_FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTIETH THOUSAND._
"'East Lynne' is so full of incident, so exciting in every page, and so
admirably written, that one hardly knows how to go to bed without
reading to the very last page."--THE OBSERVER.
"A work of remarkable power which displays a force of description and a
dramatic completeness we have seldom seen surpassed. The interest of the
narrative intensifies itself to the deepest pathos. The closing scene
is in the highest degree tragic, and the whole management of the story
exhibits unquestionable genius and originality."--THE DAILY NEWS.
"'East Lynne' has been translated into the Hindustani and Parsee
languages, and the success of it has been very great."--DANIEL
BANDMANN'S JOURNAL.
"I was having a delightful conversation with a clever Indian officer,
and listening to his reminiscences of being sent out to serve in
China with Gordon. He gave me an account of how he tried to keep the
regimental library together under difficulties, and how 'East Lynne' was
sent to them from England. Gordon got hold of it, and was fascinated. He
used to come riding from a distance, at some risk, to get hold of the
volumes as they were to be had."--EXTRACT FROM A LETTER.
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