"Some man of talent has taken up the old story of the Wandering Jew,
to try what he could make of a new version of it. He has succeeded in
composing as pretty a piece of _diablerie_ as ever made candles burn
blue at midnight. The horrors of _Der Freischutz_ are mere child's
play compared with the terrors of the Old Man or the demon Amaimon;
and yet all the thinking and talking portion of the book is as shrewd
and sharp as the gladiatorial dialogues of Shakspeare's
comedies."--_Spectator._
"A romance, called the '_Five Nights of St. Albans_,' has just
appeared, which combines an extraordinary power of description with an
enchaining interest. It is just such a romance as we should imagine
Martin, the painter, would write; and, to say the truth, the
description of supernatural effects in the book, fall very little
short in their operation upon different senses of the magical
illusions of the talented artist."--_John Bull._
In Three Volumes, 12mo.