Sly Ballades in Harvard China. 



By E. S. M. 



Illustrated with head and tail pieces. In delicately tinted 

 turned-in cover, back and front exquisitely designed by LAM- 

 BERT HOLLIS, a la Paris. "Amateur Series." Orange edges. 

 I vol., square I2mo, $i. 



Dainty and unique in style, it will provide bright and amusing Summer reading, 

 appealing to the taste of cultivated people of society. The papers are quite uncon- 

 ventional, and are treated with a rare sense of humor. The versification has the 

 genuine ring. The volume will undoubtedly make a hit. Boston Saturday Even- 

 ing Gazette. 



Bright and full of fun. Boston Globe. 



Graceful in fancy, and bright in wit and spirit. The author's drollery is irresistible, 

 and we should think young ladies would enjoy the book as much as the beings of the 

 opposite sex. Quebec Chronicle. 



The author is anonymous as usual, now-a-days but he is known as one of the 

 foremost of a band of clever young writers. Springfield Republican. 



Writes always like a gentleman. N". Y. Mail. 



The volume is of a high order. Boston -Her aid. 



Suggests Hood at his best. Boston Journal. 



One of the most charming of Summer books. St Louis Globe-Democrat. 



Written in the approved modern Vers de Societie style, with a singular mixture 

 of wit and deep feeling. Many of the verses would not be disowned by Praed, the 

 master-genius of witty verse, or by Calverly, who wrote " Fly Leaves," a few 

 years back. Boston Advertiser. 



Bret Harte created quite a sensation in London society by reading these verses in 

 manuscript. N. Y. Pub. Weekly. 



The books contain some of the lightest and brightest bits of verse it has lately been 

 our good fortune to read. The Critic. 



