"We have perused this work with some attention, and do not
hesitate to pronounce it one of the very best productions
of the talented author. The scenes are laid in Texas, and
the adjoining frontier. There is not a page that does not
glow with thrilling and interesting incident, and will well
repay the reader for the time occupied in perusing it. The
characters are most admirably drawn, and are perfectly
natural throughout. We have derived so much gratification
from the perusal of this charming novel, that we are
anxious to make our readers share it with us; and, at the
same time, to recommend it to be read by all persons who
are fond of romantic adventures. Mr. Bennett is a spirited
and vigorous writer, and his works deserve to be generally
read; not only because they are well written, but that
they are, in most part, taken from events connected with
the history of our own country, from which much valuable
information is derived, and should, therefore, have a
double claim upon our preference, over those works where
the incidents are gleaned from the romantic legends of
old castles, and foreign climes. The book is printed on
fine paper, and is in every way got up in a style highly
creditable to the enterprising publisher."
"It is a spirited tale of frontier life, of which 'Clara
Moreland' is the sequel and conclusion. Mr. Bennett
seems to delight in that field of action and adventure,
where Cooper won his laurels; and which is perhaps the
most captivating to the general mind of all the walks
of fiction. There has been, so far, we think, a steady
improvement in his style and stories; and his popularity,
as a necessary consequence, has been and is increasing.
One great secret of the popularity of these out-door
novels, as we may call them, is that there is a freshness
and simplicity of the open air and natural world about
them--free from the closeness, intensity and artificiality
of the gas-lighted world revealed in works that treat of
the vices and dissipations of large cities."--_Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post._
"This is one of the best productions of Mr. Bennett.
The scenes are in and near Texas. Every page glows with
thrilling interest, and the characters are well drawn and
sustained. An interesting love plot runs through the book,
which gives a faithful representation of life in the far
South-West. Mr. Peterson has issued VIOLA in his usual neat
style, and it is destined to have a great run."--_Clinton
Tribune._
"We have received the above work and found time to give
it an examination. The scenes are laid mostly in Texas,
and pictured with all the vividness for which the author
is so celebrated. Those who are particularly fond of wild
and romantic adventures may safely calculate upon finding
'Viola' suited to their taste. It is well written and
handsomely printed."--_Daily Journal, Chicago, Ill._
"It is a very interesting book. The scenes of this most
exciting and interesting Romance are found in Texas before
and during the late Mexican war. It is written with much
spirit and pathos, and abounds in stirring incidents and
adventures, and has an interesting and romantic love-plot
interwoven with it; and is a faithful representation of
'Life in the Far South-West.' The author of 'VIOLA,'
will rank among the most popular of American Novelists,
and aided by the great energy and enterprise of his
publisher, T. B. Peterson, is fast becoming a general
favorite."--_Gazette, Rhinebeck, N. Y._
"This thrilling and interesting novel--equal to anything
the celebrated author ever wrote--has been issued in a
fifty cent volume; and we would advise every one who
wants to get the value of his money, to get the book.
Bennett's works are the most interesting of any now
published."--_Western Emporium, Germantown, Ohio._
THIS BEAUTIFUL AND CELEBRATED WORK is published complete in one large
volume of near 300 pages, paper cover, price FIFTY CENTS; or the work
is handsomely bound in one volume, cloth, gilt, price SEVENTY-FIVE
CENTS.
Copies of either edition of the above work will be sent to any person
at all, to any part of the United States, free of postage, on their
remitting the price of the edition they wish, to the publisher, in a
letter, post-paid. Published and for Sale by
T. B. PETERSON,
No. 102 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.