“A clever and lifelike picture ... brightly written. A pleasant story and one to read.”—Ladies’ Field.
“Is distinctly one to read, and as clever a novel as any to be found.”—Tatler.
“The combination of realistic style and romantic substance is quite piquant.”—Westminster Gazette.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The Lezghins are among the medley of mountain tribes living in Daghestan and part of the Terek province. These mountaineers of the Eastern Caucasus are nearly all Sun’i Mohammedans.
[2] One of Russia’s bravest and greatest generals in the war with Napoleon, 1812.
[3] Roman Catholic priests are so called in Lithuania and Poland.
[4] Schtoss is a sort of Russian hazard.
[5] Yuri = George.
[6] Roubashka (blouse).