The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-01-23
PROMINENT cH1RAcrGsBrIcs,

l--TngY AHg iNsNrcuyE.
A purely literary work., these historical
rotnsnees pOssers high degree Of merit They
rcad Ike genuine bi.tories. - ca,Isiir World
They arc correct descriptions Of the coan.
,,ies and The people described. " - Hsraid,
il.-.TnEy AHE kvfmttStxa.
I'VE regard these books Ne among the brn,
aud most entertaining novels 0f Tho day.
Springfield Rcysbi,,,ia
The reader !. ~ ouec f..oiaAted snd held
spell b'nnd Hnhl the vDlame Is completed" -
FIRE. press
There Is M dull chapter in ill., l,isa Hes
llL--TnEr AHE NiEaGHs % rus Tmg4
mo enc can pcrese them without raueoding
ihcanihor's greet skin 10 grsspiHg and dslin.
eating the characters which iigaFc consrica.
ansiy IN them"
"1hr stadv ahich cnaiirs thc anlhor 10 DE-.
hnrstc 20 accurately the einaiiaaa and inern-
tiFes 10 arit"p whirt moved mea snd women Of
past agr must b. clasc sud uuddng, Rnd
I.anlsa Nuhlbac shass IL ali 1T her workt a
perfection which carriers the reader into the
very rfescnrr nf the characters represented, -
Ngrasr+e Ja~rHaL
IV.-TaEY AHs ilsrnntr,ttv Csanrcf.
"liisiarically correct. and entertaining a.
nanf ri The volumes ~ Sir W alter scott S.
Pr"raisHro H,rai1
"louisa Muhlbach must have carefully snd
diligently riudicd the secret hielatics ~ the
timrs and roantfirs NJ whirh he writes. sod
h0r task Is done pcIl aud effectively, - Nor.
ec.fsr SyB,
NO HtaoricaI Novelist has laborsd 90
faithfully ard successfully 60 reproduce co,n-
pirte pie'"rc Of past tincs and cyent'. - t',ea
Hsraid.
rHEv tnE OEGixti.
at hs' agrecshly surprised slcr, t. dnl
new writer with such cinatfpetiye genius and
knusledTc of character ~ Louisa Nahlbach
pats.sses. -" PaLir Ltdgrr
Each succeeding novel sdds 10 Mrs. NuHdi's
Ferataiion a. a Writcr 81 historic fiction. "
). Tuae..
Ni.-1Hgr lat rrLl 90 isAakArt0s.
"She Is not only ID" skilful iaiaer, but,a neat.
handed ariizan.' -tarisitaa bRarss
There V seldom ans rtraiuiuv after ea'nct,
bat !, u realty wnrdtrinl how Madams Mandt
shnagce io susiain and Increase The Interest "a
the end, THY lem.
1.-The word painting of the auihores, Is nurh
more effective illaa The b-si efforts Of thr en-
grayer. ~" iHia"i. STATE Ess.5sfss
Nti.--Tfsf ruNfNs AxFrpargs % CprtFs.
"srnilish history offered M frc.hsr and i,inrr
romantic material 10 lhe magic working hand
81 Sif walter Scott than she hnds in The annals
OF he German courts. ~ EresiHg Goscfe.
There arc not "a be- ioani any here ia hn-
man apnsis. unused, snrh magnificent. sucl
superintendent editorials for romance. a. clog
the chronicles ~ ihs rrasisn aud Aastfian
Courts Of tie iSih caaigfg. ily their drcss
thfir manners, thir nodrs ~ thought, thrir
lisEAasr, they are almost a. mnch sepaf atei
frotn Ne a. II the, bad lived snc tioataBd ycars
ago. f--s1bsrrysr.
VII -TagY rat lHsu, EsvRasas, Kires, ,Sp
QcFExs
We learn ffsn her not oBi : bon Frederick
HRlism snd FFederiek The Gresi, Joseph The
Second, Nokairc. ksasesH, Baron Trcnek. the
kbiprrss catbarinr walked aud talked In their
grand roles, but how they powdered their hair
hirie,i, and iapk tea ".-- Rsgssfre.
The choice orkrr ssA5ects exhibits Der &C.
mis-. Me- takes 1o hae 81 Fte4critk The
Great, JosepSa the Second, for example, aud
upon the background Of facts which the chfopi-
eles OF the periods afford, she cmbroiders the
bright and sombre oolors. the light and shade
srtisL"--Tie Eag,e
lA-THE SrTLG Is IsrgHTsuSe.
TIC Hylc ofthis writer Tor purity, pcfepien-
AtF. sRd Heganec, w something greatly ~ Be
commended. tits free from i,riiations, man
nerlsiiis, and tricks sf every kind. - The Argas
THE transiations do iasliee 10 the viVid, pi-
quaint style Of the original. and he sfsrv IL
full Of movement and crowded with instructive
and entertaining incident. - C1ieego Poet.
THE interest Of tho book does not depend
upon its characters nor H. incidents, nor vet
on its charming STYLE but in Ifs general hsrmo-
nv Of eoR POSITION. - hoy Book.
A.-EyEaTuopY ~ kgAbJS0 rHgs
"Oar people seem Ia have stopped reading
French novels. aud Englisk works are COM
planned Of AS DAN Miss Muhibaeh precisely
supplies the pubhcwant.
Tie novels Of Clara Mandt arc being read
by every one. "--TiAes
"Muhlbach's nnvcis have world-widc rcpu-
taiion, and are read with avidity, as fast as is-
sued from the prcss.p -.Spri1gfsid Republican.
They are winning Wide aud deserved pop
ularity In this country" -Sfate Joaraai.
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