Some Short Extracts from the Earliest Press Notices:

“We venture to predict that Colonists will have a very wide circulation in its present form, and on the stage.”

“The numerous incidents are exceedingly dramatic.”

“His plot is good and his situations striking; he has plenty of imagination, and he knows how to put a story together, and has the faculty of making it interesting.”

“The story is coherently thought out, the plot has more than a suggestion of originality, and there is an abundance of incident.”

“Will deservedly have a large circulation throughout the Australasian Colonies.”

“The story is well and graphically told.”

“The story is generally well put together.”

“The story is an adventurous one well told, and should be of enthralling interest to all who have had any experience of life on the goldfields.”

“Tells his story in a manner far from wearisome.”