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"The best original novel that has appeared in this country for many years."—''Phil. Press.''

"The publication of a story like 'That Lass o' Lowrie's' is a red-letter day in the world of literature."—N. Y. Herald. "We believe this to be no idle story of a day, but one that attests the entrance of a new, original force into the field of fiction. * * * The book is wonderfully fresh, clear and strong."—Springfield Republican. "Though the heroine is only a 'pit girl' in a Lancashire coal mine, she is every inch a lady. The author might have named her book 'Joan Lowrie, Lady,' and it is worthy a place in the family library beside Miss Muloch's 'John Halifax, Gentleman,' and George Eliot's 'Adam Bede.'"—Boston Watchman. "Taken as a whole, we know of no more powerful work from a woman's hand in the English language, not even excepting the best of George Eliot's."—Boston Transcript. "It is a great novel in plan and execution."—N. Y. Independent.

"In important qualities its equal has not appeared in many a day."—Literary World. "It is a fresh, strong, stirring, interesting, noble story."—Christian Union. "The story is one of absorbing interest from beginning to end, and the characters are strongly portrayed. In all particulars the story is far above the ordinary run of fiction."—Boston Journal. "Is one of the most dramatic stories that has appeared in many a day. It shows a remarkable power for character-drawing, and evinces the true touch of a master-hand in several scenes that are as fervid and as noble as any we have encountered in fiction."—''Sat. Evening Gazette.''