“‘Robert Falconer’ is a work brimful of life and humour and of the deepest human interest. It is a work to be returned to again and again for the deep and searching knowledge it evinces of human thoughts and feelings.”—_Athenæum._
“This story abounds in exquisite specimens of the word-painting in which Dr. Mac Donald excels, charming transcripts of Nature, full of light, air, and colour.”—_Saturday Review._
“This noble story displays to the best advantage all the powers of Dr. Mac Donald’s genius.”—_Illustrated London News._
“‘Robert Falconer’ is the noblest work of fiction that Dr. Mac Donald has yet produced.”—_British Quarterly Review._
“The dialogues in ‘Robert Falconer’ are so finely blended with humour and pathos as to make them in themselves an intellectual treat to which the reader returns again and again.”—_Spectator._
“A novel which is the work of a man of genius. It will attract the highest class of readers.”—_Times._
“There are many beautiful passages and descriptions in this book. The characters are extremely well drawn.”—_Athenæum._
“A clever novel. The incidents are exciting and the interest is maintained to the close. It may be doubted if Sir Walter Scott himself ever painted a Scotch fireside with more truth than Dr. Mac Donald.”—_Morning Post._
“David Elginbrod is the finest character we have met in fiction for many a day. The descriptions of natural scenery are vivid, truthful and artistic; the general reflections are those of a refined, thoughtful, and poetical philosopher, and the whole moral atmosphere of the book is lofty, pure, and invigorating.”—_Globe._
“‘Sir Gibbie’ is a book of genius.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._
“This book has power, pathos, and humour. There is not a character which is not lifelike. There are many powerful scenes, and the portraits will stay long in our memory.”—_Athenæum._
“‘Sir Gibbie’ is unquestionably a book of genius. It abounds in humour, pathos, insight into character, and happy touches of description.”—_Graphic._
“‘Sir Gibbie’ contains some of the most charming writing the author has yet produced-”—_Scotsman._
“‘Sir Gibbie’ is one of the most touching and beautiful stories that has been written for many years. It is not a novel to be idly read and laid aside; it is a grand work, to be kept near at hand, and studied and thought over.”—_Morning Post._