Middletown transcript., 1868-05-23
PROMINENT CHARACTERISTICS.

l-lHEY ARE INSTRUCTIVE.
"As purely literary works, these historical ro-
mances possess a high degree of merit They read
like genuine histories. ."-Cahoiic World.
"Theyhr correct descriptions of the countries
and the people described. ."-Herald.
H.-THEY ARE ENTERTAINING.
I'VE regard these books as among the best and
most entertaining novels of the day."-Spring-
field Republican.
'The reader is Mt once fascinated and held SPELL
bound until the volume is completed. ."-Free
Press.
'There is no dull chapter in it.-Ulica Herald
llI.-THEY ARE MIRRoRs OF THE TIMES
mo one can peruse them without concedinp
the authors great skill in grasping and delinea-
ting the characters which figure conspicuously in
them
"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 close and untiring, and Louisa Muhl-
bach shows in all of her works perfection which
carries the reader into the very presence of the
characters represented. .''-Syracuse Journal.
IV.-THBy ARE HISTORICALLY CORRECT.
Historically correct, and as entertaining as
many OF the volumes Of Sir Walter Scott. .n-Pror-
idence Herald.
"Louisa Mulbach must have carefully and dill
gently studied the secrect histories of the times
ana countries OF which she writes, and her task
".
"No Historical Novelist has labored so faith
fully and successfully to reproduce Il complete
picture of past times and events. p Utica Herald,
V.-THEY ARE ORIGINAL.
ut has agreeably surprised readers to find a
new writer with such constructive genius and
knowledge of character as Louisa Muhlbach NOS
sesscs. ."-Pubiic Ledger
"Each succeeding novel adds to Mrs. Mundts
reputation as q writer of historic fction-N Y.
Times.
Vl.-THEY ARE FULL OF IMAGINATION.
"She is not only the skilful Joiner but a neat
handed artzan. .''-C Christian Witness.
:. lhere Is seldom any straining after effect but
1t is really wonderful how Madame Mundt mana
ges to sustain and increase the interest to tho
end. City Hem W
"The word-paintng of the authoress ia much
more effective than the best efforts of the enpray
er."-lHinois State Register.
VlI.-THEy CONTAIN ANECDOTES OF Corprs
"Scottish history offered no fresher and mora
romantic material to the magic working hand of
SIR alter Scott than she finds in the annals of
the German courts '-lEfeDi1o Tozette
There are not be found anywhere in buman
annals, unused, such magnificent. such sunera-
nundant materials for romance, as clog the chron-
cles OF the Prussian and, Austrian courts of the
18th century By their dress, their manners, their
modee OF tnought their language, they are al
mos, mos. az macn separated from MS as if they had
hved one thousand years ago."-O6seryey,
Vlll.-THEY TELL ABOUT EMrBRoRs, KIIes Axn
p QUEENS. ,,s .s..- II f, ~"
- I'VE learn from her not only how Frederick
Mlliiam and Frederick the Great Joseph the Sec
ond, Voltaire, Rousseau, Baron Trenck the En-
press catherine, walked and talked in their grand
Totes, but how they powdered their hair dirted
and took tea.',--Register.
The choice of her subjects exhibits her pe-
MUS. She takes the time of Frederick the Great,
Joseph the Second, for example, and unon tho
background of the facts which the chronicles nf
the periods afford, she enbroiders the bright and
somore colors, the light and shade of her fiction
with the skill of u consuniate artist. t.r-The E1oie
lX.-THE STYLE is INTERESTING.
s.tne ssyie OF TINS writer for purity perspi-
cuity, ana elegance is something greatly IN he
commended. II is free from limitations. manner
SmIs, fss, and tricks of every kind '-TNe Argus,
me transactions do justice to the vivid, pi-
quaint style OF the original and the story is fnll
OF moyementdnd crowded with instructive and
entertaining incident. Tile ChicdooPof |
The interest of the book does not depend unon !
lts character nor its Incidents nor vet on its char
ming style, but in its general harmony of COM |
position. day Book.
X.-EvERyBoDY is REAnINa THEM.
-, Our people seem to have stopped reading
rrench novels, and English works are COM
planned of as dull. Miss. Muhlbach precisely snn-
plies the public want '"P
The novels Of Clara Mundt are being read by
every one."-Tinaes FL ->"N ~
:, Muhlbachs novels have a worldwide repu-
tation, and are read with avidity as fast as is
sued from the press. "--Sprinqfeld Reou5Tcon
fhey are winning wide and deserved nm
ularity in this country. y.'--Sdte Journal.
go i li45 -
Either OF the Novels sent free by mail to apy
adpress on receipt of price.
January l8-lm.