The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-02-13
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| le-TnrY AnF IsafHgrTIyE,
"a purely literary wgfks, ilese his,orlca
rorhanees pnshcrS bigh degree pffDefit, The,
rend ilka genuine hsetoFics. C,iihslie WoriJ.
''Thay are correct descriptions of the coun
tries aud tho people drseribcd D-- Heroid.
II.--THgY sHB ExrggrAiSfxa.
"We regard those books a. among the bes
and most cntrtsaiHlng novels pf tie day."--
Springfield Repahieoe
nThe reader Il Al oaee fascinatcd and held
spcl bennd nHlil the sola'nefs completed. -
f'Therp Il no daliehaplcr ~ Il. - Cfica Hrr.
lil.-TnRY 3aH Aiisaass oF FHs TiHEs.
s'No Que can psfnse aien without cpnceding
the authors great kin ID graYlng and dclin.
eating the characters which hgurr eonspicn.
Ously In them =
.SThc stady ~laici, tnslies the author io Dc.
lsnsato 20 setaraseiy The emotions md inctn.
tlYes TO action which moved nre and women u
a pna age nsust bs eiose and unttFing. and
L1uisa A4shibael shhsafi nli ~ her works .
perfection which carries the reader inlA tht
very presence 81 the characters represented" !"
Rgaenas Joarwai.1
R.sTHar sasilnsohirally CoRHEer.
"ilsEipEicaslY rofrcel, and ~ entertaining a.
many q the yelumes pfSlr Walter Scott -
Prgfidsaes Herald
Louisa MailbAoh mast have carefully nnd
diligently stHdsrd the srctei histories uf the
times and countries ~ which he WRITES. aud
bor task IL done wtii and cfiecsiyeiy."-- Wer.
dxes Historical Norclist he. iahorea %
faithfully and ances~fully " reproduce com.
rlcle plftnfe of pact tithes and eyents. ~ Cii,p
Hsrasf
y.-Tprr AHr osnigtf.
OF has aareeally surpslssa readers ~ hud a
new writer wifh such constructive rf.sins and
knowledge of eh@Heisr A. Louisa Mhhibaeh
posse'aeh. -Prblie Lsdsef
n. v a ".
reputation A. a sriier q historic hctlon.-- ".
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N.--Taus sEs srtt or lsialSlT1rz,
"'he Is not nnly tilf skiifal iolncF. bat = neat.
habded aFtiEan." - --fhFtsfiaa Wasess.
There L seldom any strsining after eHcct,
bat Il Il really enuderial hnw Madame Mud,
nanagrs 70 sustain and increase the lBtfrcsi u
The nHd. "~-f'itg Eta.
''The wora.paibilog Or tlic suih1fcts i much
more effective thau che bpatciinrts ~ the en-
grnrcr"-- Hiaais Ssnse Hegshss.
Nif.--TEry CAafais AsErnorra ~ C0URrs.
"seoitish history offered m freshsr ana more
romantic material % tbc magic working hand
pl Sir Matter Scott than she Apds IN The Annal,
0t the German canFin. F~- ErsHisg Uoasifc.
'eTferc are not 70 be iound anywhere IN ha.
man annals. unused, such magnificent, snsh
tnpprabundani materials for romance, ~ clog
the chronicles ~ the PrutiHn and Austrian
cnufis Of the 18th ecuiarF. Ity their drsnt,
their manners, their modes Of thought, lbeiF
language they are almost mnch separated
fraia ns ~ ifthey Ind lived one thousand years
ago. "~-1bssretr.
ylII -Tars rElt ,toer Esrrauas, K,ya,, ASH
Qrfgss.
'we learn from hor MOI only how Rpsderiek
William and Frederick Ito Great ioscph The
Second, Yoiiaifr, Rasseaa Baron Trsnck, tho
Empfess Catherine. walked npd talked In thpif
grand rois., but bow .ihpy, powdered their hair,
hirted, and took isa." Rsgfsssr.
"Jhr choice ef her sabjects exhibits her &c.
nius. Sbe fakea the iitna ~ Frederick Tie
Great, Iatefh the SECOND. foF example, and
upon ihn background ~ facts which the clirnni,
o!ss nfihe periods aiFsrd. Fhe emhroiders the
bright and snirbre colors, tho light and shaslr
Of her Getlan. with the skin u a consummste
artiH. The Easis.
IX,-THg SrTLg ~ 1srKbgsTssq.
HThe slFie Of this writer for purity, pefspIcu-
itT. aud eisganee. is something greatly 10 be
epmmcnded Its frep from limitations, HaB-
nrrlsms and tricks ~ every kind. - The Argue
"Thp translatin8a do justice tn the vivid. ri.
quaint style Of the originals and The story IL
fun movement and crowded With instructive
and entertaining iuridsnt - chicago Post
"The interest u ihs book hnes not depend
rpen its oharaetefs por IL ineidcnts, nor yet
on it chsrming style. bat IL iis general harno-
ne Of eoiupasitlea4 - Day Bosk.
A.~%EgEas1onY ~ kEAbfSa THEN.
"0ut people seem % have stopped reading
French novels, and English works are com.
plainedlef A. dplI. Miss MnhIbach preeiaply
supplies tie public want
''Ihe novels Of Clara Mandt are being read
by every one. - Timss.
"Muhlbacii's novels have a eofld-wide rcpu.
tation, and are read with avidiiv. as fast " a.
Fued from the prsss.5'~-strinajisfd RepsLJsoaa
They are winning wide aud deserved pop
ularitg IN this county IS State Journal.
gi'htr " fhs Nsssis eeas free " ssda 10 ~,
qddrsss on rseeips " pftrs. jan2s-ii