"A powerful novel of social and domestic life. One of the moat successful efforts of a successful novelist."—Daily News.
"A very pleasant, healthy story, well and artistically told. The book is sure of a wide circle of readers. The character of Hannah is one of rare beauty."—Standard.
NOTHING NEW.
"'Nothing New' displays all those superior merits which have made 'John Halifax' one of the most popular works of the day."—Post.
"The reader will find these narratives calculated to remind him of that truth and energy of human portraiture, that spell over human affections and emotions, which have stamped this author as one of the first novelists of our day."—John Bull.
THE UNKIND WORD.
"The author of 'John Halifax' has written many fascinating stories, but we can call to mind nothing from her pen that has a more enduring charm than the graceful sketches in this work, such a character as Jessie stands out from a crowd of heroines as the type of all that is truly noble, pure, and womanly."—United Service Magazine.