“The plot is extremely clever. It is one of the most successful novels this author has produced.”—Scottish Pulpit.
“The plotting is worth of Eugene Sue himself.”—The Bookseller.
“We heartily and unreservedly commend this, deeply interesting little romance to our readers.”—Dunfermline Saturday Press.
“Dr. Hamilton Seymour is to be congratulated on the way in which he has piled up the horrors.”—Literary World.
[Transcriber's Note—the following changes have been made to this text:
Page 45: repeated word “as” corrected—“regarded as summarising”.
Page 49: to to too—“go too soon”.
Page 115: repeated word “and” corrected—“Inversnaid, and its memories”.
Page 119: breath to breadth—“greatest breadth”.