MAN,' the new work by WM. WELLS BROWN, has been sold, and a second
is to be published in a few days. Such rapid sale of a book devoted
entirely to an exhibition of the genius, the talent, and the heroism of
the hated Negro, and advocating his elevation and equality, shows that
a great change has come over the minds of the American people, and that
justice to a long injured class is not far off. This work has done good
service among those who are impregnated with the idea that the blacks
were created for nothing but slaves. The new edition will be revised
and enlarged, and will contain an original sketch of the heroic and
daring charge of the First Louisiana Regiment at Port Hudson. The price
of the book will remain the same--$1.00."
From the New York Anti-Slavery Standard.
"In 'THE BLACK MAN,' MR. BROWN gives us authentic and well written
sketches of more than fifty colored men and women, of the past
and present time, who, by their talents, attainments, and earnest
devotion to the welfare of their race, have made themselves more or
less eminent, and whose lives and labors afford the best possible
illustration of the intellectual and moral capacity of the Negro, and
the best possible answer to those who make his alleged inferiority an
excuse for his enslavement."
From the New York Herald of Progress.
"MR. BROWN has given us an interesting work. The subjects of the
biographies are well chosen to exhibit the versatility and range of the
genius of the African race. Science and Philosophy, Literature and the
Arts, are shown to be richly indebted to it. MR. BROWN'S book is an
incontestable argument."
From the Boston Transcript.
"THE BLACK MAN: _His Antecedents, His Genius, and His
Achievements_.--This is the title of a new book by WM. WELLS BROWN, the
well-known lecturer and able advocate of his race. The work comprises
fifty-three biographical sketches of persons of pure or mixed African
descent who, in modern times, have been representative men and women,
besides reference to many illustrious names among the ancients. This
is the best account of the ability of the Negro ever put in print. The
genius of the race is well brought out."
From Zion's Herald, of Boston.
"This is just the book for the crisis. We would that every pro-slavery
man in the country would read it."
From Hon. Gerrit Smith.
"PETERBORO', December, 1862.
"WM. WELLS BROWN. My dear Sir: I am glad that you have written
such a book. It will do great good. Send me five dollars' worth of
it. Heaven bless you.
Your friend, GERRITT SMITH."
From Lewis Tappan, Esq.
Lewis Tappan, in his Cooper Institute Speech, on the 5th of January,
1863, said: "This is just the book for the hour; it will do more for
the colored man's elevation than any work yet published."
BOOKS FOR THE TIMES.
I.
+Speeches, Lectures, and Letters.+ By WENDELL PHILLIPS. 1 Vol.
Crown 8vo. pp. 570. Fourth Thousand.
LIBRARY EDITION, on fine tinted linen paper, with an illuminated title,
illustrated with an excellent Portrait on steel, and bound in the
best English green or marroon vellum-cloth. "In a luxurious style of
book-making."--_Boston Post._ Price, $ 2.25.
TRADE EDITION, on common paper, bound in boards, with Portrait. Price,
$ 1.50.
PEOPLE'S EDITION, on common paper, and paper covers, without portrait.
Price, $ 1.
II.
+Hospital Sketches.+ By MISS L. M. ALCOTT. 1 Vol. 12mo. pp. 102.
"A book no woman can read without tears." Price, 50 cents.
III.
+The Black Man+: HIS ANTECEDENTS, HIS GENIUS, AND HIS
ACHIEVEMENTS. By WM. WELLS BROWN. 2d Edition. Biographical
Sketches of fifty-eight celebrated colored men. Price, $ 1.
IV.
+Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture.+ By DR. BAIRD. Revised by an
American Editor. To which is added a Memoir of Toussaint, written
by Himself, in a Letter to Napoleon Bonaparte, recently discovered
in the archives of the State Departments of France, and now first
published in English. Illustrated with a Portrait of Toussaint, a
Map of Hayti, &c.
JAMES REDPATH, Publisher,
221 Washington Street, Boston.