The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-02-28
II OUISA MUHLBACH'S HISTOR-
ICAL NOVELS.
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P CONTINENT CHARACTERIST TICS.
L-They are IastructiUe.
"As purely literary works, these historical ro-
mances possess high degree of merit. They
read like genuine histories -C@MoLic World.
"They are correct descriptions of the. countries
and the people described. ,'-Her@ld.
H-TheV are Entertaining.
I'VE regard these books as among the best and
most entertaining novels of the day Spring
feld 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. '-Usca Her
ald
UI-THey are mirrors ofthe Times.
mo one can pursue them without concedlng
the authors great skill in grasping and delinea-
ting the characters which figure conspicuously in
them.
.sThe 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 untiring, and Leuisa Muhlbach
shows in all of her works perfection which car
ries the reader into the very presence OF the char
acters represented. .'-Sgr9cAse J0Hr"a/
IV-THeg are RiStOrJc0Lty Correct
Historically correct. and entertaining as
many of the volumes of Sir Walter SEQ t."-PyOv-
ideRce Herald.
Louisa Muhlbach must have carefully and dill
igently studied the secret histories OF the tlAes
and countries of which she writes. and her task
is done we'll and effectively ''-VOyceSter Spy.
s.No Historical Novelist has labored so faithful
Iy and successfully to reproduce complete pic
ture of past times and events. ''-OttcG Hefat@.
V-THsg are Original.
1T has agreeably surprised readers to find a
new writer with such constructive genius ana
knowledge of character as Louisa Muhlbach pos
.rEaeb snceeeding novel adds to Mrs Mundt' 5
reputation as a writer of historic fiction" ".
Y, Tunes.
VI-THev are fuH Of Lalzgination,
tShe is not only the skilful joiner, but neat"
handed artizan. '-Chrit'g" Htt@eSS. l..
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 lem.
The word-painting Of the authoress Is much
more effective than the best efforts OF the engraV
| er'-HIlDOis State ReglSter.
! VH-They Contain AHsodofes Of Courts.
Scottish history offered no fresher and more
! romantic material to the magic working mana OF
! Sir Walter Scott than she finds in the annals OF
| the German courts '-EreHiRg Gazette.
| There are not to be found anywherein human
4 annals unused. such magnificent, such supera bun
dant materials for romance as clog the chronicles
! of the Prussian and Austrian courts OF tie 18th
! O. injury. By their dress. their manners, theil
modes of thought their language, they are almost
! as much separated from US as If they had lived
! one thousand years ago '-O6Serrer.
! VIIL-THey tell about Enperors, Kings, and
/ Queens.
owe learn from her not only how Frederick
| William snd Frederick the Great, Joseph the
! Second, Voltaire, Rousseau, Baron Trenck, th'
/ Empress Catherine, walked and talked IN then
! grand roles, but how they powdered their, hair
! 8irted and took tea '-RegJSter.
| l;The choice Of her subjects 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 sombrt
/ colors the light and shades of her fiction, with
/ the skill of a consummate artist. The Eagle
| IR--Th6 Style IS Interesting.
THE style Of this writer for purity, perspicuity
and elegance, is something greatly to be com
| niended 1t is free from limitations, m8nnersms
and tricks Of every kind Tile Argus.
THE translati0ns do justice to the vivid, pi
quaint style of the original; and the story Is tul
/ of movement and crowded with instructive anC
entertaining incident. The Chicago Post
..The interest OF the book does not depend up
on its characters nor its incidents, nor yet on il
! charming style but on It's general harmony 0
composition Day Book.
X-EUeTyboay IS Readtng Aem.
sOur people seem to have stopped reading
French novels, and English works are complained
of as dull Miss MuhIbach precisely supplies tn
public want
The novels of Clara Mundt are being read b!
every one "-Ttnles.
| "Muhlbaehs novels have world%ide repu
tation and are read with avidty, as fast as ISSUED
from the presa "-SprIngfet& RepH6Itca"
"They are winninga WIDE and deserved popular
| ity in this country ''--State IeUrH0A
Either of tie Morals sent free by mail 10 an!
address on rscetpt otprtce. l4n9InI l
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dersiene1 having taken out auctiOneer Ii