Middletown transcript., 1868-01-18
PROMINENT CHARACTERISTICS.

l.--TIIIY ARE INSTRUCTIVE.
CAS- purely literary works. these historical ro.
manccs possess high degree of merit. They read
like genuine histories. - Ldtholic Worid
They are correct descriptions of the countries
and the people described. .i-Lhraid
II.-THEY ARE ENTERTAINING. +.,. ,,....-.
''We regard these books MS among the best and
most entertaining novels of the day ."-!Spring-
ieH Republican.
HThe reader is ut once fascinated and held SPELL
bound until the volume is completed. Fee
Press.
"There is 20 dull chapter i'll it, Utica Ht5ald
lII.-TnEY ARE MIRRORS OF THE TIMES.
''No one can pcrlisc them without conceding
the authors great skill in graspmg and delntsl-
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 II past
age must be close and untring, and Louisa Muhl-
bach shows in all of her works perfection which
carries the reader into the very presence of the
characters represented. .'-!Syracuse .joarnal.
lV.-TnEy ARE IIIsToRIcALLy CORRECT '5't*
''llistorically correct and MS entertaining as
many of the volumes OF Sir Walter Scott. .n-I'roc-
ideHce Herald. F.t y,
Louisa Mubacl must have carefully and dill
gently studied the secrect histories of the times
and countries of which she writes, and her task
is done well and effectively. - Worcester S,y.
NO Historical Novelist has laborcd so faith
fully and successfully to reproduce Il complete
picture of pust times and events. ~ Utica Heraid
F.-THEY ARE ORIGISAL. '--
''lt has IL .reeally surprised readers to find q
new writer with such constructive genius and
knowledge Of character as Louisa Muhlbach pos
scssrs. .'-PuJHc Lnlyr.
Each succeeding novel adds 10 Mrs. Mnndt's
reputation us u writer of historic fiction.-N. u.
Tunes.
VI.-THEY ARE FULL OF IMAGINATION. ..f.,.
'She is not only the skillful joiner, but neat
handed tizan.''- Christian Witness. 'N -'
"There Is seldom any straining after effect, but
it is really wonderful how Madame Mundt mana
ges 10 sustain and increase the interest to the
end. CITY Hem. '
''Thc word-painting of the authorcss is much
more effective than the best efforts Of the engrav-
cr."-Ittinois State Rcyistcr. ..4..sg- l.-ts
VII.-TmEY CONTAIN ANECDOTES OF CounTs.
Scottish history offered no frcsher and more
romantic material to the magic working hand of
Sir Walter Scott than she finds in the annals of
the German courts. ."--Ecenng Gazette. a. -,-
There are not be found anywhere in human
annals, unused, such magnificent, such supcru-
hnndant materials for romance, as clog the chron-
cles of the Prussan and, Austrian courts Of the
18th century. by their dress, their manners their
modes Of thought, their language, they are al
most ms much separated from us as if they had
lived one thousand years ago" ."-Obscrrer.
NIII,-TuEY TELL AGouT EMPERoRs, KISGs, AND
QUEENS. , /
awe learn from her not only how Frederick
William and Frederick the Great, Joseph the Sec
ond, Voltare, Rousseau Baron Trenek, the Fun
press Catherine, walked and talked in their grand
rotes, but how they powdered their hair, hrtcd,
and took ten. .'-ReyiSter.
1.-The choice of her subjects exhibits her ge>
MUS. She takes the time OF Frederick the Great,
Joseph the Second, for example, and upon the
background of the facts which the chronicles of
the periods afford, she embroiders the bright and
sombre oolors, the light and shade OF her fiction,
with the skill of II consumate artist. Tile Eagle.
IX.--THE STYLE Is INTERESTING. Jsg.t 4..+..s
The style of this writer for purity, perspi-
Guilty, and elegance, is something greatly TO be
commended. 1t is free from limitations, manner
isms, and tricks of every kind .'-The -1ryus.
''The translations do justice TO the vivid, pi-
quaint style of the original; and the story is full
of movement and crowded with instructive and
entertaining incident. '-Tar CheagoIoa.
"Thc interest of the book does not depend upon
its character nor its incidents yet on its char
ming style, but in its general harmony Of COM
position. ."-Ddy Book.
Is READING THEM.
"Our people seem to have stopped reading
French novels, and English works are com
plaincd of as dull. Miss. Muhlbnch precisely sup
plies the puilie want.
"The novels Of Clara Mundt are being read by
every one. ."-Tines.
"Aluhlbach's novels have worldwide repu- !
tation, and are read with ayidity, ms fast as is
sued from the press. ."-SprinNfcH Reoabiicdn.
'sThey are winning u wide and deserved pop |
ularity in this country '-Sdte journal 81 TT
Either of the Novels sent free by mail to any |
adpress on receipt of price. -4 |
January 1s-lm.