“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 Kansas 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 work, 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.”