V.

Flotsam and Jetsam.

_SATURDAY REVIEW_, Eng.:

"Amusing and readable ... Among the successful books of this order must be classed that which Mr. Bowles has recently offered to the public."

_NEW YORK WORLD_:

"This series of reflections, some philosophic, others practical, and many humorous, make a cheerful and healthful little volume, made the more valuable by its index."

_CENTRAL METHODIST_, Cattlesburgh, Ky.

"This is a romance of the sea, and is one of the most readable and enjoyable books of the season."

_LUTHERAN OBSERVER_, Phil.:

"The cargo on this wreck must have been above all estimate in value. How much 'Jetsam' there may be we cannot tell, but what we have seen is all 'Flotsam,' and will float and find its way in enriching influence to a thousand hearts and homes."

_NEW YORK HERALD_:

"It is a clever book, full of quaint conceits and deep meditation. There is plenty of entertaining and original thought, and 'Flotsam and Jetsam' is indeed worth reading."

_CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE_, Nashville, Tenn.:

"Many of the author's comments are quite acute, and their personal tone will give them an additional flavor."

_METHODIST RECORDER_, Pittsburgh, Pa.:

"In addition to the charming incidents related, it fairly sparkles with fresh and original thoughts which cannot fail to interest and profit."

_GOOD LITERATURE_, New York:

"... Never fails to amuse and interest, and it is one of the pleasantest features of the book that one may open it at a venture and be sure of finding something original and readable."

_HERALD AND PRESBYTER_, Cincinnati, Ohio:

"His manner of telling the story of his varied observations and experiences, with his reflections accompanying, is so easy and familiar, as to lend his pages a fascination which renders it almost impossible to lay down the book until it is read to the end."

_NEW YORK LEDGER_:

"It is quite out of the usual method of books of travel, and will be relished all the more by those who enjoy bits of quiet humor and piquant sketches of men and things on a yachting journey."

_NEW YORK STAR_:

"Not too profound for entertainment, and yet pleasantly suggestive. A volume of clever sayings."

_CHRISTIAN SECRETARY_, Hartford, Conn.:

"It is a book well worth reading,... full of thought."

_PRESBYTERIAN JOURNAL_, Philadelphia:

"A racy, original, thoughtful book. On the slight thread of sea-voyaging it hangs the terse thoughts of an original mind on many subjects. The style is so spicy that one reads with interest even when not approving."

_CHRISTIAN INTELLIGENCER_, New York:

"No one can spend an hour or two in Mr. Bowles' gallery of graphic pen-pictures without being so deeply impressed with their originality of conception and lively, spicy expression, as to talk about them to others."