"Mr. Grant Allen could not write a dull story if he wished to do
so.... The plot is capitally developed. There is one extremely fine
character, Louis Delgado, who stirs up the negroes to revolt; and
there is a scene where an attack is made by the negroes on a
planter's home, which, for dramatic force, has rarely been equalled
of late in fiction. The novel has, in addition to excellence of
plot and situation, all the charm that comes of bright and easy
dialogue and of character-drawing far above what is ordinarily
found. In short, the novel is one to delight every one of good
taste."--SCOTSMAN.
"Nora Dupuy is a true, brave, eminently lovable woman, and stands
out in the pages of 'In all Shades' as an eminently charming as
well as characteristic figure.... On the whole, this is a story of
unusual excellence."--PALL MALL GAZETTE.