The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-09-17
LITERARY NOTICES.

NJ tRTE ANTOINErrE AND HER SOS.-
The rem rkable success of the historical
novels of Miss Muhblch (Clara MuuIU
which have been published in this country
t1ust he ascribcd to their decided merit and
her superior talents as n writer III her re-
cent letter TO the publishers, she thus
stato' her mode OF preparation before
commenting work. 81 NUT got acqlan
ted with the Land and people must know
tie country and cities exactly, in order
that | may represent wildly and correct-
ly. | have never written book without
having studied beforehand TIA theatre of
events 1t my perhaps be said with
justice, that these works are too historical
for romance, AMI to- 70 non,i. for h>tnr-
les Unless one is exceedingly familiar
with the real history of the times, he will
never know whether he il reading history
or only romance. The historical pre-.
dominates in them, and most people will
read them us histories rather than romano
ccs ~ purify literary works, they possess
a high degree Of merit, AMI prove that
the writer has rare powers of ANALYSIS and
the genuine histories that from them
alone it is impossible to say where the
real history ends and the romance begins
so completely il the Resemblance mann
tanned throughout. As the productions
Of female pen, they are truly remarkable
works. The characters introduced are
all, or nearly all, historical and il not all
or always faithfully reproduced, they are
presented without any violence to the
generally received history Of the times.
In the dclineaion Of female character she
is uncquaIlcd by any m,dcrn writer,
The first five Of these novels, published
by the Appetons, deal chiefly with the
German cJnrts Of the last century, AMI
introduce long pageant Of splendid his
torral characters, such as Joseph II. Fred
crick the great, Maria Theresa Queen
DDrnihen, Nuliui:r, and Ruusscau,. The
fair anthor wirds easily through the maza
OF diplomacy, i, equally Il, home in cab
met councils, AMI qncenly bouloir+ in
conversations Of philosophy and has the
small gossip OF society at her tongues end.
Even her battle scenes, trying Il womnn'>
pen. arc good. 1t will be hard to lind
am M the ranks of authors OF either SEX
for the past generation, any one 50 yer.
satile as She, and 50 uniformity excellent.
| These have been followed mp to date by
"Loui-a of Prussia AMI Mlric Antuin.
ett0 and her SON." This latter volume
is one of the most interesting of the series
I | histnr,,..I a.
most cvcnliul epoch in French annals.
| Marie Antuinettc was Il C most fascinating
woman that ever held position in the
/ French court. The dtnghtcr of Francis
| |. of Austria, she IN lrriei mt the az, of
fifteen, the DAuphin OF France, who after
wards became Louis Y VI. The great
French Revolution of 1879 was then in
embryo, and ~ the character Of LIui, was
too weak to control circumstances or shape
events the corruption and profligacy of a
portion of society became 80 open and
Shameless, aud oppressive nppa the people,
that they rose and upset every obstacle.
the guilotinc took fireplace of the theatre,
and the ground of Paris WAS reddcncd
with the blood of it, victim until Nap
olcon restored order. The royal family
were imprisoned. AMI Louis vas bcheadr,
in J muarv l7G3 and to make the rev
oluinn complete. ''the Widow Capct,
as they called Marie Antoinctte in their
indictment, was taken to the s,aiflld il
October The story of those scenes o
terror is full Of wonderful dramatic pow
err.
Marie Antoinette and her Son. Al
Historical Romance by Louisa Mulhnch
, ! vol, Syo Paper cover, $3.50 cloth
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