EXTRACTS FROM SOME PRESS NOTICES OF 'THOMASINA. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. "Thomasina" is a favourable example of the best school of English Romance, than which there is none more entertaining, purer, more natural. Without any perceptible effort, the author has an unusual knack of portraying character and investing it with an interest that is purely human, never overdrawn, and yet never dull..... For the delicacies of character-drawing, for play of incident, and for finish of style, we must refer our readers to the story itself.....from the perusal of which they cannot fail to derive both interest and amusement.'-DAILY News. "This is undeniably a pleasing story....The women are unquestionably well sketched, and the personal character, actions, and ultimate destiny of each individual are in harmony the one with the other.'-PALL MALL GAZEtte, "The men and women are true and natural; they act and talk just as people do in real life. Thomasina is an original and welldrawn character. Gives pleasure without trouble and without weariness.'-GUARDIAN. " "Thomasina" is as pleasant and readable a two-volumed novel as has appeared this year. Considered as a novel of its own kind, "Thomasina holds too high a place to need any praise....We have read every page of it, and could have done the same had it counted a thousand pages instead of five hundred.'-EXAMINER. 'We would liken it to a finished and delicate cabinet picture, in which there is no brilliant colour, and yet all is in harmony- in which no line is without its purpose, but all contribute to the unity of the whole work.'-ATHENAUM. 'An amusing, animated, and well-told story.....The women are ably drawn....Two lively, simple, and pleasant volumes.'SPECTATOR. |