"A very readable volume."--_Dollar Newspaper._
"It is full of vigor and dramatic power."--_New Bedford Mercury._
"The author wields a vigorous pen."--_Glen Falls Republican._
"No one will read it without a feeling of satisfaction."--_Oswego Palladium._
"It may be deemed the protest of an energetic mind against the expression and lack of sympathy of one class toward another."--_Indianapolis Sentinel._
"The story is, in truth, one of realities too sadly real, and, as such, impresses the reader with more profound sympathies for the unfortunate of our race."--_Dayton Gazette._
"A most readable and interesting book."--_Pottsville Register._
"A simple, charming story."--_N. Y. Evening Mirror._
"The author is master of that magic which transmutes fictitious characters into real personages."--_Philadelphia Eve. Argus._
"Full of adventure, and very interesting."--_Boston Chronicle._
"A narrative of rare interest."--_N. Y. Commercial._
"A very charming story, delicate in its sentiment, and calculated to refine as well as please."--_Boston Traveler._
"The last chapter, entitled 'The Weary at Rest,' is a specimen of not only real but sublime pathos."--_Boston Puritan Recorder._
"Charmingly written, and truthful in portraiture."--_Dayton (O.) Gazette._
"Calculated to make the reader wiser and better."--_Boston Uncle Samuel._
"Its delineations of domestic life are perfect; its language poetic and eloquent."--_N. Y. Daybook._
"The work abounds with beautiful passages."--_Portland Inquirer._
"A home book for every family; an interesting fireside companion."--_Western New Yorker._
"A work of extraordinary merit."--_Dutchess Democrat._
"We can commend it with a freedom we do not always feel at liberty to use."--_N. York Evangelist._
"Happily conceived, and well sketched."--_Phila. Christian Observer._
"All shall be the better for the reading of 'Olie.'"--_American Index._
"Abounds in incidents of a romantic character."--_Plymouth Memorial._
"Written purely and lovingly."--_Hall's Journal of Health._
"A rich tone of moral harmony runs all through its flower garden of sympathy and love."--_Peekskill Eagle._
"It is written in a beautiful style, and in a loving tender spirit."--_New York Citizen._
"Crowded with scenes of interest."--_Plow, Loom, and Anvil._