Middletown transcript., 1868-03-14
PROMINENT cHARACTERIsTIcs.

l.--THEY ARE INSTRUCTIVE. sia7iit -
AS. purely literary works, these historical ro-
nnanccs possess high degree of merit. They read
like genuine histories. p Cathoiic Horid. .sslu
S1sThcy are correct descriptions of the countries
and the people described. .''--Ltrald. Ig aai Ie
II.ATHRY ARE ENTERTAINING.
ave regard these books as among the best and
most entertaining novels of the day. y."-Spring-
field Republican. '
"Thc reader is ut once fascinated and held spell
hound until the volume is completed. '--Free
Press. ''''
"There is no dull chapter in it.-Uica MraM.
lII--THEy ARE MmItoRs OF THE TIMES.
'No one can peruse them without concediDg
the authors great skill In grasping and delineu-
ting the characters which figure eonspicuously in
them.
''The study which enables the author to define
ate so accurately the emotions and incentives TO
action which moved men and women of n past
age must be close and untirng and Louisa Muhl-
bach shows in all of her works a perfection which
carries the reader into the very presence of the
characters represented. .'-Syrdcuse Journal .
lV.-THEY ARE HISTORICALLY CoRREcT. .. r...,.
Historically correct, and as entertaining as
many of the volumes of Sir Walter Scott. ."-Pror-
ilcHce Uer'tM. -.--,- .. .....
gently studied the secrect histories of the times
and countries of which she writes, and her task
is done well and effectively. - Horcestcr Spy.
HNo Historical Novelist has labord sol faith
fully and successfully TO reproduce n complete
picture OF past times and events. ~ U9ica Kerad
V.--TneY ARE ORIGINAL. - ,..r...-. .-1-~rr-r, -.
''it has agreoably surprised readers to find q
new writer with such constructive genius and
knowledge OF character as Louisa Muhlbach pos.
scsscs. s.P-PuIlic Ledger. n'
Each succeeding novel adds to Mrs Mundt's
reputation as writer of historic fction-N y
Tunes. .ss ... -la1 I" =, :
VI--THEY ARE FULL or IMAGINATION. - 3D. 20
'iShe1s not only the skilifu Joiner, but a neat
handed artizan. y Christidn Wtness .. no
.tIherc IS seldom any strainng after effect, but
it is really Wonderful how Madame Mundt mana
ges to sustain and increase the interest to the
end CITY lem.
| 'Thc word-paintng of the authorcss is much
more effective Than the best efforts of the engray.
cr. .".--IilinoiS Stute Rsgist,r.
Vll.--TnEY CONTAIN ANECDOTES OF CouRrs.
| 'sScottish 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. ."-EUeninq Gazette.
| There arc not be found anywhere in human
annals, unused, such magnificent such supcra-
bundant materials for romance, as clog the chroni-
cles OF the Prussian and Austrian courts of the
18th century. by their dress, their manners their
modes OF thought, their language they are al
most as much separated from us as if they had
lived one thousand years ago.''-O5seTrer.
Vlll.--THEY TELL ABOUT EMrKRoRs KINGS, AND
| QUEENS.
/ "We learn from her not only how Frederick
William and Frederick the Great, Joseph the Sec
ond, Noitairc, Rousseau Baron Trcnck the EN-
press Catherine, walked and talked in their grand
and took tea.''--Registrr. sH...
| "The choice of her subjects exhibits her re-
MUS. She takes the time of Frederick the Great.
| Joseph the Second, for example, and upon the
background of the facts which the chronicles of
the periods afford, she embroidcrs the bright and
sonibre colors the light and shade of her fiction
with the skill OF II consumatc artist t"-Thc E1qlc.
IX.-TIE STYLE is INTERESTING.
''The style OF this writer for purity pcrspj-
Guilty, and elegance, is something greatly to be
commended. 1t is free from limitations, manner
isms, and tricks of every kind. d.'-The Arqus,
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 incidcnt."-T Chico1oPoa
"The interest of the book does moi depcnd upon
its character nor lis incidents nor yet on its char
ming style, but i'll its general harmony of COM
position. ."-Ddy Book. 7T -
X.-EvERYBoDY IS READING THEM.
| "Our people seem to have stopped readinp
French novels, and English works are com
planned of as dull. Miss. Muhbach precisely sup.
plies the public want.
" The novels of Clara Mundt arc being read b,
every ono, - Times ~ ST. 2 49, ~
" Muhlbach's novels have worldwide repu
tation, and are read with avidity as fast rs is
sued from the press. "-Spriiafeid ReoubHcdn.
"They are winning a wide and deserved pop
ularity in this country."-!Stdte Journal. :
Il .6sGfl|. GGDst
Either of the Novels sent FREQ by mail to an,
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