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COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, Cin- 

 cinnati : 



"One of the most popular books pub- 

 lished lately." 



CENTRAL METHODIST, Ken- 

 tucky : 



" This is a choice work full of fact 

 and biography. It will be read with in- 

 terest, more especially by that large 

 c'aes whose awl and hammer provide the 

 human family with soles for their feet." 



THE WESTERN MAIL, England : 

 41 Written with taste and tact, in a 

 graceful, easy style. A book most in- 

 teresting to youth." 



CHRISTIAN GUARDIAN, To- 

 ronto : 



" It is a capital book." 

 EVANGELICAL CHURCH- 



MAN, Toronto : 



"This is a most interesting bok, 

 written in a very popular style." 



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Flotsam and Jetsain. 



ttJXVRDA Y R E VIE W, Eng. : 



w Amusing and readable. . . . Among 

 the successful books of this order must 

 be classed that which Mr. Bowles has re- 

 cently offered to the public." 

 NEW YOKK WORLD.- 



" This series of reflections, some phil- 

 osophic, othesa practical, and many hu- 

 morous, make a cheerful and healthful 

 little volume, made the more valuable 

 by its index." 



CENTRAL METHODIST, Cat- 

 tlesbnrgh, Ky. : 



" This is a romance of the sea, and is 

 one of the most readable and enjoyable 

 books of the season." 

 LUTHER A N OBSERVER, Phil. : 



" The cargo on this wreck must have 

 been above all estimate in value. How 

 much ' Jetsam ' there may be we cannot 

 tell, but what we have seen is fill ' Flot- 

 sam, 1 and will float and find its way in 

 enriching influence to a thousand hearts 

 and homes." 



NEW YORK HERALD: 



"It is a clever book, fnll of quaint 

 conceits and deep medit&Uon. There 

 Is plenty of entertaining f\nd original 

 thought, and ' Flotsam and Jetsam ' is 

 indeed worth reading." 



CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, Nash- 



ville, Tenn. : 



"Many of the author's comments are 

 quite acute, and their personal tone will 

 give them an additional flavis-." 



METHODIST RECORDER, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. : 



"In addition to the charming inci- 

 dents related, it fairly sparkles with fresh 

 and original thoughts which cannot fail 

 to interest and profit." 

 GOOD LITERATURE, New York: 



"... Never fails to amuse and inter- 

 est, and it is one of the pleasantest feat- 

 ures of the book that one may open it at 

 a venture and be sure of finding gome- 

 thing original and readable." 

 HERALD AND PRESBYTER, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio : 



" His manner of telling the story of his 

 varied observations and experiences, with 

 his reflections accompanying, is f o easy 

 and familiar, as to lend his pages a fas- 

 cination which renders it almost impos- 

 sible to lay down the book until it is read 

 to the end." 

 NEW YORK LEDGER: 



"It is quite out of the usual method of 

 books of travel, and will bo relished all 

 the more by those who enjoy bits of 

 quiet humor and piquant sketches of 

 men and things on a yachting journey." 

 NEW YORK STAR: 



"Not too profound for entertainment, 

 and yet pleasantly suggestive. A volume 

 of clever sayings." 



CHRISTIAN SECRETARY, 

 Hartford. Conn. : 



"It is a book well worth reading, . . . 

 full of thought." 



