"The work of fiction which heads the list may fairly be described as =a singularly powerful and fascinating novel=. Description by comparison is frequently convenient, though occasionally misleading; but we do not think we shall convey a wrong impression if we say that 'James Hepburn' bears a strong resemblance to some of the most vigorous and characteristic of Mrs. Oliphant's realistic Scottish stories.... James Hepburn is one of the most truly heroic characters in recent fiction, with a certain largeness and grandeur in his heroism which are wonderfully impressive, and yet with a homeliness which never permits him to slip for a moment outside the range of our imaginative belief. In creating an ideal character of unmistakable flesh and blood, Miss Veitch has achieved an unequivocal success, and one or two of the pivot situations in the book are conceived and presented with such dramatic power and sympathetic insight, that in virtue of them alone 'James Hepburn' takes place among the most remarkable and admirable of recent novels.... There are chapters in 'James Hepburn' of which we feel convinced that the author of _Scenes of Clerical Life_ would not have been ashamed.... Such a novel is not only a book to admire, but one for which to be grateful."--_The Spectator._ "='James Hepburn' is a novel in two volumes, which is quite startling in the freshness and beauty of its conception.... This book deserves careful reading; there is much more in it than the mere interest of a clever story, and only good can result from its influence.="--_Literary World._ The author of 'Angus Graeme, Gamekeeper,' has produced another Scottish novel of remarkable power. 'James Hepburn, Free Church Minister,' is at once a striking character study, a skilful picture of the social life of a country town and district, and a powerful sensational story. It is in the first of these aspects that it displays most original vigour.... It must be admitted to be one of the strongest productions of the fictional art that have recently appeared."--_Scotsman._ "There can be no question that 'James Hepburn' is the most notable Scottish story that will be issued in the jubilee year."--_The Christian Leader._ "And of this tendency towards pure character-painting and everyday incident Miss Sophie Veitch promises to be the best exponent. In the two volumes which contain the story of episodes in the life of James Hepburn, each character is carefully studied and presented as a finished masterpiece.... The book is a drama palpitating with intense and real life, whose author should have a grand professional future."--_Whitehall Review._ "The book deserves the highest praise. Hepburn's relations with Lady Ellinor--his pure and noble love for her--are fitly crowned by his splendid self-sacrifice.... The descriptive part of this fine and often brilliant novel is admirably done."--_London Figaro._