HURST AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY 



( CONTINUED ). 



VOL. VL ADAM GRAEME OF MOSSGRAY. 



BY THE AUTHOR OF "MRS MARGARET MAITLAND." 



" ' Adam Graeme' is a story awakening genuine emotions of interest and delight by its 

 admirable pictures of Scottish life and scenery. The plot is cleverly complicated, and 

 there is trreat vitality in the dialogue, and remarkable brilliancy in the descriptive pas- 

 M who that has read 'Margaret Maitland' would not be prepared to expect? 

 Kiit the story has a 'mightier magnet still,' in the healthy tone which pervades it, in 

 its feminine delicacy of thought and diction, and in the truly womanly tenderness of 

 its sentiments. The eloquent author sets before us the essential attributes of Chris- 

 tian virtue, their deep and silent workings in the heart, and their beautiful manifesta- 

 tions in the life, with a delicacy, a power, and a truth which can hardly be surpassed." 

 Morning Post. 



VOL. VII. SAM SLICK'S WISE SAWS 

 AND MODERN INSTANCES 



" The humour of Sam Slick is inexhaustible. He is ever and everywhere a welcome 

 visitor; smiles greet his approach, and wit and wisdom hang upon his tongue. The 

 present production is remarkable alike for its racy humour, its sound philosophy, the 

 felicity of its illustrations, and the delicacy of its satire. We promise our readers a 

 irrcat treat from the perusal of these 'Wise Saws and Modern Instances,' which contain 

 a world of practical wisdom, and a treasury of the richest fun." Post. 



" We have not the slightest intention to criticise this book. Its reputation is made, 

 and will stand as long as that of Scott's or Bulwer's Novels. The remarkable ori- 

 ginality of its purpose, and the happy description it affords of American life and man- 

 ners, still continue the subject of universal admiration. To say thus much is to say 

 enough, though we must just mention that the new edition forms a part of the Pub- 

 lishers' Cheap Standard Library, which has included some of the very best specimens 

 of light literature that ever have been written." Messenger. 



YOL. VIIL CARDINAL WISEMAN'S RECOLLECTIONS 

 OF THE LAST FOUR POPES. 



"A picturesque book on Rome and its ecclesiastical sovereigns, by an eloquent Ro 

 man Catholic. Cardinal Wiseman has here treated a special subject with so much 

 generality and geniality, that his recollections will excite no ill-feeling in those who 

 are most conscientiously opposed to every idea of human infallibility represented in 

 Papal domination." Athenceum. 



VOL. IX. A LIFE FOR A LIFE. 



BY THE AUTHOR OF JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.'* 

 "We are always glad to welcome Miss Muloch. She writes from her own convic- 

 tions, and she has the power not only to conceive clearly what it is that she wishes to 

 say, but to express it in language effective and vigorous. In 'A Life for a Life ' she is 

 fortunate in a good subject, and she has produced a work of strong effect. The 

 reader having read the book through for the story, will be apt (if he be of our per- 

 suasion) to return and read again many pages and passages with greater pleasure 

 than on a first perusal. The whole book is replete with a graceful, tender deli- 

 cacy ; and iu addition to its other merits, it is written in good careful English." 

 Athenaeum. 



" The works of this author go beneath the surface, and present a picture of human 

 joys and human Bufferings in which those deep hopes, disappointments, and sorrows, 

 which are the very well -springs of our existence, are brought to light, and set before 

 us by a sympathising mind. ' A Life for a Life ' is a book of this class. The characters 

 are depicted with a masterly hand, the events are dramatically set forth ; the descrip- 

 tions of scenery and sketches of society are admirably penned ; moreover the work has 

 an object a clearly defined moral most poetically, most beautifully drawn ; and 

 through all there is that strong reflective mind visible which lays bare the h'umau 

 heart and human mind to the very core." Post. 



