The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-01-31
Z OCISA MUHLBACH'S HISTOR-
ICAL NOVELS
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Louisia Of Prussia and Her Times. | vol.
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Henry VII and Cathartne Parr An Histori-
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P ROMINENT CHARACTERIST TICS.
I-They are IQstrnctiUe.
AS purely literary works, these historical ro-
maDcps possess a high degree of merit. They
read like genuine histories -C0tAoiie Wortd.
They are 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, ,"-Sprtng-
tell RepHbiicHR.
The reader is at once fascinated and held SPELL
bound until the volume is completed. Free
Press.
There is no dull chapter in it Ut,ca Her
aH
III They are mirrors ofthe Times
No pursue them without conceding
the authors great skill in grasping and delinea-
ting the characters which figure cOnsplcuOusly in
them.
The study which onabIos tho anthor 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 Muhlbach
shows in all of her works perfection which car
ries the reader into the very presence of the char
acters represented "-SyracHse J0uyRoL
IV-THey are HistOucaIiy CORRECT.
Historically correct. and entertaining as
many of the volumes of Sir Walter SEQ t.''-ProU-
ideRce Herald.
Louisa MuhIbach must have carefully and dill
il gently studied the secret histories of the times
and countries of which she writes. and her task
is done we'll and effectively ."-WOYceSter Spy.
''No Historical Novelist has labored so faithful
ly and successfully to reproduce complete pic.
ture of past times and events. Utica 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 Muhlbach pos
sesses. ."-PUbiic Ledger.
Each succeeding novel adds to Mrs. Mundt s
reputation a writer of historic felton, N.
Y. Times.
VL-They are full Of Imagination.
''She is not only the skilfu jpner, but a neat
handed artizan. ''-ChriStiuH Witness.
''Tnere is seldom any straining after effect, but
it is really wonderful how Madame Mundt mana
ges to sustain and increase the interest to the
''The word-p painting of the authoress is much
more effective than the best efforts of the engrav
er."-HItOOis State Register.
VH-They Contain anecdotes Of Courts.
Scottish history offered no fresher and more
romantic material to the magic working hand Of
Sir Walter Scott than she finds in the annals of
the German courts. - Ereuing Gaz4tte.
There are not to be found anywhere in human
annals, unused such magnificent, such superb bun
dant materials for romance, as clog the chronicles
of the Prussian and Austrian courts Of the l8th
injury. By their dress, their manners, their
modes Of thought, their language, they are almost
as much separated from us as if they had lived
one thousand years ago. .'-ObSerrer.
FIIL-They TELL about EnperOrS Kings and
Queens.
awe learn from her not only how Frederick
William and Frederick the Great, Joseph the
Second. Voltaire Rousseau, Baron Trenck the
Empress Catherine, walked and talked in their
grand roles, but how they powdered their, hair,
firted, and took tea.''-RegiSter.
The choice of her biects exhibits her genius
She takes the time of Frederick the Great, Jo-
seph the Second for example, and upon the back
ground of facts which the chronicles of the periods
affords, she embrOiders the bright and sombre
colurs the light and shades of her fiction, with
the skill Of a consummate artist. The Eagle
LY--The Style rs Interesting.
The style of this writer for purity, perspcuity,
and elegance, is something greatly to be COM
msnded. 1t is free f,om limitations, mannerlsms,
and tricks of every kind. "-The ArgWs.
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. The Chicago Post.
The interest of the book does not depend up
on its characters nor its incidents nor yet on it's
charming style. but on its general harmony of
composition. '-Day BOOE.
X-EUerybody IS ReaaiRg them.
''Our people seem to have stopped reading
French novels, and English works are complained
of as dull. Miss Muhlbach precisely supplies the
public want.
The novels of Clara Mundt are being read by
every one. ."-Times.
"Muhlbachs novels have a worldwide repu-
tation, and read with avidity, fast issued
from the press s''-SprIngfeld RspUbhcan.
''Ihey winning u wide and deserved popular
ity in this country .;'-.State Journal.
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