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, h la Paris. "Amateur Serie:^." Orange edges. 

 I vol., square i2nio, $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 witli a rare sense of humor. The versification has the 

 genuine ring. The volume will undoubtedly make a hit. — Bosto?i Saturday Even- 

 zug Gazette. 



Bright and full of fun. — Boston Glohc. 



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 Chro7iiclc. 



The author is anonymous — as usual, now-a-days — but he is knov\'n as one of the 

 foremost of a band of clever young writers, — Spring/leld Republican. 



Writes always like a gentleman. — ^V. }'. Mail. 



The volume is of a high order. — Boston Herald. 



Suggests Hood at his best, — Boston yonriial. 



One of the most charming of Summer books. — .5"^. Louis Globc-Danocrat. 



Written in the approved modern Vers de Socictie 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. — JSf. 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. 



