Middletown transcript., 1868-02-29
PROMINENT cHARAcrERIsT1cs.

I.-THEY ARE INSTRUCTIVE. .s s.f.
GAS purely literary works, these historical ro-
mances possess high degree of merit They read
like genuine histories. ."-Cahotic World.
"They are correct descriptions of the countries
and the people described. ."-Lerald.
H.-THEY ARE ENTERTAINING.
1--WE regard these books us among the best and
field Republican.
"The reader is at once fascinated and held SPELL
bound until the volume is completed. ."-Free
Press.
"There is no dull chapter in it.-Uica Herald.
lII.-THEy ARE kIaRoRs OF THE TINES
mo one can peruse them without conceding
the authors great skill in grasping and delinea-
ting the characters which figure conspicuously In
them.
1.-THE study which enables the author to define
ate so accurately the emotions and incentives to
| action which moved men and women of 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. ."-Syrdeuse journal.
IV.-THEY ARE HlsronIcALLy CoRREcT.
Historically correct, and as entertaining as
many of the volumes of Sir Walter Scott. t."-Prov-
idence Herald.
'Lousa Mulbach 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 Spy.
"No Historical Novelist has labored SO faith
fully and successfully TO reproduce a complete
picture OF past times and events. Jtica Herald.
V.-THEY ARE ORIGINAL
| at has agreeably surprised readers to find a
new writer with such constructive genius and
| knowledge of character as Louisa Muhlbacb NOS
sesses. Puddle Ledger.
| Each succeeding novel adds to Mrs. Mundt 4
reputation as writer of historic iction.-N y
| Times.
U.-THEY ARE FULL OF IMAGINArIoN.
"She is not only the skillful 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 thc
end."-Cag Item.
"The word-painting of the authoress is much
more effective than the best efforts of the eneray.
er."-IHinois STATE Register.
VH.-TuEy CONTAIN ANECDOTES OF CoURrs.
Scottish history offered no fresher and more
romantic material to the magic working hand Of
Sir Walter Scott than she finds in the annals d
the German courts. .'-Ecening Gazette
There arc not be found anywhere in human
annals, unused, such magnificent such supera.
Dundant materials for romance, as clog the chroni.
ces OF the Prussian and Austrian courts of III,
18th century. BY their dress, their manners. theiI
modes Of thought their language, they are al.
most as much separated from us as If they had
lived one thousand years ago."-O6scrver.
VIH.-THEY TELL ABOUT EMrERoRs, KINGS, ASr
QUEENS. ., .......... .'...
I'VE learn from her not only how Frederick
William and Frederick the Great Joseph the Sec.
ond, Voltaire, Rousseau, Baron Trenck, the En-.
press Catherine, walked and talked in their grand
and took tea. .''-Register
1.-The choice Of her subjects exhibits her pe-
MUS. She takes the time of Frederick the Great
Joseph the Second, for example, and upon III,
background OF the facts which the chronicles O
the periods afford, she embrOiders the bright anC
sombre colors the light and shade of her fiction
with the skill of II consumate artist. ."-The Eagle
IX.-THE STYLE INTERESTING.
"The style of this writer for purity, perspi
: Guilty, and elegance, is something greatly to b,
commended 1t is free from limitations. manner
isms, and tricks of every kind. ."-The 1rgus.
The translations do justice to the vivid, ri
quaint style of the original; and the story is full
OF movement and crowded with instructive ane
entertaining incident."-The ChicagoI'oa.
: "The interest of the book does not depend upoI
its character nor its Incidents nor yet on its char
ming style, but in its general harmony of com
position. ."-Ddy Book.
l X.-EvERYBoDY is READING THEN.
"our people seem to have stopped readint
French novels, and English works are com
planned of as dull. Miss. Muhlbach precisely sup
plies the public want.
"The novels of Clara Mundt are being read b,
every one. ."-Times.
"Muhlbach's novels have a worldwide repu
, tation, and are read with avidity, as fast as is
sued from the press. ."-Sprinafeid ReouJiican.
: They are winning wide and deserved pop
ularity in this country. State journal.
Either of the Novels sent free by mail to an,
ADDRESS on receipt of prce