Popular Work ! Twelfth Thousand Now Eeady ! 



LEWIE, OR THeIbENDED TWIG. 



BY COUSIN CICELY, 

 Author of " Silver Lake Stories," etc., etc. 

 OntJ Volume 12ino.» - - - - - Price $1.00 



ALDEN & BEARDSLEY, Auburn and Rochester , N. Y 



Publishers. 



" Mother ! thy gentle hand hath mighty power, 

 For thou alone may'st train, and guide, and mould 

 Plants that shall blossom, with an odor sweet, 

 Or, like the cursed fig-tree, wither, and become 

 Vile cumberers of the ground." 



Brief Extracts from Notices of th« Press, 



» * • A tale which deserves to rank with "The Wide, WideWorld." 

 It is written with graphic power, and full of interest. — Hartford Repub. 



* * * Her writings are equal to the best. She is a second Fanny 

 Fern — Palmyra Democrat. 



* * * It is rpcommended by its excellent moral tone and its whole- 

 some practical inculcations — iV. Y. Tribune. 



* * * FuU of grace and charm, its style and vivacity make it a most 

 amusing work. For the intellectual and thinking, it has a deeper lesson, 

 and while it thrills the heart, bids parents beware of that weakness which 

 prepares in infancy the misery of man. " Lewie " is one of the most pop- 

 ular books now before the public, and needs no puffing, as it is selling by 

 thousands. — N. Y. Day Book. 



* * * The moral of the book is inestimable. The writer cannot 

 fail to be good", as she so faithfully portrays ihe evils which owe their ori- 

 gin to the criminal neglect of proper parental discipline. — Hunt'* Mer- 

 chants' Magazine. 



* * * The plot is full of dramatic interest, yet entirely free from 

 extravagance ; the incidents grow out of the main plot easily and natural- 

 ly, while the sentiment is healthy and unaffected. Comm^id us to more 

 writers like Cousin (Cicely — books which we can see in thif hands of our 

 young people without uneasiness. Bocks which interest by picturing life 

 as it is, instead of giving us galvanized society. — National Democrat. 



* * * A touching and impressive story, unaffected in . style and ef- 

 fective in plot. — N. Y. Evangelist. 



* * * The story of the Governess, contained In this volume, is one 

 of rare interest. — Highland Eagle. 



* * * The story is a charming one — the most affecting we ever 

 read — Jersey Shore Republican. 



* » * "Cousin Cicely" is just the person to portray family scenes. 

 * » * This story will be profitable reading. — Daily Capital City Fact 

 Columbus, Ohio. 



* * * The contents of the work are of the first order, and unezcep 

 tionable. Daily Times.T^ 



