hly genuine, and Colonel Johnston is
one of its prophets. The Widow Guthrie is admirably drawn. She would
have delighted Thackeray. The story which bears her name is one of the
best studies of Southern life which we possess."--_Christian Union._

_THE PRIMES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS._ Illustrated by Kemble, Frost,
and others. 12mo. Cloth, uniform with "Widow Guthrie," $1.25. Also in
paper, not illustrated, 50 cents.

"The South ought to erect a monument in gratitude to Richard Malcolm
Johnston. While scores of writers have been looking for odd Southern
characters and customs and writing them up as curiosities, Mr. Johnston
has been content to tell stories in which all the people are such as
might be found in almost any Southern village before the war, and the
incidents are those of the social life of the people, uncomplicated by
anything which happened during the late unpleasantness."--_New York
Herald._

"These ten short stories are full of queer people, who not only talk but
act in a sort of dialect. Their one interest is their winning oddity.
They are as truly native to the soil as are the people of 'Widow
Guthrie.' In both books the humor is genuine, and the local coloring is
bright and attractive."--_New York Commercial Advertiser._

_THE CHRONICLES OF MR. BILL WILLIAMS._ (Dukesborough Tales.) 12mo.
Paper, 50 cents; cloth, with Portrait of the Author, $1.00.

"A delightful originality characterizes these stories, which may take a
high rank in our native fiction that depicts the various phases of the
national life. Their humor is equally genuine and keen, and their pathos
is delicate and searching."--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette._

"Stripped of their bristling envelope of dialect, the core of these
experiences emerges as lumps of pure comedy, as refreshing as traveler's
trees in a thirsty land; and the literary South may be grateful that it
has a living writer able and willing to cultivate a neglected patch of
its wide domain with such charming skill."--_The Critic._

_MR. FORTNER'S MARITAL CLAIMS, and Other Stories._ 16mo. Boards, 50
cents.

"When the last story is finished we feel, in imitation of Oliver Twist,
like asking for more."--_Public Opinion._

"Quaint and lifelike pictures, as characteristic in dialect as in
description, of Georgia scenes and characters, and the quaintness of its
humor is entertaining and delightful."--_Washington Public Opinion._

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