JOHN HENRY, (25th Thousand.)
By HUGH MCHUGH.
""John Henry" has just "b.u.t.ted" its way in between the literary bars and capered over the book counters to the tune of twelve thousand copies before its publishers could recover their breath.
"Every page is as catchy as a bar from a popular song.
"The slang is as correct, original and smart as the newest handshake from London.
"In the lottery of humorous books "John Henry" seems to approximate the capital prize."--_N. Y. Journal._
"All who have laughed over "Billy Baxter" will heartily enjoy this book."--_The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer_.
THE KING OF HONEY ISLAND, (45th Thousand.)
By MAURICE THOMPSON, author of "Alice of Old Vincennes," etc.
""The King of Honey Island" bears quite as many marks of the genius of the author as does "Alice of Old Vincennes," with the additional charm, perhaps of more buoyancy and beauty of thought and expression. In "Alice" Mr. Thompson plumed himself as a master word painter. In "The King of Honey Island" he developed into a veritable American Ouida, for his descriptive powers are marvelous. Like the true artist that he was, he paints Nature as it looks, not as it is, so that the reader, in glimpsing the battle of New Orleans, hears, almost, the cannon"s roar."--_The Topeka Capital._