“Taken altogether, ‘The Sun of Saratoga’ is the best historical novel of American origin that has been written for years, if not, indeed, in a fresh, simple, unpretending, unlabored, manly way, that we have ever read.”— New York Mail and Express.
— from On Your Mark! A Story of College Life and Athletics by Ralph Henry Barbour

He eventually reached New York, at whose bar he attained eminence.
— from Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century by Charles Morris

Marge’s curiosity as to what the head of the family could want of the young man was allayed by Mrs. Tramlay’s statement that the visit was due wholly to her husband’s ridiculous manner of inviting each country acquaintance to come and see him if he ever reached New York; his subsequent hospitality to Philip was only for the purpose of keeping on good terms with some old-fashioned people who might some day again be useful as hosts, and who could not be managed exactly as professional keepers of boarding-houses.
— from Country Luck by John Habberton

Before Washington and his escort reached New York, couriers reported the battle of Bunker Hill.
— from The Little Book of the Flag by Eva March Tappan

I’ll stand by him every round now, you bet!
— from A Singular Life by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

One day she remarked to Mrs. Felts: "Alice, this is the only time since your marriage that I have ever wanted you back; when I gave you up, I did so freely and have never regretted it, and this is the first time I have ever really needed you since, and now the Lord has arranged it for you to be here."
— from Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward, Containing: A Full Sketch of Her Life With Various Selections from Her Writings and Letters ... by T. G. (Theophilus Gould) Steward

Hutton, Edward, Rome (N. Y., 1909, Macmillan, $2.00).
— from Early European History by Hutton Webster