The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-02-07
p ROlrTNENT CHARACTERIS TICS.


L-Ihsy are Instructive.
''As purely literary works, these historical ro-
mances possess a high degree of merit. They
read like genuine histories.-Cathoiic. .WoZld.
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. ."-Sprlng-
felH RepU5kican.
The reader is at once fascinated and held SPELL
bound until the volume is completed Free
Press.
There is no dull chapter in it.'-Utlca Her-
ald.
UI-They are mirrors ofthe Times
mo ono pursue them without cOncedng
the authors great skill in grasping and delinea-
ting the characters which figure conspicuously in
them
''The study which enables the author to define
ate 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 a perfection which car
ries the reader into the very presence OF the char
acters represented. "-SyracHSe Journal.
IF-Thry are Historically Correct.
Historically correct, and entertaining
many Of the volumes of Sir Walter Scot. PROP
ideHce Herald.
Louisa Muhlbach must have carefully and dill
iaently studied the secret histories of the times
and countries of which she writes 9nd her task
is done we'll and effectively. Worcester Spy.
No Historical Novelist has labored so faithful
~ anu SUCCESSFULLY " Ic cpIOuuCo 'OAHp'ClO piS'
ture of past times and events. "-Ottcz Herald.
F-IHey are OTiGL10L.
1T has agreeably surprised readers to find
new writer with euch constructive genius and
knowledge Of character as Louisa Mubibach pos
sesses. '-EHbElc Ledger.
Each succeeding novel adds to Mrs. Mundt's
reputation as a writer of historic fiction" ".
T. Times.
VL-Thsy arc JuH Of Imagination.
''She is not only the skilfnl ioiner, but a neat
handed artizaD. = 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 Item.
The word painting of the authoress is much
more effective than the best efforts of the engraV
er."-Hitnois 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. "-EUeairp Gazette.
There are not to be found anywhere in human
annals, unused such magnificent, such supera bum
dant materials for -onanee, as clog the chronicles
OF the Prusslan and Austrian courts Of tie 18th
injury. By their dress, their Manners their
modes Of thought, their language, they almost
as much separated from us as If they had lived
one thousand years ago. .".O5SerUer.
gIIE-Ihey tell about EnperoyS, Kings, aad
Queens.
"We 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,
hirted and took tea. ''-RegiStsr.
The choice of her subjects exhibits her genius
She takes the time of Frederick the Great, Jo-
ssph the Second, for example, and upon the back
ground of facts which the chronicles of the periods
affords, she embroiders the bright and sombre
colors, the light and shades of her fiction, with
the skill of 2 consummate artist. y The Eagle.
I--Ihe Style IS Interesting.
The style of this writer for purity, perspicuty,
and elegance, is something greatly to be com
mended. 1t is free from limitations, mannersms,
and tricks of every kind. The Argus
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 Tile Chicago Post
The interest Of the book does not depend up
on its characters its Incidents nor yet on its
charming style, but its general harmony of
composition. Day Book.
A.-Ersryb9ay IS RGaaing 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.
"Muhlbach's novels have world wide repu-
taton, and are read with ayidity as fast as issued
from the press. feta Republican.
They are winning wide and deserved popular
ity Iii this country. State JsurHGi