ass at whom Carlyle sneered as 'scribbling
women.'... Of Maria Edgeworth, the woman, one cannot easily say too
much in praise. That home life, so loving, so wise, and so helpful,
was beautiful to its end. Miss Zimmern has treated it with delicate
appreciation. Her book is refined in conception and tasteful in
execution,--all, in short, the cynic might say, that we expect a
woman's book to be."--_New York Tribune._

"It was high time that we should possess an adequate biography of
this ornament and general benefactor of her time. And so we hail
with uncommon pleasure the volume just published in the Roberts
Brothers' series of Famous Women, of which it is the sixth. We have
only words of praise for the manner in which Miss Zimmern has
written her life of Maria Edgeworth. It exhibits sound judgment,
critical analysis, and clear characterization.... The style of the
volume is pure, limpid, and strong, as we might expect from a
well-trained English writer."--_Margaret J. Preston, in the Home
Journal._

"We can heartily recommend this life of Maria Edgeworth, not only
because it is singularly readable in itself, but because it makes
familiar to readers of the present age a notable figure in English
literary history, with whose lineaments we suspect most readers,
especially of the present generation, are less familiar than they
ought to be."--_Eclectic._

"This biography contains several letters and papers by Miss
Edgeworth that have not before been made public, notably some
charming letters written during the latter part of her life to Dr.
Holland and Mr. and Mrs. Ticknor. The author had access to a life
of Miss Edgeworth written by her step-mother, as well as to a large
collection of her private letters, and has therefore been able to
bring forward many facts in her life which have not been noted by
other writers. The book is written in a pleasant vein, and is
altogether a delightful one to read."--_Utica Herald._

FAMOUS WOMEN SERIES.

GEORGE SAND.

BY BERTHA THOMAS.

One volume. 16mo. Cloth. Price, $1.00

"Miss Thomas has accomplished a difficult task with as much good
sense as good feeling. She presents the main facts of George Sand's
life, extenuating nothing, and setting naught down in malice, but
wisely leaving her readers to form