"I, TOO, WAS A BOSTONIAN."

"I, too, was a Bostonian," exclaims the reviewer with pride, as he examines the "Hand-book of Boston Harbor," prepared by M. F. Sweetser and published by Moses King (Cambridge: $1). As he reads of the beauty of the Jerusalem Road and scents afar the delights of "Taft's," he almost wonders how he has been persuaded to spend the summer any where but on his native heath - or harbor. The "Hand-book" is an elaborate compilation of good illustrations and useful description, combining timely advertisements with appropriate extracts from Whittier, Thoreau, Howells, etc.

The above notice, taken from The Critic, gives in its unique way an idea of one of the most successful books of this year. It contains 268 pages and 200 illustrations, is handsomely printed and elegantly bound, and sells for only one dollar a copy.