OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
The Cincinnati Times.
"We may add, that a mere hurried glimpse of two or three of its taste-fully printed pages, has impressed us favorably with the character and powers of the fair and fanciful authoress."
The Cincinnati Atlas.
"The poems are smoothly and pleasantly written, and display considerable still."
Cincinnati Commercial.
"A softness, an ease, and a sweet simplicity pervades them, that will reach the unsullied heart and impart pleasure to the reader.
"'The Indian's Bride,' 'The Return,' 'The Parting,' ' The Contrast,' 'A Legend of the South,' and other pieces denote a genuine appreciation of what belongs to the art divine."
The Western Texian.
"Mrs. Truesdell has recently published a book of Poems, the chasteness of style, the purity of composition, and elevated sentiment of which challenge our admiration, and establish the fame of the fair authoress."
San Antonio Ledger.
"There is beauty and purity written upon every page, elevating and instructive to the mind of those who delight to drink from the pure streams of poetic fancy and sentiment."
