"As descriptions of life at an army post, and of the vicissitudes, trials, and heroisms of army life on the plains, in what are called 'times of peace,' the two novels of Captain King are worthy of a high and permanent place in American literature. They will hereafter take rank with Cooper's novels as distinctively American works of fiction."—Army and Navy Register, Washington, D. C.
American Novels, No. 1.
THE DESERTER AND FROM THE RANKS.
By Captain Charles King, Author of "The Colonel's Daughter," "Marion's Faith," etc.
"These two stories have a tone and an atmosphere wholly different from the commonplace novel of the day, and for that reason alone they are highly enjoyable."—Boston Literary World.
"The gallant captain has all a soldier's generous enthusiasm for lovely women and the delights of a cosey, love-lit home, and his heroines are all sweet, wholesome women that do honor to his heart and pen."—Germantown Telegraph.
"Captain King has a quick and sentient touch, and his writing is that of one whose belief in mankind is untouched by bitterness. One reads his tales with the satisfying sense of a cheerful solution of all difficulties on the final page. It is a relief, indeed, to turn from the dismal introspection of much of our modern fiction to the fresh naturalness of such stories as these."—New York Critic.
"He tells his stories with so much spirit that one's interest is maintained to the end. The character studies are good and the plot cleverly developed."—New York Book-Buyer.