“It is a story of New England life, skilfully told, full of tender interest, healthy in its sentiments and remarkably graphic in its sketches of character. ‘Aunt Betsy’ is drawn to the life.”—Home Gazette.
“Farmingdale is the best novel of the season.”—Eve. Post.
“It will compare favorably with the ‘Lamplighter,’ by Miss Cummings, and the ‘Wide, Wide World,’ by Miss Warner, and in interest it is quite equal to either.”—Boston Transcript.
“‘Farmingdale,’ the work to which we allude, in every page and paragraph, is redolent of its native sky. It is a tale of New England domestic life, in its incidents and manners so true to nature and so free from exaggeration, and in its impulses and motives throughout so throbbing with the real American heart, that we shall not be surprised to hear of as many New England villages claiming to be the scene of its story, as were the cities of Greece that claimed to be the birth place of Homer.”—Philadelphia Courier.
“The story abounds in scenes of absorbing interest. The narration is every where delightfully clear and straightforward, flowing forth towards its conclusion, like a gentle and limpid stream, between graceful hillsides and verdant meadows.”—Home Journal.
“This is a story of country life, written by a hand whose guiding power was a living soul. The pictures of life are speaking and effective. The story is interestingly told and its high moral aim well sustained.”—Syracuse Chronicle.
“‘Farmingdale,’ while it has many points in common with some recent works of fiction, is yet highly original. The author has had the boldness to attempt a novel, the main interest of which does not hinge either upon love or matrimony, nor upon complicated and entangled machinery, but upon a simple and apparently artless narrative of a friendless girl.”—Philadelphia Eve. Mail.
“The author studiously avoids all forced and unnatural incidents, and the equally fashionable affectation of extravagant language. Her style and diction are remarkable for their purity and ease. In the conception and delineation of character she has shown herself possessed of the true creative power.”—Com. Adv.
“A simple yet beautiful story, told in a simple and beautiful manner. The object is to show the devoted affection of a sister to a young brother, and the sacrifices which she made for him from childhood. There is touching simplicity in the character of this interesting female that will please all readers, and benefit many of her sex.”—Hartford Courant.
“The tale is prettily written, and breathes throughout an excellent moral tone.”—Boston Daily Journal.