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Rochester (NY) Daily Democrat (First Notice)
favorable
“This book of Mr. Melville's gives us a good insight into the habits of the monster himself, as well as of the modes of pursuit and capture. It is given in a style partaking much of that in which romances are presented. As an agreeable fire-side book, which may not be read unprofitably, we commend it.
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— November 20, 1851
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