Middletown transcript., 1868-03-07
=. PROMINENT CHARAcTERIsr1cs.

- PROMINENT CHARACTERIsTICs.
I.-TIEY ARR Instructive.
seas purely literary works, these historical ro-
mances possess high degree of merit They read
like genuine histories. - Catholic World
''They are correct descriptions of the countries
and the people described .''-Itcrald.
II.--THEY ARE ENTERTAINING.
"We regard these books as among the best and
most entertaining novels of the ay."--Sprinl-
field Republican. ..'
'The reader is mt once fascinated and held SPELL
bound until the volume is completed. ."-Eree
Press. -.f-il
''There is no dull chapter in it, Ulica Herald
III.-TnEy ARE MIRRoRs OF THE TIMES.
'No one can peruse them without concedng
the authors great skill in grasping and delipea-
ting the characters which figure conspcuously 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 /. past
age must be close and untirng, and Louisa Muhl-
bach shows in all Of her works perfection which
carries the reader into the very presence of the
characters represented. ."-Syracuse Jouraal a
lV.--THEy ARE HISTORICALLY CoRREcT H.s
Historically correct and as entertaining rs
| many oithe volumes Of Sir Walter Scott "-Iror-
| idenee Herdkd ID.
luuSu hHlDtrH InuSt nave carefully ana dill
gently studied the secrect histories of the times
and countries Of which she writes and her task
| is done well and ettcctively."- Worcester Spu
"No Historical Novelist has laborcd SO faith
| fully and successfully to reproduce n comuletc
picture of past times and events - Llica Mrala.
| Y.-THEY ARE 0RIGTsAL
'lt has agrecably surprised readers TO find n
| new writer with such constructive genius and
knowledge Of character as Louisa Mulllbach pos
sesses, ,n--Pablc Ledger.
Each succeeding novel adds 10 Nrs. Mundt $
reputation rs writer Of historic fction.--N. Y,
| Times.
W;rTHrsi AM, rrLI OF rimAGssTloy. f sd 4
/ "She isnot only the skilful ioiner but A neat
handed artizan." - Christian Waness.
There is seldom any straning after effect, hui
| it is really wonderful how Madame Mundt mana
Fes to sustain and increase the interest to tho
end n--(ftY Item. l" --'
'4"The word-painting of the authorcss is much
more effective than the best efforts of the enuray.
or. .h--Ihinois State Register. a- '''7
4 VlI.-THEY CONTAIN ASEoDoTgs OF CorRrs,
0"Scottish history offered no freshcr and inort
romnntic material to the magic working hand
Sir " alter Scott than she finds in the annals @
the German courts. ''-hheqing Gazette.
= There are not he found anywhere in human
annals unused, such magnificent such s,u,era
bundant materials for romance rs clog the chroni
Giles of the lPrussian and Austrian courts of th
18th century. BY their dress, their manners, thei
modes OF thought, their language, they are al
most as much separated from us as if they hat
: lived one thousand years ago.''-O5serper.
. yFI.-THEY TELL ABOUT EMprRoRs. Klsos. AN,
QUEENS,
4 20 We learn from her not only how Fredcrcl
: William and Frederick the Great, Joseph the Sec
ond, Foltaire Rousseau, Baron Trenck the En-
press Catherine, walked and talked in their gran,
rohs, but how, they powdered their hair, firted
and took Tea. .'-Register.
:. The choice of her subjects exhibits her &c
1 Mus. She takes the time of Frederick the Great
!, Joseph the Second for example, and upon Il,
: background of the facts which the chronicles G
+ the periods afford, she cmbroidcrs the bright an
!, sombre coors, the light and shade of her fiction
! with the skill of consumatc artist. ."-The Eagl,
}, K-TnE STYLE is IsTEREsTSa. llHG asa
The style Of this writer for purity, persp
G Guilty, and elegance, is something greatly 10 b
4 commended. 1t is free from limitations mannel
d isms, and tricks of every kind. .n-Thc 1rgus.
+ The translations do justice 10 the vivid, nj
quaint style of the original; and the story is flu
of movement and crowded with instructive an
entertaining incident."-Th ChicaqoI'ost
l. ''The interest of the book does not depend upo
. its character nor its incidents yet ON its cha
=. ming style, but in lis general harmony of con
= position. .'--Day Book.
n N.-EyERyBoDy is READING THEM
d .." Our people seem to have stopped readin
French novels, and English works are con
!, paincd of as dull. Miss. Muhbaeh precisely sur
l plies the public want.
" The novels Of Clara Mundt are being read b
n every one. ."-Times.
3" "Muhlbach's novels have worldwide rep,
' tation, and are read with avidity, us fast as il
u sued from the press. '-Sprinqfeid Rcoubiican.
e "They are winning wide. and deserved DO,
Ie ularity in this country. .''-State journal.
n Either of the Novels sent free by mail to an
r. adpress on receipt of price
:. January lS-lm.