'A sensational story, which shows a high order of invention and skill.'--Academy.
'For the skill with which the plot of the novel has been worked out, the thoroughly dramatic nature of the crime which it records, the mystery which shrouds the perpetrator, the means by which that mystery is ultimately solved, all serve to assure to "Great Porter Square" a high place in the class of fiction to which it belongs.'--John Bull.
'The most sensational of recent novels, for there is scarcely a dry page in the book. It has been put together with remarkable ingenuity, the interest is thoroughly maintained.... By his realism he proclaims himself the last and best of a long line of story-tellers descended through Wilkie Collins from Defoe; by his sentiment and minute characterisation he is more than ever a follower of the method of Dickens; but this clever Mystery, which will enhance his reputation, gives further proof that he possesses distinct virtues of his own. It would be impossible, even if it were desirable, to convey in a few words the outlines of his plot. Readers who like sensational stories will find in "Great Porter Square" a dramatic narrative of unusual power.'--Athenæum.
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