"I have seldom heard public addresses which have interested me more, and I have no doubt that Mr. Allen's lectures will prove useful, wherever they are delivered, in creating an interest on behalf of our fellow men, who have suffered so great wrongs from professing Christians, though happily no longer at the hands of British subjects.
"Edw. N. Hoare,
Dean of Waterford.
"Deanery, Waterford, Jan. 16, 1858."
From Rev. Doctor Browne, Principal of Kilkenny College.
"Kilkenny College, Feb. 3, 1858.
"I have attended Professor Allen's lectures on 'America and the Americans,' and on the 'African Races,' and have received much pleasure as well as information from the talent and power with which he has handled the subjects of which he treated.
"His knowledge, his ardent and impressive manner, and clear melodious voice, render him a most pleasing as well as instructive lecturer.