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A stirring tale, full of movement, swift action, and thrilling adventure.--Brooklyn Eagle.The scenes he has sketched with a free hand are full of the tragic interest surrounding the events of the French Revolution. The romance is finely conceived, and written as the story-tellers of an earlier day might have told it, with simplicity and directness. The figures stand out clearly, there are not too many of them, and there is a captivating swing to their movements.--San Francisco Argonaut.