The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-26

t trs"le r 10 i P;a sooon = sores y Vols, lSe4;T his
8 vols,, 1885; 'Jcssoh as EnpeIser'S isss; .GsS IS
ror Leopoldan d His Time,n 5 vols. in one, 1851
Empress Josephine T" 8 vols, 1864; "Queon Hor
tense" 1864; .tKing, Horny tho Eighth and Hi
1872, Napoleon in Germany 4 vols, 1sso16s
E Enaughse aa q e., On Empress," q vols; 1860; Primo.
Childron. y 4 vols, 1866. ~ ""N tS
Miss Muhlbach was born in 1914, and was mar
years OF age. She has herself related the method
torlcai romance. She says: II have never written
theatre OF events. ! must get acquainted with the
land and peoples. must know the country, it's in.
rsnrsants and a;"i5 Eit'os exactly, in order that may
The materials thus obtained of the career OF
those great characters who figure 30 prominently
works relative to each. The fold in which she has
wIoughtfhas been So rich in great and stirring
Sdramatio incidents, that it has required q mastery
hand to use them. ~ .ft i'' 7tf l'Hf AZ IN '
Tho works Of LOUISA MuHIpAcn, SO well trans
lated, elegantly printed and widely read in this
country, although no better than hundreds Of
other books annually thrown off by the German
press indeed, not ono tithc as good MS many we
could name--are, nevertheless, productive OF good,
in that they introduce the American reader to vast
repositories Of historical knowledge, which would
otherwise perhaps ROMAN forever q sealed book to
him.. The general idea about German history, if
we arc not mistaken, among tho independent citi-
IONS Of this free republic, is, TINT oil is shrouded
in darkness before the time Of Julius ,C@sar, and
again during tho long period that succeeded the
fall OF the Roman empire and the commencement
of the Reformation. Y. A@x@ 900 &6s 500
From Martin. Luther to frederick tho Great We
have another hiaths-although sccH1L11rR has shed
some light, on the Thirty Years War, and set
Wallenstein, III strong relief ON that dark ground.
Frederick iis known somewhat, thanks largely to
MAoAULAYs brilliant essay, and more RECENTLY, to
CARLyLE's voluminous. work. After him, the only
other fact connected with Germany, usually re-
lmembcred by Americans, is tho Hessian contin-
gent OF the Royal British Army against the
American colonies. BLUoHER, M~ErrERN1oH and
BISMARCK, are the ofGerman history of
the present century. With the exception Of these,
all was darkness. Our thanks are due, therefore,
TO Mrs. MUNDT, for peopling these vast and droary
wastes OF history with mon and women, who occu-
pied great positions in their day, were entrusted
with command, and exercised great influence upon
the people of their day and generation. Our in
terest for those heroes of history is very much
enhanced byihaving them presented under Mrs.
MUnLBAcn's stereoscope, in f1osh and blood, with
the virtues and the failings much like those OF
the men. and swomen' Of our present day. Our
young folks, who would not be likely to 90 TO the
f'sources," are thus beguiled into q considerable
amount OF historical reading. - .Ft'
1t 'is the moro to be regretted, therefore. that,
while these novels possess 30 much to recommend
them, there should be much also we cannot ap-
proyp! : Our objeotions arc not upon anoral
grounds, however, but purely upon tic; question
Of art. There is' constant proneness, so common
in all third rate. German novels, to spin out chap
tors upon chapters with the details of the scandal
Of q petty court. Another objection we have is the
King CambyHses vein of. her heroes-they are al
ways on stiits. They arc, every one of them, too
sontimental-a quality which not unfrequently
pits very anonymously, upon Thorn and Fro To-
rick, Kaunitz, Joseph, or Napoleon every now and
then are brought on tho stage. il q character half
Timon Of Athens and hnlf Claude Melnotte, with %
spice sometimes of CHAnIorrE's Werthcr, ii. g., if
go insipid n creature as Werther could DO said TO
have any spice.)
fully, know ng, that many worthy person derive
pleasure, and some also instruction. from their
perusal.
The .oID GuARp,Gyye have, received the Nosyeem-
Der number of this magazine, and q glance ut the
table of contents proves that it's title, ga maya
zine devoted to literature, science and art, " is not
9 misnomer
l.. Votes or Bayonets-wh:ch BY the Editor.
aI. Tantula. (Pootry.) By VIM. F. Sanford. III.
The Battles ce Virginia. including sharpsbnrg end
and Gettysburg: By John Esten Cooke. Nv. The
the Revolution: by ". Gilmore Siunms, Esq. vi.
Silence. A(Poetry.) WI. Naples and it's Environs.
VII: Lincoln and Davis. BY DR.. J. II. Van Evri.
White Glove. (Poetry.) BY Paul II. Hayre.. XII.
Love in Maturity. s.(Poetry. sXUs The Old Por-
traits. (FroIl the French OF 'Souteetre. XIII.
Stand Finn. (Poetry.)
The Old Guard is ably edited biy q. oHAusoax
BURR, Esq, and is in every respect q sterling
magazine. Tho slbscr iption Isl three dollars. Il