DAILY MAIL.—"This lively piece of imagination is animated throughout by strong human interest and novel incident."
LITERATURE.—"It is a charming book, this historical romance of Dr. Weir Mitchell's; in narrative power, in dramatic effect, in vivid movement, and in mordant and singularly effective style.... No novelist of whom we know, not even Felix Gras, has so vividly brought before us the life of lower Paris in the awful days of the Terror. A dozen or so admirable reproductions of the drawings specially made by A. Castaigne for 'François,' during its serial appearance, add attraction to a romance as notable as it is delightful."
MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.—"The author meets with a master's ease every call that is made upon his resources, and the calls are neither few nor light. The design, bold though it is, lies so well within his compass as to suggest a reserve of strength rather than limitations. And a style that is versatile but always distinguished, delicate but always virile, terse but never obscure, is in a strong hand an instrument for strong work. The pictures by A. Castaigne are worthy of the text."
GLASGOW HERALD.—"Dr. Weir Mitchell's story deserves nothing but praise."
SHEFFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH.—"There is plenty of movement, and the interest culminates but never flags. It is quite the best picaresque novel we have come across for a long time past.... The story could hardly be bettered."
GLASGOW DAILY MAIL.—"It is altogether a most entertaining narrative, witty and humorous in its dialogue, exciting in its incidents, and not without its pathetic side."
DAILY CHRONICLE.—"Dr. Weir Mitchell is certainly to be congratulated on the whole volume."
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