sational and
romantic, has dramatic force.--[_American Stationer._

From the author of "Creole and Puritan" and other stories; and is very
bright and readable.--[_Rochester Post-Express._

Above any Mr. DeLeon has yet written; and can be placed above the best
work of modern times.--[_New Orleans Picayune._

A book of merit. The author shows close acquaintance with Miss
Murfree's dealing with the same class.--[_Minneapolis Journal._

Contains many good situations and some striking types of life, of which
the "Leading Man" is the most comic.--[_The Bookseller._

Most ambitious of this author's works; containing a plot of thrilling
interest and several new American types.--[_Baltimore American._

Cleverly constructed and containing more than one good character. The
reader who begins it will be sure to read it to the close.--[_New York
Sun._

Has been complimented very highly. It is very readable, the characters
strong; and the plot contains many dramatic situations.--[_Savannah
News._

An exceedingly bright and cleverly written story; charmingly told; most
especially felicitous in all that treats of southern character and
life. The old negro is a masterpiece of _genre_ sketching; and the
Louisiana girl and her Octoroon mother are no less clean cut and
graphic. Mr. DeLeon is the promising writer of the South. He knows his
people and region thoroughly.--[_Chicago Times._

A very romantic story. The book is sensational; but the skill with
which the story is told saves it from being ridiculous.--[_San
Francisco Chronicle._

Most successful descriptive and character studies. Animated from the
very first chapter; and once beginning, one can scarcely leave
it.--[_New Orleans Bee._

The sketch of moonshining life in the North Carolina mountains is, to
say the least, clever. The author has made a distinct success in
this.--[_Hartford Post._

The devotion of the old negro for his "chile" and the affection
springing up between her and Wilmot Browne are the features of the
book.--[_North American._

A highly exciting story of life, in widely differing circles. All of
the bad characters are disposed of rapidly, but with a proper eye to
effect.--[_New York Herald._

Just the thing for the car or hammock; a lively novel, introducing many
odd characters in many odd situations of high and low life.--[_Minneapolis
Housekeeper._

Well written and full of "situations," many of them wrought up to a
point of thrilling inter