The reader is carried along with unflagging and exciting interest, and the book is full of characters finely sketched, and of pa.s.sages powerfully written.--_Patriot_.
That the author of "Twice Lost" can write well, the book itself furnishes sufficient evidence.--_Nation_.
This is a striking story. It has a freshness and originality about it which are very pleasant.--_Morning Advertiser_.
Without being a sensation novel this is a most exciting and attractive story.--_Daily News_.
A most romantic story, the interest being well sustained throughout, and everything coming right at the end. Any one must be entertained by it.--_John Bull_.