The whole extracted and
translated from the best sources. New Edition. By H.R. Agnel. $1.25.
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Sixty Years' Gleanings from Life's Harvest. A Genuine Autobiography.
By John Brown. 1 vol. 12mo. Cloth, $1.
"A remarkable book in every respect, and curiously
interesting from beginning to end. John Brown lived with
'all his might,' and the 'Life' he writes is, in its
abundance and variety of tragic and comic ups-and-downs, as
good as a play. His experiences partook of all the quick
changes and boisterous bustle, and rude humor of an old
English fair; and as they are presented in this volume they
afford a picture of the times he lived and incessantly moved
in, which, in much of its bold handling, is not to be
surpassed by less spirited pencils than those of Fielding
and De Foe. The moral, even as you trace it through the
bustling table of contents, is of unmistakable application
for every fine young fellow of sound natural principles who
has to shoulder his own way to good citizenship and a share
of social influence.
"As a neglected child, a 'juvenile offender,' an ingenious
vagabond, a, shoemaker, a soldier, an actor, a sailor, a
publican, a billiard-room keeper, a Town Councillor, and an
author, Mr. Brown has seen the world for sixty years, and he
unhesitatingly describes all that he has seen, with fidelity
of memory and straightforward simplicity of style.
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