"The style is dashing, and the scenes and incidents in the highest degree interesting. We commend 'GEORGE MELVILLE' to our readers."
From the Morristown (N.J.) Banner.
"The main features have evidently been actual occurrences, and are skillfully worked together by a talented writer, who, with an eye to its good moral influence has made a book which is at once pleasing, interesting and exciting."
From the Constitution (Middletown, Ct.)
"A book of great interest and spirit, and one that brings out, in a strong light, some peculiar traits of American character."
From the Critic.
"An unusually well-written and interesting book."
From the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
"There is a deal of promise in a new novel just out called 'GEORGE MELVILLE.' It is a dashing, clever, well-written story; its characters talk with animation and plenty of animal spirit, and 'the plot converges to an issue' according to the most approved rules. It has the American Stamp, and imitates no transatlantic author—a merit worth noticing."
From the New York Sunday Times.