]]> ]]> The Academy (1883): “The story of a shipwreck, and of the adventures which follow it, is told with quiet effectiveness.” The Academy writer, however, does question whether this title is appropriate.]]> ]]> sister-in-law, who then carries off his child and joins a band of gypsies, becoming their queen. The kidnapped daughter becomes “The Flower of the Forest” and
acquits herself with virtue.]]> The Spectator (1878): “Mr. Gibbon begins his story with an exploit after the manner of ‘The Young Lochinvar,’ only that in this case the young lady is already married, at least if a marriage to which no consent has been given is valid. After this we are carried on over a breathless course of exciting events.”]]> The Saturday Review (1880): “. . . The six stories which are bound together under the deceptive title on the back of this volume, which only applies to the first of them, are as slight as may be . . .” The cover illustration applies to the first story, a thwarted romance between Milly and Eben – but all comes out right in the end.]]> London Daily News (1893): “The famous party given at Chiswick by the Prince of Wales, at which the Queen and the Shah of Persia paced to meet each other with steps defined by royal etiquette from each of the tents erected for their temporary possession, forms the scene for a pretty and tender love-story with which neither the Queen nor the Shah has anything to do.”]]>