_12mo., Cloth. Price $1.25._

The Publishers believe that "The Pawnbroker" is not inferior, either in
power or interest, to any other work of Fiction that has been yet issued
from the American Press; while the local interest it possesses, in
consequence of its truthful delineation of New York life, forms one of
its many attractive features. It is the production of an American lady,
who is endowed with a fine culture, a refined and polished idea of the
requirements of Virtue and Civilized Life; together with a clear insight
of the human heart, whether bowed down by its own dark depravity, or
consoled and elevated by the noble instincts of honor and truthfulness.
But this is not all; our authoress is an Artist, and her book will do
credit to Modern American Literature.

Her Hero and Heroine are taken from the humblest walks of life; but our
interest becomes almost at once, unconsciously enlisted in their
welfare, and with intense excitement, pain, and hope, the thread of the
narrative which depicts their chequered, trying and varied career, is
perused. This effect is produced, without bombast or enervating
sentimentality; simply because a story founded upon fact is narrated
with becoming dignity, modesty and consummate Literary Art. The
characters introduced throughout the work are numerous; but each
possesses a peculiar, marked, and distinct individuality.

A writer in the _Boston Literary Bulletin_ says of it:

"I have read the MS. of "The Pawnbroker." Its principal scenes are
laid in New York, shifting occasionally to New Orleans. It is written
with great force, pathos, and ingenuity; and I have no hesitation in
prophesying that it will be ranked with "The Lamplighter" and "The
Wide, Wide World." Throughout the work a moral lesson is pointed; and
although prolific in pictures of the most exciting nature,
probability is never outraged by the introduction of mysterious
impossibilities. It cannot fail of meeting with a large sale, and
enviable popularity."

LIVERMORE & RUDD, PUBLISHERS,

310 BROADWAY, N.Y.

W.H. Tinson, Stereotyper, 24 Bookman Street.

JUST PUBLISHED.

PLU-RI-BUS-TAH:

A SONG THAT'S BY NO AUTHOR.

BY

Q.K. Philander Doesticks, P.B.

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This Book contains an unlimited quantity of hits at every body, of which
every one must good naturedly take his share, to pay for the privilege
of laughing at his neighbors.

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