HUNGARIAN TALES,” “POLISH TALES,” etc.
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