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loyalty, and with gentlemen whose written words were out-, 

 done in point of beauty of penmanship by the scratches of 

 their hens,^ — has given a full account in the volume before 

 us. We believe that his history is an impartial one ; that is, 

 as impartial as he could afford to make it. We are sure that 

 ii is very interesting V 



The Portland State of Maine says, " We were prepared 

 for a second revelation of something like Barnum's hum- 

 bugs when we saw the announcement of this book ; but a 

 reading of it at once displaces suck an idea. There is none 

 of that sanctimonious obtrusion of honesty and uprightness 

 which makes Barnum detestable. Though we had inly de- 

 termined not to laugh, we could not resist. The story is 

 told with such a naive air as to be irresistible. We never 

 understood before the extent and origin of the ' Fever,' 

 which, a few years since, so overspread the country. All 

 who like hearty jokes will find here an abundance." 



The Boston Daily Journal remarks that " The full 

 enormity of the fowl humbug the public will not learn 

 until they read this book ; and in the perusal even the vic- 

 tims must laiigh, when they find what means were used to 

 keep up the excitement, and what Tom Noddies they made 

 of themselves. It will be of no use to be indignant, nor to 

 say that the author was unprincipled and knavish in, his 

 dealings with the unfortunate victims of the hen mania. 

 * * * Both the great showman Barnum and the hen 

 fancier have been successful in humbugging the public; 

 both have given the public, in return for their bountiful 

 patronage, most amusing books; and both now probably 

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