A Book which will not be forgotten. 



'LEIA"ETTEES. 



BY MARY J. HOLMES, 



est and Sunshine,'" "The English Orphans," 

 on the nUlside," etc. etc. 



In One Volume, 416 Pag^es, 12iuo. Price $1 00. 



Author of "Tempest and Sunshine,"' "The English Orphans," "The Homestead 



on the nUlside," etc. etc. 



As the social and domestic relations are the great sources of happi- 

 ess, or its opposites, so those romances that properly treat of those re- 

 lations — of the virtues that adorn, and of the vices that deform them 

 —are clearly the most interesting, impressive, and useful. 



'LEjVA rivers is an American Domestic Story, unveiling in a mas- 

 terly manner the sources of social and domestic enjoyment, or of dis- 

 quiet and misery. By intermarriages of New England and Kentucky 

 parties, a field is opened to exhibit both Yankee and Southern domestic life, 

 for which the talented authoress was well prepared, being of Yankee 

 birth and early education, and having subsequently resided in the South. 

 She was thus especially fitted to daguerreotype the strictly domestic 

 and social peculiarities of both sections. 



'LENA RIVERS AND THE PRESS. 



A work of unusual promise. Mrs. Holmes possesses an enviable talent in the study of 

 American character, which is so perfectly developed by acute observation from life, that 

 it would now be impossible for her to write an uninteresting book. — PIdla. Sat. BuUetin. 



There still lingers the artist-mind, enlivening, cheering, and consoling by happy 

 thoughts and pleasant words; moving the heart alternately to joy or sorrow, convulsing 

 with laughter, or bringing tears to the eyes. — liodieater American. 



The characters are well drawn, and the tale is one of interest It will find many well 

 pleased readers. — Albany Statesman. 

 The story is simple, natural, truthful. — Rochester Daily Advertiser. 



Before we were aware, we had road the first two chapters. We read on — and an — and 

 it was long after midnight when we finished the volume. We could not leave it We 

 know of no work with which we could compare " 'Lena Kivers " — so as to form a just 

 estimation of its merits. — MerrickciUe Chroyiicle. 

 It is not the first of the author's works, but it Is the he&t— State Register. 

 To the sex wo commend it, on the assurance of its merit volunteered to us by ladies 

 111 whose critical acumen we have the fullest confidence. — Buffalo Express. 



The story opens in New England, and is continued in Kentucky, with very lively and 

 characteristic sketches of scenery and character in both States. It is both good and in- 

 teresting. — New York Daily Times. 



The moral of the plot is excellent Cowardly virtue, as exhibited by 'Lena's father, 

 may here learn a lesson without sutfering his bitter experience ; while the rashness of 

 youth may be warned against desperate acts, before a perfect understanding is had.— A^sza 

 Bedford Express. 



This is an American novel possessing merit far superior to many which have been 

 Dublished during the last two years. The delineations of character are neatly and accu 

 rately drawn, and the tale is a deeply interesting one, containing many and varied inci 

 ients, illustrative of the workings of the human mind, and of social and domestic life ir 

 iifferent parts of this country. The lesson to be deduced from its pages is a profitable 

 )n.e^which is more than can be said of many novels of the day. — Portfolio. 



The scene of this tale is in Kentucky, although Now England figures in it somewhat 

 ind New Englanders still more largely. It is written in a lively style, and the inte^cot 

 8 not allowed to flag till the story terminates. One ot the best things in the book ,s its 

 Bly and admirable hits at American aristocracy. It quietly shows some of '-the plebeian 

 'ocation," which have, early or late, been connected with the "first families," an^ gives 

 us a peep behind the curtain into the private life of those who are often objects of envy. 



Sold by all Booksellers. Sitigle copies rmnXed, post paid, on receipt of 

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