THE CAPTIVE IN PATAGONIA;OR LIFE AMONG THE GIANTS.
THE CAPTIVE IN PATAGONIA;OR LIFE AMONG THE GIANTS.
ByBenjamin F. Bourne.With Illustrations.12mo, cloth, 85 cts.
This work, by Captain Bourne,—who was taken captive and retained three months by the Patagonians,—gives an account of his capture and final escape; a description of this strange people; their manners, customs, habits, pursuits; the country, its soil productions, etc., of which little or nothing has heretofore been known. ☞ A work of thrilling interest, and of instruction to every class of readers.
Any book, descriptive of a country which is almost like fable land to the civilized world, must possess great interest; but this work, besides havingthisattraction, is written with much vigor and spirit, and is replete with a variety of interesting facts, descriptive of the manners, customs, character, etc., of the Patagonians.—Sav. Jour.
A work of thrilling interest, and bids fair to be another Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Captain Bourne is well known and highly respected in this community; and the narrative of his strange adventures, startling and romantic as they may seem, can be relied upon as strictly true.—Nantucket Eagle.
We have seldom read a work of such intense interest—N. H. Sentinel.
This is a narrative of great interest.—Phil. Ch. Observer.
We question whether the scenes, trials, hardships, adventures, etc., could have been more vividly drawn had they emanated from the pen of anIrvingor aCooper.—Rutland (Vt.) Herald.
The author is known as a respectable man, and one of high integrity; and from his own experience has given particulars of the manners, customs, habits, and pursuits of the natives. It is a thrilling narrative, and as exciting as Typee.—Newport Merc.
No work of romance can exceed to enchain the mind and awaken interest.—Cong.
Seldom, if ever, have we perused a work with so intense an interest. No work of romance can excel it in power to enchant the mind, and awaken a nervous desire to possess the valuable information which it communicates.—Amherst Express.
Having begun it one evening, we would not quit until the book had been finished.—Montpelier Journal.
Uncle Tom may stand aside for the present. Mrs. Stowe may herself, as well as her readers, listen to the tale of a New Bedford sailor. His narrative is one that cannot fail to move both to smiles and tears,—containing touches of the broadest and most genial humor, as well as passages of simple pathos, which dissolve the soul in sympathy.—B. H. Aurora.
Possessing all the interest of real adventure, with all the attractiveness of romance, we do not wonder at its popularity.—Boston Atlas.
We have never before perused any personal narrative that has interested us as this one.—Fountain and Journal, Me.
We have scarcely been able to leave its attractive pages. If the reader wishes to be amused, instructed, delighted, and benefited, he cannot do better than to procure a copy.—Gardiner Evening Transcript.
THE HISTORY OF BANKING; with a Comprehensive Account of the Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Banks of England, Ireland, and Scotland. ByWilliam John Lawson. First American Edition. Revised, with numerous additions. ByJ. Smith Homans, Editor of Bankers’ Magazine. 1 vol. octavo, 2,00.
☞ A novel book, yet interesting and instructive; containing anecdotes of men who have figured largely in the business, cases of forgeries, counterfeits, detections, trials, etc.