AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



marry any or all of them. By the most clumsy and 

 inartistic methods the author carries his heroine across 

 country so as to make her present at nearly every 

 engagement of the Revolutionary War, Bunker Hill 

 being almost the only prominent exception. We are 

 duly grateful to Mr. Ford, however, for not putting 

 Janice in the hold of one or another of the vessels in 

 Paul Jones' famous sea-fight." 



Gras, F£lix. — The Reds of the Midi. " A first- 

 rate story, well told." 



The Terror. " Interesting, but at times it 



drags. Would have been improved by the slaughter of 

 little Clairet, early in the story," 



The White Terror, " I for one have had 



enough of these Frenchmen. All fools or knaves by 

 the testimony of their own people ; and the book is 

 dull." 



Gilbert, W. S, — Songs of a Savoyard, and The 

 Bab Ballads. " Very depressing." 



Hope, Anthony. — The King's Mirror. "I did 

 not suppose that Anthony Hope could write a dull book, 

 but he can" 



Johnston, Mary. — Prisoners of Hope. "Should 

 have been bound in paper and sold for five cents, for 

 messenger boys to read. Absurd all the way through." 



To Have and to Hold. " Another worthless 



dime novel, sold for a dollar and a half. Appeared as a 

 serial in the ' Atlantic,' and selling by the hundreds of 

 thousands. It 's amazing ! " 



JoKAi, M. — A Hungarian Nabob. "Jokai is said 

 to be great, and this the greatest of his novels. If this 

 be so, I have had enough of Jokai." 



Keightley, S. R. — The Cavaliers. "A good 

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