Brightness of dialogue and richness of incident. The suicide of the gambler is a startling effect; worthy of the imagination and descriptive power of Zola!--[_Mobile Register._
The same authority p.r.o.nounces "the leading man of the Grand Duke"s Opera House" the most original type in comic fiction since we met _Sam Weller_.--[_Denver Republican._
Some situations, especially those in the slums of the "East Side," are intensely dramatic. _Juny_ and the characters that surround her are exceedingly well drawn.--[_Philadelphia Times._
"Juny" is bright and sensational. * * The Mobile novelist is especially happy in his southern scenes and characters; but his plots have wide range and embrace high and low life.--[_Atlanta Const.i.tution._
T. C. DeLeon has recommended himself as a writer of talent and power.
His latest work is perhaps his best, as his wit, his dramatic force and his striking ability for character drawing are all forcibly exhibited.--[_Columbus (O.) Journal._
We have not read a better story for many a day. Mr. DeLeon has advanced rapidly to foremost rank among American novelists of the present day.
The plot is skillfully framed and many thrilling, as well as humorous, situations keep the reader"s mind alert.--[_Chicago Herald._
T. C. DeLeon, whose "Rock or the Rye," a clever parody of Amelie Rives, was a decided success, has added "Juny" to the list of his novels; the scene changing from a moonshiner"s camp to New York, with the heroine a beautiful Octoroon girl.--[_San Francisco Argonaut._
Southern authors are coming to the front. Among those named more and more frequently of late is T. C. DeLeon. The story is as full of plot as it can hold; and if action plays as large a part in fiction, as Demosthenes averred it did in oratory, "Juny" should be a popular book.--[_Boston Commonwealth._
Mr. DeLeon"s "Creole and Puritan" proved most conclusively that he could write well; and his satire on the "Quick or the Dead" was laughed over by the whole country. The story of "Juny" shows the creative power of the author. It is strong and his descriptive powers have full sway.--[_New Orleans Picayune._
The old negro and the detective, Mr. Hunter Beagle, seem to have been taken from life and are carefully elaborated. * * The "Art Evolutionist"
is a very clever portrayal of the creature who is made possible by, and subsists upon, the _fads_ for which the present century must ever remain responsible.--[_Courier-Journal._