[*] “The book deserves a reading.”

+Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 749. N. ‘05. 170w.

[*] “Written with so much understanding and insight.”

+Lit. D. 31: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 890w.

“The woman who tells her own story is terribly in earnest about it all.”

+N. Y. Times. 10: 672. O. 14, ‘05. 330w.
*+Pub. Opin. 39: 663. N. 18, ‘05. 150w.

[*] “A story that is nothing less than fascinating.”

+ +R. of Rs. 32: 757. D. ‘05. 180w.

Richardson, Norval. Heart of hope. [†]$1.50. Dodd.

“This story of the Civil war offers drama and romance in about the usual proportions, but the former of a quality quite unusual—the siege of Vicksburg being pictured with cycloramic realism.”—Outlook.