We consider this to be one of Miss Aguilar's best efforts."-- _Bell's Weekly Messenger._ "We heartily commend the work to our readers as one exhibiting, not merely talent, but genius, and a degree of earnestness, fidelity to Nature, and artistic grace, rarely found."-- _Herts County Press._ "The 'Vale of Cedars' is indeed one of the most touching and interesting stories that have ever issued from the press.

There is a life-like reality about it which is not often observed in works of this nature; while we read it we felt as if we were witnesses of the various scenes it depicts."-- _Bucks Chronicle._ "It is a tale of deep and pure devotion, very touchingly narrated."-- _Atlas._ "The authoress has already received our commendation; her present work is calculated to sustain, her reputation."-- _Illustrated News._ "It is indeed a historical romance of a high class.

Seeing how steady and yet rapid was her improvement--how rich the promise of her genius--it is impossible to close this notice of her last and best work, without lamenting that the authoress was so untimely snatched from a world she appeared destined, as certainly she was singularly qualified, to adorn and to improve."-- _Critic._ New York: D.APPLETON & CO..