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shows up the hen delusion in most admirable style ; and we 

 would invite all who like to indulge in the luxury of a 

 hearty laugh to buy a copy. The illustrations are cap- 

 ital." 



The Portland Transcript says, Mr. Burnham " writes 

 this book to show the people how they have been hum- 

 bugged ; but, unlike Barnum, he makes no Pecksnif- 

 FIAX professions of reform and morality. Such books ought 

 to prove of benefit to the public.'' 



The Penn. Independent says, "This volume, by Geo. 

 P. Burnham, Esq., is a new and amusing work, for a copy 

 of which we are under lasting obligations to the publishers. 

 It will create a deep sensation, and be productive of a deal 

 of good in the community." 



The N. y. Watchman denominates this work "a vol- 

 ume by a master-hand ; " and says, " though we could wish 

 that certain passages might have been omitted, yet, on the 

 whole, it is a capital book, calculated to effect solid good 

 throughout a community proverbially inclined to be de- 

 ceived and cajoled." 



The editor of Zion's Herald says, he " don't like " 

 this book, but announces that "it contains an account of 

 the manner in which the public were duped by the tricks 

 of interested men, during the prevalence of what is aptly 

 enough called the ' Hen Fever.' The author, who, it 

 appears, made himself rich out of the ' bubble,' hopes to 

 increase his hoards by this publication." 



Of no book yet put upon the American market has 

 there ever been sold so many copies, in three weeks from 



