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“A simple, touching story, that goes
straight to the heart of the reader.”

“It is a masterpiece.”

“In all the portraiture, description,
dialogue and incident of the book
there is a fresh originality, a vivid dramatic
power, a knowledge of the mystery
of life, that few possess. Here is
a writer who will be, perhaps, as great
as George Eliot.”

“In many respects one of the best
and most powerful works of fiction that have been lately issued.”

“It is altogether one of the best
publications of the day.”

“By far one of the best novels that
have been sent to us this season.”

“Well constructed and clearly told.
We recommend it to novel readers.”

“It is admirably written and excellent
in tone.”

No German author of the present
time is more popular in his own country
than Reuter. He is pronounced
by a competent German critic to be
deservedly “the most popular German
writer of the last half century.”

Reuter is especially noted as the
rare humorist, the genuine poet and
the fascinating delineator of the lives
of his Platt-Deutsch neighbors, and
as such is probably more beloved than
any other German author of the day.
The tale in question is one of his best
and most important works, giving its
readers, with its other entertainment
and profit, a charming acquaintance
with the quaint, interesting Platt-Deutsch
people.

“Fritz Reuter is one of the most
popular writers in Germany.... The
charm of his stories lies in their simplicity
and exquisite truth to Nature.
He has the loving heart' which Carlyle
tells us is the secret of writing;
and Reuter is not graphic merely, he
is photographic. His characters impress
one so forcibly with their reality
that one need not to be told they are
portraits from life. Even the villains
must have been old acquaintances....
It (`During my Apprenticeship') is one
of the best of Reuter's stories, exhibiting
his turn for the pathetic as well as
for the humorous.”

“It has a freshness and novelty that
are rare in these times.”

“It is an exceptionally vigorous and
healthy as well as happy tale.”

“It is one of the author's best.”

“A capital novel.”

“The story is well constructed, and
the descriptive passages with which
the work abounds are worthy of the
highest praise. The sketches of scenery
are painted with the touch of an
artist.”

“This is really a capital story. The
characters are drawn with a free and
sharp pen, the style is fresh and lively
and the plot quite unhackneyed.”

“It is a fascinating novel, with
must exert a good influence, and one
that should be widely read.”

It is a very perfect story—simple,
noble and without that straining for
literary effect which constitutes the
best attainable definition of the sensational.”

“The Quaker character, though its
quaintness and simplicity may seem
easy enough to catch, requires a delicate
workman to do it justice. Such
an artist is the author of `Dorothy
Fox,' and we must thank her for a
charming novel. The story is dramatically
interesting, and the characters
are drawn with a firm and graceful
hand. The style is fresh and natural,
vigorous without vulgarity, simple
without mawkishness. Dorothy herself
is represented as charming all
hearts, and she will charm all readers...
We wish `Dorothy Fox' many
editions.”

“One of the best novels of the season.”

“The characters are brought out in
life-like style, and cannot fail to attract
the closest attention.”

“It is admirably told, and will establish
the reputation of the author among
novelists.”

“It is not often that one finds so
much pleasure in reading a love story,
charmingly told in a few pages.”

“Is a well-written little love story,
in which a great deal is said in a very
few words.”

“A remarkably clever story.”

“Extremely well-told stories, interesting
in characters and incidents, and
pure and wholesome in sentiment.”

“These are racy “sketches, and belong
to that delightful class in which
the end comes before the reader is
ready for it.

“The style throughout is very sim
ple and fresh, abounding in strong,
vivid, idiomatic English.”

“They are quite brilliant narrative
sketches, worthy of the reputation established
by the writer.”

“Very presentable, very readable.”

“These stories are characterized by
great strength and beauty of thought,
with a singularly attractive style. Their
influence will not fail to improve and
delight.”

“It is carefully and beautifully written.”

“A tale that we can cheerfully recommend
as fresh, entertaining and
well written.”

“Its tone is excellent.”

“It is a love-story of the intense and
tragical sort, with a deep plot and any
amount of stirring incident. The
characters are drawn with much distinctness
and vigor, and the story
sweeps on to its end amid a rushing
whirl of cross-purposes with decoying
fascination. It must be said, too, that
the secret of the interest is in the
characters and their destinies, since
the language of the narrative is neither
florid nor exaggerated.”

“The subject is a charming one.”

“This book is written from an elevated
point of view, both as to its
society and scenery.... We find
it an interesting story.... The
tone of this work is admirable, and we
shall be glad to hear again from the
author.”

“Such a spicy mixture of ingredients
as this book contains cannot fail
to make an exciting story; and as the
plot is well conceived, the characters
well drawn and the interest well sustained
to the end, without degenerating
into the melo-dramatic, we are disposed
to recommend to others a book
which we ourselves have found captivating
enough to burn the midnight
gas over.”

“Amid the flood of mediocrity and
trash that is poured upon the public in
the shape of novels, it is the pleasantest
duty of the critic to discern real
merit, and this we recognize in `Left
to Herself.' ”

“We predict for it a large sale in
this section, and anticipate that it will
be favorably received by the reading
public of the whole country.”

“A pleasant, bright and sparkling
story.”

“This entertaining love story comes
to us fresh from the pen and the press,
in clear, readable type that would
make a far less enticing work pleasurable.
We feel assured that those who
are fond of the purely emotional in
character or literature will find ample
entertainment from its pages. The
story is written in the first person, and
is a narrative vastly superior to a great
mass of so-called novels. There is not
a particle of rant from cover to cover.
No passion is `torn to tatters.' No
impossible incidents are introduced,
and, yet the interest is maintaines
throughout. The pure, sweet character
of Lucy, so well displayed against
the more energetic but less poetical
Rosamond; the sunlight and shadow
of these two, enhanced by the dark
and designing character of Sarah,
combine to produce prominent impressions.”

“Every one seems to be going for
`Was She Engaged.' ”

“Remarkably well written:... very readable.”

“The best novel that Mrs. Nortor
has written.”