It proves the author's right to stand without question at the head of American women novelists.--_N.Y. Tribune._ The appearance of "Anne" may be regarded as a fact worth special notice, for Miss Woolson adds to her observation of scenes and localities an unusual insight into the human heart. Sometimes one is ready to say that a fragment, and not an inferior fragment, of the mantle of George Eliot is resting on her capable shoulders.--_Century, N.Y._ The scenery is fine, the characterization excellent, and the purpose true. * * * It has fine touches. * * * It has admirable sketches from nature. * * * The book has humor, also, and plenty of it.* * * Anne is full of power, and will not soon be forgotten.--_Literary World_, Boston. A very vigorous story. * * * Anne is very well drawn, and is an attractive study.--_Zion's Herald_, Boston. A rich contribution to American fiction.--_Christian Intelligencer_, N.Y. It is one of the most remarkable combinations of feminine delicacy and acuteness with masculine strength and breadth furnished by a lady novelist since "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was given to the public. * * * Of the heroine we can only say she is wholly admirable--a perfect woman. The plot is unique, of increasing interest, presenting many varied and novel scenes, and alternating artistically between the lighter and deeper emotions. The author exerts her dramatic powers to the utmost toward the close, and the result is something rarely paralleled in modern fiction.--_Pittsburgh Christian Advocate._ Its wealth of plot, its rare bits of humor, its well-marked characterization, and its many fine pieces of description of natural scenery.--_San Francisco Chronicle._ Its characters are marvels. They are not portraits nor statues, but living persons among and of us. Anne is a type, first of girlhood, then womanhood, of wondrous beauty--an imperishable flower of that wild, almost uncivilized, rugged region whence alone she could have sprung.--_Cleveland Leader._ A strong, fresh, vigorous story, American in scene, people, and tone. * * * Few novels contain more striking incidents.--_Louisville Courier-Journal._ One of the cleverest of recent American novels.--_N. Y. World._ The publication of a book like Miss Woolson's "Anne" is really a literary event. * * * The plot is carefully studied, and is worked out with an honest patience and a conscientious faithfulness in details which merit the name of genius.--_Dial_, Chicago. Clearly a work of genius.--_Boston Traveller._ A book which has excited more interest and expectation during its appearance in serial form than any American novel published for years. * * * "Anne" is a work of real power; its characters are painted with a master hand; its literary style calls for the warmest praise; and the story has pre-eminently that sympathetic quality which is the chief charm of what may be called the novel of domestic life.--_Saturday Evening Gazette_, Boston.