"A more powerful book than 'Bressant.' ... If the figures are mostlyphantoms, they are phantoms which take a more powerful hold on the mindthan many very real figures.... There are three scenes in this romance,any one of which would prove true genius."--Spectator.

"The character of the Egyptian, half mad and all wicked, is remarkablydrawn.... Manetho is a really fine conception.... That there arepassages of almost exquisite beauty here and there is only what wemight expect."--Athenæum.

"In the delineation of idiosyncrasy, special and particular, and itseffects on the lives of the personages of the story, the author may,without exaggeration, be said to be masterly. Whether in the longdrawn-out development of character in the every-day life of the personsof the drama, or in the description of peculiar qualities in a singlepointed sentence, he is equally skilful; while where pathos isnecessary, he has it at command, and subdued sly humour is notwanting."--Morning Post.

"Her novel rises to a level far above that which cultivated women witha facile pen ordinarily attain when they set themselves to write astory.... Its grammar is faultless, its style is pure, flowing, terse,and correct, there is not a line of fine writing from beginning to end,and there is a total absence of anything like moralising, or theintroduction of pretty ineffectual sermons.... It is as a study ofcharacter, worked out in a manner that is free from almost all theusual faults of lady writers, that 'Aileen Ferrers' merits a placeapart from its innumerable rivals."--Saturday Review.