Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-05-24

SOMETHING NEW FOR NOVEL READERS.
Tt is a remarkable fact that we have 50 few
trenslatiOnS Of good German novels. Ger
many is the land Of legends, romantic tra-
dltiOnS, and picturesque contrasts, beyond
any other country of Europe. and vet our
people are quite as ignorant Of it as OF
tton Of Goethe. Schiller, and a few theolOg-
teal and metaphysical writer's but little is
known in this country of German authors
A few German novels have appeared from
not until the republication here of the care
fuIIv Drenarad American versions of Miss
MUhIhach'S novels, has it heeu possible for
American readers to obtain any adequate
Idea of the richness and beauty of German
~ our literary cultivation If the result OF
this experiment shall he to sUD0lant the
poor tTanslationS Of loose French novels.
and the SnohhlSh Enelish novels, which
have hitherto formed the bulk of our i'm
DOrt3nt light literature. To 2 person accUS-
toned to the forced sensations Of French
novels or the dull proliEitv Of their English
rivals. These Natural and sparkling roman
ceS Of Miss NfuhlhGch can he commended as a
Su'NeelS are new 70 inoSt TeaoerS' neF pow
erS Of desert DtiCn are of the first order, and
her style is crystalline in its purity The
aeElon never dIlgS- ana The conNefSatloIlS
never weary She is thoroughly informed
upon the minutest matters of the epochs
and we feel that while we are being vastly
entertained. we are also laving UD stores Of
valuable information. But there is q gold
en- mean between the statistical accuracy of
history G0d the free poetic play of the novel.
which she is careful not to transcend She
is. i'm truth, an historical novelist
The five novels. published bv the Apple-
tons M to this date. deal chiefly with the
German courts of the last century. and in
fr0dUce q long PAGEANT of splendid historic
~ characters. such as JOSPuh the second.
Frederick the GUaat, Maria Theresa Queen
is0r0thea. Noltalre. and RonSseau, Ihe Talr
authOr winds eaSilv through the maZes Of
diDIOm acy is equally at home in cabinet
councils and in Gueenlv bOudCiIs. in con-
verSaziOneS of philosophy and has the small
gossip Of society at her tongues end. Even
her battle-SceneS trying to a wOman'S pen
are good. It viii he hard to find among the
ranks of authors of either sex. for the past
generation. any one so versatile as she, and
SO uniformly excellent through a long series
of novels. She has already won a high rep
utatiOn in Germany. where distinction is
not easily achieved. and will not fail to gain
degree of popularity in this country such
rs has been accorded to but few foreign nov
eIiSts
The novels under notice are entirely dis
Enct from each other forming each COM
DlPte and rounded whole. Miss MuhIhach
however, cOntTtVeS to introduce in each of
them the grand figure of that most singular
Great. His history is full of the very stuff
Of which novels are made: and his reaD-
pearance at interesting iunctures in the
course of her stories is. looked for with the
keenest pleasure. The perfect mastery
which the authOr possesses over all the
phases of the life Of that eccentric monarch,
is n proof of the fuIneSS and fhOTOughDPSS
Of her inform alton, and well illustrates the
rem arlIable variety of he" mental mowers.
+" i'FredericS the Great and His Family :"
Great and His C0r7rt - Joseph the Second
and His Court" ''The Merchant of Berlin"
BY Miss NTuhlbach. Price 800 each. d. AP-
PL.ETON & Co, n. Y, publishers