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t.i.tle: Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa"s Spinning Wheel
Author: Caroline Lee Hentz
Release Date: October 20, 2007 [EBook #23106]
Language: English
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HELEN AND ARTHUR;
OR,
Miss Thusa"s Spinning Wheel.
BY
MRS. CAROLINE LEE HENTZ.
AUTHOR OF "LINDA," "COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE," "PLANTER"S NORTHERN BRIDE,"
"LOVE AFTER MARRIAGE," "EOLINE," "RENA," ETC.
_Complete in one large volume, bound in cloth, price One Dollar and Twenty-five cents, or in two volumes, paper cover, for One Dollar._
READ WHAT SOME OF THE LEADING EDITORS SAY OF IT:
"This book, by one of the most popular authors in the country, has been issued in the publisher"s very best style. There are but few readers of the current literature of the day, who are not acquainted with the name, and the stories of this auth.o.r.ess. Her style is a pleasing one, and her stories usually strongly marked in incident. The volume now published abounds with the most beautiful scenic descriptions, and displays an intimate acquaintance with all phases of human character; all the characters being exceedingly well drawn. The moral is of a most wholesome character, and the plot, incidents, and management, give evidence of great tact, skill and judgment, on the part of the writer.
It is a work which the oldest and the youngest may alike read with profit."--_Dollar Newspaper._
"It is a tale of Southern life, where Mrs. Hentz is peculiarly at home, and so far as we have had time to examine it, it gives proofs of possessing all the excellencies that have already made her writings so popular throughout the country. The sound, healthy tone of all Mrs.
Hentz"s tales makes them safe as well as delightful reading, and we can safely and warmly recommend it to all who delight in agreeable fictions.
Mr. Peterson has published it in a beautifully printed volume."--_Evening Bulletin._
"A story of domestic life, written in Mrs. Hentz"s best vein. The details of the plot are skilfully elaborated, and many pa.s.sages are deeply pathetic."--_Commercial Advertiser._
MRS. CAROLINE LEE HENTZ"S OTHER WORKS.
T. B. Peterson having purchased the stereotype plates of all the writings of Mrs. Hentz, he has just published a new, uniform and beautiful edition of all her works, printed on a much finer and better paper, and in far superior and better style to what they have ever before been issued in, (all in uniform style with Helen and Arthur,) copies of any one or all of which will be sent to any place in the United States, free of postage, on receipt of remittances. Each book contains a beautiful ill.u.s.tration of one of the best scenes. The following are the names of these celebrated works:
LINDA. THE YOUNG PILOT OF THE BELLE CREOLE. Complete in two volumes, paper cover, price One Dol., or bound in one volume, cloth gilt, $1.25.
"We hail with pleasure this contribution to the literature of the South.
Works containing faithful delineations of Southern life, society, and scenery, whether in the garb of romance or in the soberer attire of simple narrative, cannot fail to have a salutary influence in correcting the false impressions which prevail in regard to our people and inst.i.tutions; and our thanks are due to Mrs. Hentz for the addition she has made to this department of our native literature. We cannot close without expressing a hope that "Linda" may be followed by many other works of the same cla.s.s from the pen of its gifted author."--_Southern Literary Gazette._
"Mrs. Hentz has given us here a very delightful romance, ill.u.s.trative of life in the South-west, on a Mississippi plantation. There is a well-wrought love-plot; the characters are well drawn; the incidents are striking and novel; the denouement happy, and moral excellent. Mrs.
Hentz may twine new laurels above her "Mob Cap.""--_Evening Bulletin._
ROBERT GRAHAM. The Sequel to, and continuation of Linda. Complete in two large volumes, paper cover, price One Dol., or bound in one volume, cloth gilt, $1.25.
"We cannot admire too much, nor thank Mrs. Hentz too sincerely for the high and enn.o.bling morality and Christian grace, which not only pervade her entire writings, but which shine forth with undimmed beauty in the new novel, Robert Graham. It sustains the character which is very difficult to well delineate in a work of fiction--_a religious missionary_. All who read the work will bear testimony to the entire success of Mrs. Hentz."--_Boston Transcript._
"The thousands who read "Linda, or, the Young Pilot of the Belle Creole," will make haste to procure a copy of this book, which is a sequel to that history. Like all of this writer"s works, it is natural and graphic, and very entertaining."--_City Item._
"A charming novel; and in point of plot, style, and all the other characteristics of a readable romance, it will compare favorably with almost any of the many publications of the season."--_Literary Gazette._
RENA; or, THE SNOW BIRD. A Tale of Real Life. Complete in two volumes, paper cover, price One Dol., or bound in one volume, cloth gilt, $1.25.
