THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES.

16mo. Per vol., 50 cents.

There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste for quaintand curious reminiscences of "Ye Olden Time," and to meet this, Mr. HenryM. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks. The materialshave been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of Boston and Salem, sourcesnot easily accessible, and while not professing to be history, the volumescontain much material for history, so combined and presented as to be bothamusing and instructive. The titles of some of the volumes indicate theirscope and their promise of entertainment:—

    Curiosities of the Old Lottery.
    Days of the Spinning-Wheel.
    Some Strange and Curious Punishments.
    Quaint and Curious Advertisements.
    Literary Curiosities.
    New-England Sunday, etc.

"It has been the good fortune of the writer to be allowed a peep at themanuscript for this series, and he can assure the lovers of the historical andthe quaint in literature that something both valuable and pleasant is in storefor them. In the specialties treated of in these books Mr. Brooks has been formany years a careful collector and student, and it is gratifying to learn that thematerial is to be committed to book form."—Salem Gazette.

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TICKNOR & CO., Boston.