THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES.

16mo. Per vol., 50 cents.

There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste forquaint and curious reminiscences of "Ye Olden Time," and to meet this,Mr. Henry M. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks. Thematerials have been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of Boston andSalem, sources not easily accessible, and while not professing to behistory, the volumes contain much material for history, so combined andpresented as to be both amusing and instructive. The titles of some ofthe volumes indicate their scope 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 historicaland the quaint in literature that something both valuable and pleasant isin store for them. In the specialties treated of in these books Mr.Brooks has been for many years a careful collector and student, and it isgratifying to learn that the material is to be committed to bookform."—Salem Gazette.

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