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new plays (among them a very new one
called Macbeth by Mr. Shakspeare)
will be synopsised when necessary.
LOUISA MUuLBAcH's LATE Work =
"THE DAUGHTER OF AN EMPRESS. mo
woman that we know of save Jane
Porter or Miss Strickland, has written so
charmingly about the ups and downs, the
loves and intrigues, the hates and jeal--
ousies of court life as the celebrated
German novelist, Louisa Muhlbach Her
works are the offspring of q purely pol
ished intellect, full of natural truth and
beauty, and overlooking with such a
gracefulness of expression as to remind
one of the flowers of poesys She never
falls into the sick sentimentalism so FREE
quently observed in majority of ro-
nance writer's; but pictures in a quiet,
pleasing, poetic manner the peculiarities
of her characters, dealing in historical
events and circumstances, and drawing
out sentiments of ratonalism in bewitch.
ing grace and elegance. She has all the
love and charity and gentleness Of the
German nature, coupled with its sound
sense and stubborn prejudices, which in
great measure serve to endear her to
the American as we'll as the English
reader She is no doubt gifted author,
and all who peruse her works, translated
from the German by Nathaniel Greene,
and published in this country by
Appleton & Co., of New York, will enjoy
one of the richest repasts Of literature
that genius has spread for the enlighten.
ment of the human intellect and mellow
ing of the human heart Her late his.
torical novel, The Daughter of an
Empress" gives us not only an insight
of the curious plots and petty tyrannies
of the Russian court, but shows US many
willy schemes of theFrenchCabinet during
the reign of Louis XIV, as we'll as some
of the secrets of the Vatican under the
Ponti6cal rule of Clement XIV. The &C.
tons of the fayorites of thePrincessEliza.
beth, daughter of Peter the Great, and
of the Regent Anna Leopoldowna, wife
of Prince Ulrich Won Brunswick, re-
mind one of the stratagems and cruelties
of the partisans of the English Queen
Elizabeth and the unfortunate Mary,
Queen of Scots: with this difference,
however, that the English were open and
fearless, while the Russians were the
most heartless and abject slaves to ROY
atty" under the sun. But the daughter
of Peter the Great possessed none of the
ruling qualities of the daughter of Hen
ry VIII. Listen to Louisa Muhlbachs
graphic picture of the Empress of the
Russias. In the interior ofmy palace"
said Elizabeth, 81 will be Empress;
there will establish a realm, realm of
peace and enjoyable happiness there
will | erect the temple of love, and con-
secrate myself as its priestess. No,
speak no more Of revolutions and con-
spiracies. l am not made to sit upon
a throne as the feared and laundering
goddess of cowardly slaves, causing mil
lions to tremble at every word and
glance l will not be Empress-not the
bugbear of a quaking, kneeling people
| will be a woman, who has nothing to do
with the business and drudgery of men;
l will not be plagued with labor and care,
but will enjoy and rejoice in my exist
enceP' This work will afford the Amer
lean reader many points of reflection in
contrasting the simplicity and generosity
of democratic rule with ths.trickery and
tyranny of royal sway. For sale by
Blelock & Co., 2l5 Main street, who are
constantly receiving the best pubiea-
tons of the day.
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