Literary notices (Hickie, Yonge… (1853)
“ It is now before the public in a new and improved edition, written in a very intelligent manner and filled with well-told anecdotes, facts and useful advice. Perhaps we do not always see exactly with Mrs. Balfour, but she advocates the cause she has espoused both earnestly and amiably, and teaches, apart from teetotalism, a great many social and moral lessons which would be invaluable if studied by young people preparing for the active business of life. ”
