The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-17
LITERARY


Ma1at NslaaeiA havt beea pahHsbesa IA
IDS oogutry must b. asrg.be3 10 thcir
dsel5ed mer5t aad heT superior talents
IS wfiseT il 5 recent letter 20 the
pnbhshers. nhe thus states her mode q
0perAsasa besoFe enmmnnelng > work
4 lnnsl est acqaasntsl with the land
and tie people, must gnow the conp
tfg lis inhalhtania naa Gates exactly,
III order That ! m8y represent wildly
aasl c8FxeetIv ] haSe asFsr written 4
lsoslk wssloas having stslshesi The ttea-
tss II essulA II mas pesAsps pe sad
sith Just Tee. that these w0gks are too
historical for t6manees. and too ronaa-
sie Cor histories Jiliess orse isexceei-
iApiy fsnaiiliar with the history 81 the
Hmes. hn mia never know whether he is
reading history or only romance. Ihe
historical pfed9minaies IN them, and
n4Bst people Will read them as histories
lasher fhan loHances As purely lit.
efars woi-kS, they possess a high dagree
of merit, AID prove that the writer las
rare powers If Rnalysisand description.
They read 80 much like the genuine
histories THAT from them alone II Is lin :
possible to say where the READ history
ends and the romance begins, 50 com
pietelk Is tie resemblance maintained
lhroaghpnt. as the productions Of a
female pen. they afe truly remarkable
works Tire characters introduced are
il, OF nearly AL. historicical, and II not
all or nlways faithfully reproduced. they
are represented without any violence 10
the generally received history Of the
times. In the ielineation Of female
character she is ,ineqnallsd by any mod
era writer
The Grst I've Of these novels, publish
ed by the Appletons, deal chiefly with
German courts of the last century, and
introduce q long pageant Of splendid
historical charactes such as ogeph H..
Frederick the Great. Maria Theresa,
Queen Dorethea, yolitaire, and Rous-
seau. Tie fair author winds easily
through the mazes of dinlomacy, Is
equally nc home III cabinet councils,
lind ndneenly boadoirs. in eonversa-
zlOnes ol philosophy ,land has the small
gossip ot society at her tongues end. e.
sen her battie-scenes, trying toa woman's
pen, arc good II win be hard to find a.
inong the ranks Of authors Of either sex,
Tor the past generation, any SO versatile
rs she, and 30 uniformly excellent.
These have been followed up to date by
Louisa Of Prussia, and Maria Antoi-
nettc and Her Son. This last volume
Ia one of the most interesting of the se-
riee. TX presents with historical aceu-
racy the most eyentful epoch in the
French auGals. Maria Antoinette was
the most fascinating woman that ever
hela position IN the French court The
daughter Of Fracis /. OF Australia, she
married at the aye Of fifteen, the Dau-
phin of France, who afterwards became
Louis XVI The great French. Reyo-
luton If 1889 was then in embryo, ana
al the character of Louis was to weak
to control circumstances OF to shape
events, the corruption and prsaigacy Of
portion Of society became 50 open
and Shameless, and oppressive upon the
IeaPtef NA5st biE6f i01E tuu UPSET every
obstacle. The Gmllotina took thaplaee
Of the the theatre, and the ground of
Paris was reddened with the blood Of
its victims until Napoleon restored or
der The royal family were ifnprison-
cd, and Louis was boheaded in Janua-
~, iTa3;a and to make the revolution
complete. tAo Widow Capati as they
called Marin .Antoinette ii their indict-
mont, was tiilgen 70 che scaf'uld In Octo-
ber The story Of those sceiles Of ter
ror isEfaiNot passages of wonderful dra-
matte power M a
AAmg ASroIsErrE Aap HgR Son An
Historical Romance. by Lonisa Muhl-
bach, | vol, syo Paper cover, $50;
cloth, $2 90. Sent free, by mail. on re-
ccipt of price. p. Appleton A. Co, New
York.