B. APPLETON cfc CO.'S PUBLIOATIOKS. 



MRS. COWDEN CLARKE'S NEW ENGLISH NOVEL. 



The Iron Coufin, or Mutual Influence. 



BT MAET COWDEN CLAEKE, 



Author of "The Girlhood of Shakspeare's Heroines;" the "CoMPLErB 

 Concordance to Shakspeake,'' <fec. 



One liandsomely printed volume, large 12mo. over 500 pages. Price $1.25-cloth. 



" Mrs. Clarke lias given us one of the most deliglitful novels we have read for many 

 a day, and one which is destined, we doubt not, to he much longer lived than the majority 

 of books of its class. Its chief beauties are a certain freshness in the style in which the in - 

 cidents are presented to us— a healthful tone pervading it— a aimpleteness in most of the 

 characters— and a truthful power in the descriptions."- Zon-rfon Times. 



" We have found the volume deeply interesting-^its characters are well drawn, while 

 its tone and sentiments are well calculated to exert a purifying and ennobling influence 

 upon all who read it'' — Savannah Republican. 



"The scene of the book is village life amongst the upper cla=s, with village episodes, 

 which seem to have been sketched from the life — there is a primitive simplicity and grefi^t- 

 nessof heart about some of the characters which keep up the sympathy and interest co 

 the end." — London Globe. 



"The reader cannot fail of being both charmed and ! istructed by the book, and of 

 hoping that a pen so able will not lie idle." — Pennaylvanian. 



" We fearlessly .recommend it as a woi'k of more than ordinary merit." — Binghampton 

 DaUy Republic, 



" The great moral lesson indicated by the title-page of this book runs, as a golden thread, 

 through every part of it, while the reader is constantly kept in contact with the workinua 

 of an Inventive and brilliant mind."— -<d/& any Argus. 



" We have read this fascinating story with a good deal of interest Human nature is 

 well and faithfully portrayed, and we see the counterpart of our story in character ar.d 

 disposition, in every village and district. The book cannot fail of popular reception."— 

 Albany and RocJiester Courier. 



"A work of deep and powerful influence.'' — JTerald. 



" Mrs. Cowden Clarke, with the delicacy and artistic taste of refined womanhood, has 'u 

 (Ms work shown great versatility of talent." 



"The Btury is too deeply interesting to allow the reader to lay it down till he has read 

 ttto the end." 



"The work is skilful in plan, graphic in style, diveaified in incidentand true to nature." 



"The tale is charmingly imagined. The Incidents never exceed probability but seem 

 perfectly natural. In the stylethere is much quaintness, in the sentiment much tendernesB." 



"It is a spirited, charming story, full of adventurti, friendship and love, with characters 

 nicelv drawn^and carefully di^ciiminated. The clear style and Fpirit with which the story 

 b presented and the characters developed, will attract a large constituency to the perusal." 



•* Mrs Cowden Clarke's story has one of the highest qualities of fiction- it is no flickering 

 ihadow, but seems of real growth. It is full of lively truth, and shows nice perception of 

 the early elements of character with which we become acquainted in its wholeness, and in 

 the ripeness of years. The incident is well woven ; the color is blood-warm ; and there is 

 the presence of a sweet grace and gentle power." 



