"Never did a tale abound in so many beautiful images."—Philadelphia Mercury.
"In point of interest it exceeds any work of fiction we have read for years."—Eve. Journal.
"Her words are red-hot, and her sentences seem to glow with the intensity of her feeling."—Rutland Co. Herald.
"The most lively and sparkling favorite writer of the present time."—Burlington Gazette.
"No one can fail to be interested in the narrative."—Hallowell Gazette.
"It is a powerful; remarkable book."—Springfield Republican.
"It is a book that will make a sobbing among mothers and widows."—Poughkeepsie Eagle.
"Read it, you can not fail to be the better of it."—Pittsburg Family Journal.
"Whoever takes it up will read it to the close without sleeping."—Plattsburg Republican.
"The interest never flags."—Knick. Mag.