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A Historical Romance. By Eldred Grayson, Esq., author 

 of " Standi'sh, the Puritan, &e." 416 pages, 12mo. Muslin 

 Price, $1. 



The principal scenes of " Overing" are laid in Rhode Island, and the 

 story opens on the coast of that mist-invested region, when Rhode Island 

 was a province, some seventy-eight years ago. It covers the balance of 

 that period, and the stirring times of the Revolution which succeeded it, 

 and which resulted in its freedom with the other twelve States of the 

 confederacy, from the galling thraldom of unjust and oppressive English 

 rule. The story is admirably managed, and the characters are drawn 

 with a bold, dashing, and skillful pencil. 



The interest is well kept up to the close, and in all respects it is a work 

 which will command the attention of the reading public, and become a 

 standard work of American historical romance. Its typographical at- 

 tractions vie with the interest of its contents, and display a taste and 

 care which must command for the publishers the public commendation 

 — Albany State Register. 



It is a powerful story, illustrative of the manners and the times of the 

 early settlers of the country. The principal characters had a real exist- 

 ence, and many of the facts are transmitted from the Puritan fathers by 

 direct descent. — JYew Haven paper. ^ 



What we have read is so interesting that the volume will not pass out 

 of our hands until we see the " Finis." — Boston Evening Gazette. 



The plot is a very ingenious one, and the characters in the main finely 

 drawn — the leading ones most skillfully delineated. Overing, the hero, is 

 one of those wild, daring, restless spirits, who, trained somewhat by dis- 

 cipline, were wont, during the colonial contest, to become the cause of 

 continued apprehension to the British troops. He was always upon them 

 when least expected, or if expected, he came from a point or in a way for 

 which they were unprepared. Other personages are introduced and made 

 to sustain their part, whether prominent or subordinate; each exhibit 

 distinctive traits, illustrative of the character of the early settlers, and 

 all combine to make up a work of unusual and engrossing interest. — 

 Syracuse Daily Journal. 



It purports to be founded upon veritable incidents, and to be rather a 

 commingling of truth and fiction, than to consist exclusively of either. It 

 is an exciting, thrilling story, and illustrates with great felicity many of 

 the peculiarities of the olden time. — Albany Argus. 



Overing is certainly issued in beautiful style, and if the gem be worthy 

 of the casket — the story of its typographical dress in which it is given to 

 the public — it must take high rank among American works of fiction. 

 It belongs to the same class of works with Mrs. Childs' " Hbbomock," 

 "Peep at the Pilgrims," and Mr. Motley's later romnnce. — Lowell 

 paper 



