"An admirable piece of work, and is worth a crowd of far more pretentious productions."—News and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
"Heartily alive and extremely well written."—Boston Gazette.
"Resembles some of Stockton's works."—Pittsburg Press.
"Takes high rank among a decade's array of entertaining books."—Boston Courier.
"Possessing among other merits that of original detail."—Cincinnati Times-Star.
"The author has a very genius for clever character drawing."—Detroit Journal.
"There is much force and action."—Boston Herald.
"Intense human interest."—Bulletin.
"The author has a genius for clever character drawing."—Baltimore American.