""Rena; or, the Snow Bird" elicits a thrill of deep and exquisite pleasure, even exceeding that which accompanied "Linda," which was generally admitted to be the best story ever written for a newspaper.
That was certainly high praise, but "Rena" takes precedence even of its predecessor, and, in both, Mrs. Lee Hentz has achieved a triumph of no ordinary kind. It is not that old a.s.sociations bias our judgment, for though from the appearance, years since, of the famous "Mob Cap" in this paper, we formed an exalted opinion of the womanly and literary excellence of the writer, our feelings have, in the interim, had quite sufficient leisure to cool; yet, after the lapse of years, we have continued to maintain the same literary devotion to this best of our female writers. The two last productions of Mrs. Lee Hentz now fully confirm our previously formed opinion, and we unhesitatingly commend "Rena," now published in book form, in beautiful style, by T. B.
Peterson, as a story which, in its varied, deep, and thrilling interest, has no superior."--_American Courier._
THE PLANTER"S NORTHERN BRIDE. With ill.u.s.trations. Complete in two large volumes, paper cover, 600 pages, price One Dollar, or bound in one volume, cloth gilt, $1.25.
"We have seldom been more charmed by the perusal of a novel; and we desire to commend it to our readers in the strongest words of praise that our vocabulary affords. The incidents are well varied; the scenes beautifully described; and the interest admirably kept up. But the _moral_ of the book is its highest merit. The "Planter"s Northern Bride"
should be as welcome as the dove of peace to every fireside in the Union. It cannot be read without a moistening of the eyes, a softening of the heart, and a mitigation of sectional and most unchristian prejudices."--_N. Y. Mirror._
"It is unquestionably the most powerful and important, if not the most charming work that has yet flowed from her elegant pen; and though evidently founded upon the all-absorbing subjects of slavery and abolitionism, the genius and skill of the fair author have developed new views of golden argument, and flung around the whole such a halo of pathos, interest, and beauty, as to render it every way worthy the author of "Linda," "Marcus Warland," "Rena," and the numerous other literary gems from the same author."--_American Courier._
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE; or, THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF AMERICAN LIFE. With a Portrait of the Author. Complete in two large volumes, paper cover, price One Dollar, or bound in one volume, cloth gilt, $1.25.
"This work will be found, on perusal by all, to be one of the most exciting, interesting, and popular works that has ever emanated from the American Press. It is written in a charming style, and will elicit through all a thrill of deep and exquisite pleasure. It is a work which the oldest and the youngest may alike read with profit. It abounds with the most beautiful scenic descriptions; and displays an intimate acquaintance with all phases of human character; all the characters being exceedingly well drawn. It is a delightful book, full of incidents, oftentimes bold and startling, and describes the warm feelings of the Southerner in glowing colors. Indeed, all Mrs. Hentz"s stories aptly describe Southern life, and are highly moral in their application. In this field Mrs. Hentz wields a keen sickle, and harvests a rich and abundant crop. It will be found in plot, incident, and management, to be a superior work. In the whole range of elegant moral fiction, there cannot be found any thing of more inestimable value, or superior to this work, and it is a gem that will well repay a careful perusal. The Publisher feels a.s.sured that it will give entire satisfaction to all readers, encourage good taste and good morals, and while away many leisure hours with great pleasure and profit, and be recommended to others by all that peruse it."
MARCUS WARLAND; or, THE LONG MOSS SPRING. A Tale of the South. Complete in two volumes, paper cover, price One Dol., or bound in one volume, cloth gilt, $1.25.
"Every succeeding chapter of this new and beautiful nouvellette of Mrs.
Hentz increases in interest and pathos. We defy any one to read aloud the chapters to a listening auditory, without deep emotion, or producing many a pearly tribute to its truthfulness, pathos, and power."--_Am.
Courier._