The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-02-14
II OUISA MUHLBACH'S HISTOR-
IL ICAL NOVELS
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Hairy VII anil Catherine Parr. An HistOri-
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P ROVTNENT CHARACTERKST TICS.
/ L-Thcy are Instructive.
"As purely literary works, these historical ro-
| mances possess a high degree Of merit. They
read like genuine histories -C"th0lic World.
| They are correct descriptions of the countries
and the people described. ''-HeraLd
| H-Thsy are Entertaining.
I'VE regard these books as among the best and
most entertaining novels of the day. ."-SprfRg-
! tell Republican.
The reader is at once fascinated aud held SPELL
! und until the volume is completed Fire
| Press.
There is no dull chapter in it Uttca He,
| ald.
III l-They are mirrors o6lhe Times.
No one can pursue them without conceding
the authors great skill in graSping aud delineH-
ting the characters which figure conspicuously III
| them
THE study which enables the author to define
| ate accurately the emotions and incen ives TO
| action which moved men and women of past age
must be close and unliring, and Louisa Muhlbach
shows in all of her works perfection which car
res the reader into the very presence OF the char
! acters represente /. ."-Syrlcass J0HrHai.
| " TIN are HiSt0rtcuUy Correct.
| HI Oricdly cJrTect. and as entertaining as
many of the volumes of Sir Walter SEQ t."-Pr0U-
! IaeHCe Herald
Louisa Muhlbach must have carefully and dill
/ iaently studied the se"ret histories of the times
and countries of which she writes, and her task
! is done we'll ami effectively '-lF0IcPSfer SPY.
''No Historical Novelist has labored so faithful
! ly and successfully to reproduce complete pie.
ture of past times and events. Utica Herald.
P-IHey are OrigLRal.
"It has agreeably surprised readers to find a
writer with .uch constructive genius and
knowledge of character rs Louisa Muhlbach pos
sesses. "-PubLic Ledger.
! Each succeeding novel adds to Mrs. Mundt g
reputation wtiler of historic fiction" ".
| Y. Times.
| FL-They are full of Imagination.
''She is not only the skilful joiner, but neat
/ handed artizan - Christian Witness.
There is seldom any straining after effect, but
| it is really wonderful how Madame Mundt mana
| ges to sustain and increase the interest to the
end '-City lem.
The word painting of the authoress is much
! more effective than the best efforts of the engrav
| er.'-LUtNoty State Register.
! VI-They Contain Auecaotrs Of Courts.
scottish history offered no fresher aud more
romantic material to the raagic working hand OF
! Sir Walter Scott than she iads in he annals OF
! the German courts - EceHing Guzftts.
There are not TO be found anywhere in human
annals. uuused. such magnificent, such sapera bum
dant materials for romance, AS clog the chronicles
! of the PrusSian and Austrian courts Of tie 18th
| C injury. By their dress, their manners, their
modes of thought, their language, they are almost
as much separated from US If they had lived
! one thousand years ago. ."-ObSerrer.
| FIIL-TAey teH Gbo~t EnperOrs, Kings, and
QueeuS.
''We learn from her not only how Frederick
! William and Frederick the Great, Joseph the
! Second, VUlJaire, Rousseau, Baron Trenck, the
/ Empress Catherine, walked and talked in theiI
grand roles, but how they powdered their, hair
! hirted, aud took tea. ''-RegtSter.
The choice uf her subjects exhibits her genius
! She takes the time of Frederick the Great, Jo-
seph the Second, for example, aud upon the back
ground of facts which the chronicles Of the period.
| affords, she embroiders the bright and sombre
cours, the sht and shades of her fiction, with
! the skill of consummate artist t''--Ihe Eagle.
! LX--Ihe Style IS Interesting.
The style of this writer Tor purity, perspicuity
and elegance is something greatly TO be COM
M .nded 1t is free f ON limitations, manuerIsns
and tricks Of every kind. Tile Argus.
The transations do justice to the vivid, pi-
quaint style of the gnal; and the story is full
OF movement and crowded with instructive and
entertaining incident. The Chicago Post.
! The interest OF the book does not depend up
on its characters nor its Incidents nor yet iIt
charming style. but its general harmony oi
composition. day Book
| X-EuGry5gay is ReadiHg than.
Our people seem to have stopped reading
! French novels. and English works are complained
of as dull. Miss Muhloach precisely supplies the
| public want.
The novels of Clara Mundt are being read by
every one. '-TtmeS.
"Muhbac novels have worldwide repu.
tation and read with nvidity, as fast issued
from the press. ''-SprtHgfetG RtpWbltcan.
They winning vide and deserved popular
| ity in this country. '!-State Journal.
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