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"A good deal of cleverness; a supposed future state of Ireland - good-humored satire." -Scotsman

"Always original, Mrs. Corbett contrives to attract the reader's attention at once, and it is never allowed to flag until the end of the very clever story." -Newcastle Daily Chronicle

"A dream, but a bright and clever one. Mrs. Corbett writes with so much power and sparkle, that she provides an excellent shilling's worth of entertainment." -Glasgow Herald

"One of the most remarkable and noteworthy literary productions of the day." -The Two Worlds

"Amusing. Mrs. Corbett has a quick eye for the inconsistencies of law and social customs and a clever method of showing them up to others." -Literary World

"Some of the details in the working out of the main idea are highly ingenious. There is much that is curious in the book." -Public Opinion

"Decidedly bright and clever." -Lady's Pictorial

"A work of a superior description to the ordinary novel; extremely interesting." - Engineer's Gazette

"Daring, as well as original." -Leeds Mercury

"Humorous; will repay perusal by both sexes." -Newcastle Weekly Chronicle

"Smartly written." -Edinburgh Evening News

"This bright volume....The story is cleverly written, brimming with ideas and breezy in style." -Religio-Philosophical Journal, Chicago

"Some of the most vigorous and picturesque English which I have met with of late years. The book stamps Mrs. Corbett as one of our most original thinkers." -Society

"I offer my best thanks for the courteous presentation of your work; and I shall cherish the hope that the large and free discussion of social relations, in which you bear a part, may prove beneficial in a world which, undoubtedly, presents ample room for improvement." W. E. Gladstone

Genre: Fiction / Classics (fancy, right?)