By LEW. WALLACE. New Edition from New Electrotype
Plates. pp. 560. 16mo, Cloth, $1 50; Half Calf, $3 00.
Anything so startling, new, and distinctive as the leading feature of
this romance does not often appear in works of fiction.... Some of Mr.
Wallace's writing is remarkable for its pathetic eloquence. The scenes
described in the New Testament are re-written with the power and skill
of an accomplished master of style.--_N. Y. Times._
Its real basis is a description of the life of the Jews and Romans
at the beginning of the Christian era, and this is both forcible and
brilliant.... We are carried through a surprising variety of scenes;
we witness a sea-fight, a chariot-race, the internal economy of a
Roman galley, domestic interiors at Antioch, at Jerusalem, and among
the tribes of the desert; palaces, prisons, the haunts of dissipated
Roman youth, the houses of pious families of Israel. There is plenty of
exciting incident; everything is animated, vivid, and glowing.--_N. Y.
Tribune._
From the opening of the volume to the very close the reader's interest
will be kept at the highest pitch, and the novel will be pronounced by
all one of the greatest novels of the day.--_Boston Post._
It is full of poetic beauty, as though born of an Eastern sage, and
there is sufficient of Oriental customs, geography, nomenclature, etc.,
to greatly strengthen the semblance.--_Boston Commonwealth._
"Ben-Hur" is interesting, and its characterization is fine and strong.
Meanwhile it evinces careful study of the period in which the scene
is laid, and will help those who read it with reasonable attention to
realize the nature and conditions of Hebrew life in Jerusalem and Roman
life at Antioch at the time of our Saviour's advent.--_Examiner_, N. Y.
It is really Scripture history of Christ's time, clothed gracefully and
delicately in the flowing and loose drapery of modern fiction.... Few
late works of fiction excel it in genuine ability and interest.--_N. Y.
Graphic._
One of the most remarkable and delightful books. It is as real and
warm as life itself, and as attractive as the grandest and most heroic
chapters of history.--_Indianapolis Journal._
The book is one of unquestionable power, and will be read with unwonted
interest by many readers who are weary of the conventional novel and
romance.--_Boston Journal._