_The Dial_: "One of the most interesting phases of the history of Nineteenth Century Europe. The story of the Italian revolutionary movement; ... is full of such incidents as the novelist most desires; ... this novel is one of the strongest of the year, vivid in conception, and dramatic in execution, filled with intense human feeling, and worked up to a tremendously impressive climax."
_The Critic_: "An historical novel permeated with a deep religious interest in which from first to last the story is dominant and absorbing.... 'The Gadfly' is a figure to live in the imagination."
_The New York Herald_: "An exceptionally clever story, eminently fresh and original. The author has a capital story to tell, and he tells it consummately well.... The beaten track has not allured him, and the characters to whom he introduces us are not such as we meet in every-day novels. This is the crowning merit of this book."
_The Chap Book_: "Gives the reading public an opportunity to welcome a new and intense writer; ... a profound psychological study; ... a powerful climax. Yet, however much the imagination be used, the author will be found to rise beyond it; the scene at High Mass on the feast of Corpus Christi being one of the most powerful in English fiction."
_The Independent_: "We have read this peculiar romance with breathless interest; ... a romance of revolutionary experiences in Italy; lifelike, stirring, picturesque, a story of passion, sacrifice, and tragic energy."
_The Literary World_: "A powerful and picturesque story--a canvas glowing with color and life--the few striking characters stand out in firm, resolute outlines. We heartily commend 'The Gadfly.'"
_The Buffalo Commercial_: "In every way sharp, thrilling, entertaining."
_The Chicago Post_: "A powerful story, and, unlike others of its kind, holds the reader's attention strictly to the end."
_The Chicago Times-Herald_: "'The Gadfly' is a tremendous story. It goes on like a whirlwind, gathering force as it rushes."
BARROW'S THE FORTUNE OF WAR A novel of the last year of the American Revolution. 12mo. $1.25.
The scene is laid mainly in New York City during the British occupation, partly on one of the prison ships, and partly in the patriot camp at Morristown. The life in the headquarters of the two armies is cleverly contrasted. The story has a strong "love interest."