Middletown transcript., 1868-02-08
PROMINENT cHARAcrERIsrrcs,

l.--THRY ARE INSTRUCTIVE. .-I&
"As purely literary works. these historical ro-
mances possess a high degree of merit They read
like genuine histories ~ Catholic World
Ihey are correct descriptions of the countries
and the people described. .h-HtydU.
Il.-THEY ARE ENTERrAnINq.
'.We regard these books IS among the best and
most entertaining novels ~ the day!')=+.Springl
'The reader is at once fascinated and held SMELL
bound until the volume is completed ."-Eree
Press.
"rhere is po dull chapter in it.--Uliea Herald.
lIl.+THEy ARE MI iRoRs OF THE TIMES. jLI
mo one can peruse them without concedinp
the authors great skill in grasping and delinea-
ting the characters which figure conspicuousy in
them. Ea. ll. 5tl .,,.-r- : ,7'1 n -. ~ '
"The study which enables the author to define
ate so accurately the emotions and incentives To
action which moved men and women of a past
age must be dose and untirins, and iLdush Muhl-
pacn shows in all of her works perfection which
carries the reader into the very presence of the
characters represented, Ii-7Syraepse Journal.
lV.-THEY ARE EsTomcALLY CoRREcT.. '-'
di i1ilstorcally correct. and rs ent .rtaininp as
many Of the volumes of Sir Walter Scott.n-Prop-
| ideHce Herald
"Louisa Malbach must have carefully and dill
gently studied the sccrect histories of the times
and countries of which she writes, and her task
IS done well and effectively ~ Worcester Spv.
mo Historical Novelist has labored SO faith
| fully and successfully to reproduce n comnlete
picture of past times and events "-L Utica Herald.
V.LTREy ARE OnE1NAt..I III -i&1JL w j u
1T has agreeably surprised readers to find n
new writer with such constructive MUS and
| knowledge of character MS Louisa Muhbacb nos
sesses. ."-I'ublic Lelger.---
D.. Each succeeding novel adds to Mrs. Mundt's
reputation as writer of historic fiction ~ y
| Tunes. Sdllat tti i'i5.t IN Las.,1 y -j1'it7l'
Vl.mTHEY ARE FuII. OF IMAeTsATIoN.s a.s3hs.f
''She is not only the skillfu ioiner but n neat.
handed artizan. .'-- Qhristiaa sIPGh,ess.s Gris
| lherels seldom any straining after effect. hui
| II is really wonderful how Mtdame iMundt mana.
4 ges to sustain and increase the interest 10 m,
END. ."-Csy REM @''ofAs
The he &w9rd-painting Of the authorcss is much
more effective than The best efforts Of the enoray
er."-IHinOis State Register.
VH-THEY CONTAIN AEEcpoTTsi OF CorRrs.
"Scottish history offered no fresher and NOR,
romantic material to the magic working hand a
Sir Walter Scott than she finds in the annals o
| the German courts. .''--EGening Gosotte.
There are not be found anywhere in human
annals, unused, such magnificent, such supera
ounotht materials for romance, as clog the chroni
cles OF the Prussian and Austrian courts Of fin
18th century. BY their dress, their manners, thei
modes OF thought their language, they are al
most as much separated from us as if they In,
lived one thousand years ago. Observer. a'l
Vl1i-THEy TELL ABour EMPERoRs, KINGS AN,
Il .L3CQUeEks tftJt4 SnOY IJH
I'VE learn from ber, not only how Fredericl
William and Frederick the Great Joseph the Sec
ond, foithire, Rousseau, Baron Trenck the Em
press Catherine, walked and talked in their gran,
Totes, put how they powdered their hair, firted
and took tea. ''4Register. "JVL NiV1 'SV1
II The choice of her subjects exhibits her pc
mus, She takes the time of Frederick the Great
Joseph the Second, for example and upon III
background OF the facts which the chronicles a
Al ing perlnds anord she enlfoideS the bright an
u sombre colors, the light and shade of her fiction
. with the skill of consumIte artist. p-T6e EaoI
IX.-THE STYLE Is INTERESTING.
.sThc style of this writer for purity. pcrsn
Guilty, and elegance, is something greatly 10
commended. 1t is free from limitations, manncl
! isms, and tricks of every Kind THE Iyous.
! 1.-THE transations do justice 10 the vivid, p
: quaint style OF the original; and the story is fiji
o. NOV movement and crowded with hciHstructiye an
;ehteFtainipg incident .t-L1hs Ckis,d8 f5SL IJi,
: "The interest of the book does not depend upo
Its character nor its incidents nor yet on its chai
ming style, but in its general harmony of CON
I position. "-Ddy Book
Xs-@FSERyBoDY IS REAplse THEN. 3ud 000l
Our people seem to have stopped rcadin
French novels, land English works are cor
!! planned of as dull. Miss. Muhlbach precisely SUI
! plies the public want 1t-se :. r
" g The novels Of Clara Mundt are being read b
! every one n ~ Tgaes. W I, NdEffUY TT
!. "Muhlbach's novels have worldwide rep,
! tation, and are read with avidity, as fast ds L
= sued from the press i'--Sj Sjyf,afed Reoublicdn.
! They are winning wide and deserved po,
: uiarity in this country. .'-lState Journal. !
Either of the Novels sent free by mail to an
d adPyess on receipt of price.