The Dundee Courier says:—"We commend this book to any one on the look out for a thrilling, fascinating, and skilfully narrated tale. Each chapter abounds in exciting situations and daring deeds, one's anxiety to know what comes next increasing as the story unfolds."
The Portsmouth Times says:—"A brilliant romance crowded with stirring incident and is never for a moment dull."
The Morning Leader says:—"The story is spirited and exciting and may be read with pleasure by all who enjoy a stirring romance."
The Scotsman says:—"The story is full of exciting adventures skilfully narrated. Swords are whirling in every page and so thrilling are the incidents that each chapter breeds anxiety to know the events of the next."
The Athenæum says:—"Sir Wm. Magnay wafts us away to the realms of pure romance, where the hard facts of a prosaic century are forgotten in the Hercynian Forest of two hundred years ago. The princess is loveliest of the lovely, the villains craftiest of the crafty; gallant deeds are done and gallant words are spoken, and the whole flows smoothly on to a happy conclusion, leaving the reader under a debt of gratitude for a pleasing entertainment."
The Birmingham Post says:—"The reader's enjoyment will be enhanced by delightful touches of humour which the author has interspersed among the many exciting and dramatic scenes of a stirring chronicle."
The Liverpool Post says:—"A book that maintains interest at a high pitch from start to finish, and should command immediate success."
THE MAN OF THE HOUR
The Aberdeen Free Press says:—"Abounds in striking situations and is dominated throughout by strong dramatic power."
The Court Journal says:—"It is certainly one of the books of the hour, very interesting and distinctly clever."