terized that earlier work. We behold the mother now
blessed in the love of good and affectionate offspring, who, parents
themselves, are, after her example, training _their_ children in the way
of rectitude and piety."--_Morning Chronicle._

"This beautiful story was completed when the authoress was little above
the age of nineteen, yet it has the sober sense of middle age. There is
no age nor sex that will not profit by its perusal, and it will afford
as much pleasure as profit to the reader."--_Critic._

"The same kindly spirit, the same warm charity and fervor of devotion
which breathes in every line of that admirable book, 'Home Influence,'
will be found adorning and inspiring 'The Mother's Recompense.'"--_Morning
Advertiser._

"The good which, she (Grace Aguilar) has effected is acknowledged on all
hands, and it cannot be doubted but that the appearance of this volume
will increase the usefulness of one who may yet be said to be still
speaking to the heart and to the affections of human nature."--_Bell's
Messenger._

"It will be found an interesting supplement, not only to the book to
which it specially relates, but to all the writer's other
works."--_Gentleman's Magazine._

"'The Mother's Recompense' forms a fitting close to its predecessor,
'Home Influence.' The results of maternal care are fully developed, its
rich rewards are set forth, and its lesson and its moral are powerfully
enforced."--_Morning Post._

"We heartily commend this volume; a better or more useful present to a
youthful friend or a young wife could not well be selected."--_Herts
County Press._

"We look upon 'The Days of Bruce' as an elegantly-written and
interesting romance, and place it by the side of Miss Porter's 'Scottish
Chiefs.'"--_Gentleman's Magazine._

"A very pleasing and successful attempt to combine ideal delineation of
character with the records of history. Very beautiful and very true are
the portraits of the female mind and heart which Grace Aguilar knew how
to draw. This is the chief charm of all her writings, and in 'The Days
of Bruce' the reader will have the pleasure of viewing this skillful
portraiture in the characters of Isoline and Agnes, and Isabella of
Buchan."--_Literary Gazette._

"What a fertile mind was that of Grace Aguilar! What an early
development of reflection, of feeling, of taste, of power of invention,
or true and earnest eloquence! 'The Days of Bruce' is a composition of
her early youth, but fu