The present collection, including _Esmeralda_, _Lodusky_, _Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame_, etc., shows that the author can be successful in other scenes than those, the treatment of which has gained her so much critical praise and such wide popularity.
“They are powerful and pathetic stories, and will touch the sympathies of all readers.”--_The Commonwealth, Boston._
“A good service has been rendered to all lovers of good fiction by the publication of these stories in this permanent form.”--_The Evening Mail._
Mrs. Burnett has made for herself a reputation which places her in the front rank of female novelists.”--_The Baptist Weekly._
“The authoress has taken her place as one of the best novelists of our time, and these stories are interesting as showing the steps up which she has ascended to her acknowledged eminence.”--_The Advance._
“Each of these narratives have a distinct spirit, and can be profitably read by all classes of people. They are told not only with true art but with deep pathos.”--_Boston Post._
“The stories collected in the present volume are uncommonly vigorous and truthful stories of human nature.”--_Chicago Tribune._
“Each story is very readable, and the whole volume will be well received as it well deserves.”--_The Chi. Instructor, Phila._
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“_The_ best original novel _that has appeared in this country for many years_.”--PHIL. PRESS.
“The publication of a story like ‘That Lass o’ Lowrie’s’ is =a red-letter day= in the world of literature.”--_N. Y. Herald._
“We know of =no more powerful work from a woman’s hand= in the English language, not even excepting the best of George Eliot’s.”--_Boston Transcript._
“It =creates a sensation= among book readers.”--_Hartford Times._
“The novel is one of the very best of recent fictions, and =the novelist is hereafter a person of rank= and consideration =in letters=.”--_Hartford Courant._
“The author might have named her book ‘=Joan Lowrie, Lady=,’ and it is =worthy a place= in the family library =beside Miss Muloch’s ‘John Halifax, Gentleman,’= and =George Eliot’s ‘Adam Bede.’=”--_Boston Watchman._
