"In one respect at least, 'The Leavenworth Case' is the peer of Gaboriau's best efforts—the wonderful skill with which the author draws the reader, now this way, now that, in the search for the perpetrator of the mysterious crime with which the story begins, and deludes him until he reaches almost the last page."—New Haven Palladium.

"Wilkie Collins, in his best period, never invented a more ingeniously constructed plot, nor held the reader in such suspense until the final denouement. The most blasÉ novel-reader will be unable to put aside 'The Leavenworth Case' until he has read the last sentence and mastered the mystery which has baffled him from the beginning."—N. Y. Express.

"She has proved herself as well able to write an interesting story of mysterious crime as any man living."—The Academy, (London.)

"She has worked up a cause celÈbre with a fertility of device and ingenuity of treatment hardly second to Wilkie Collins or Edgar Allen Poe."—Christian Union.

"We have read no story for a long time which has had so much of the Wilkie Collins, and Edgar Allen Poe flavor of reality in the telling."—Congregationalist.

"We do not propose to give the plot of the work, however, but merely to say that it is one of the most ingenious of the kind we have ever read."—Buffalo Express.

"This is the sort of book to be eagerly read and thoroughly enjoyed."—St. Paul Pioneer.

"A new novel by a new writer, which enchains our attention from the very first sentence of the first page, is a pleasant surprise. * * * Told with a force and power that indicate great dramatic talent in the writer."—St. Louis Post.

"Its interest is undoubted and it is thoroughly well sustained."—N. Y. Evening Post.

"The story is developed with great skill and shows ingenuity of the highest order."—Troy Times.

"A story of mystery and crime and is here narrated with an artistic skill which inevitably holds the interest of the reader, even to the point of the highest tension, to the close of the last chapter. * * * A real marvel of fiction."—Davenport Gazette.

"The plot is marked with striking originality, and the story is narrated with a vigor and power rarely met in modern novels. It is deeply interesting from beginning to end, and holds the reader entranced from the moment the first page is read until the last sentence is reached. It is, in fact, a revelation in American romance-writing, and we heartily commend it to the public."—Baltimore Gazette.

"Catches the fancy and chains the interest of the reader to such a degree that he is unwilling to lay it down until every page is devoured."—Toledo Journal.

"The author has chosen a department of fiction where only the best writers succeed, but she has shown herself capable of sustaining her role with wonderful vigor."—Boston Evening Traveller.

"It is an ingenious plot, admirably worked up, and told so straightforward as to be wholly pleasing."—Chicago Inter-Ocean.

"One of the best police detective stories written in America."—Hartford Courant.

"Wilkie Collins would not be ashamed of the construction of this story. * * * It keeps the reader's close attention from first to last."—N. Y. Evening Post.

"A most ingenious and absorbingly interesting story. The readers are held spell-bound till the last page."—Cincinnati Commercial.

"Ingenious in construction, powerful in dramatic interest, and artistic in development."—Boston Gazette.

"A most intensely interesting work of fiction. The story is developed with skill, and the work written in a strong, powerful style."—Augusta (Me.) Farmer.

"The plot is new and sparkling, and the story is carried to its denouement with an ingenuity and brightness of manner that makes it impossible to lay the volume down until completed. * * * It is a marvel of fiction."—Columbus Sunday Capital.

"The plot is very ingenious. * * * The interest in the tale is remarkably well sustained until its conclusion, and the mystery which envelopes the principal character is concealed with a great deal of artistic skill. * * * Shows a spirit of patient research that speaks well for the industry of the writer, and an analytical faculty rarely seen in a woman."—Boston Courier.

"Well written and extremely exciting and captivating. * * * She is a perfect genius in the construction of a plot."—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

"Will keep the sleepiest reader wide-awake from title to finis."—Boston Transcript.

"An extremely interesting story, * * * the development of the plot is kept well in hand, and the denouement is as dramatic as any that could be desired."—Albany Argus.

"Written with a spirit and force that are impressive."—Congregationalist.