Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-02-07
Prominent characteristics.

are Instructive.
GAS purely literary works, these historical ro-
mances possess a high degree OF merit. They
read like genuine histories. &C Catholic World.
They are correct descriptions of the countries
and the people described. Herald.
H.-They are Entertaining.
eve regard these books as among the best
and most entertaining novels of the day.
Springfield 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'll Utica Herald
uH.-They are Mirrors of the Times.
mo one can peruse them without concediag
the authors great skill in gTasping and deIneat-
ing the characters which figure conSpicuously in
hem.
1.-The study which enables the author to delin-
cate so accurately the emotions and incentives
TO action which moved men AMI women of a
past age must be close and untiring, and Louisa
Muhbach shows in all of her works perfection
which carries the reader into the very presence
oi the characters represented. Journal.
V.-They are Historically Correct.
Historically correct, and as entertaining as
many of the volumes of Sir Walter Scott
Providence Herald.
Louisa MuhIbach must have carefully and
diligently studied The secret histories of the times
and countries of which she writes, and her task
is done we'll and effectively. Worcester Spy.
"No historical novelist has labored so faithful
Iy and successfully to reproduce complete pic
,ure of past times and events. - Utica Herald.
V.-They are Original.
at has agreeably surprised readers to find
new writer with such constructive genius and
knowledge of character as Louisa Mulbach pos
ses."-P,t5hc Ledger.
"Each succeeding novel adds to Mrs. Mundts
reputation as writer of historic fiction."-N 7.
Times.
VI.-They are full of Imagination.
"She is not only the skilfu joiner, but a neat
handed artizan. Witness.
There is seldom any straining after effect,
but it is really wonderful how Madame Mundt
manages to sustain and increase the interest to
the end."-Cny Item.
"The word painting of the authoress is much
more effective than the best efforts of the engrav
er."-IHanois Register
VH.-They Contain Anecdotes of Courts.
Scottish history offered no fresher and more
romantic material to the magic working hands
of Sir Walter Scott than she finds in the annals
of the German courts. "-GGzette.
There is not to be found anywhere in human
annals, unused. such magnificent, such superb
bundant materials for romances, as clog the
chronicles Of the Prlissian and Austrian Courts
of the 18th century. BY their dress, their man.
ners, their modes of thought. their language
they almost as much separated from us as if
they had lived athousand years ago."-ObserUer.
WILL They tell about Emperors, Kings,
and Queens. %. ---s.-, =,
awe 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
tiirted and took tea.-Regaster
.sThe choice of her subjects exhibit her genius.
She takes the time of Frederick the Great, Joseph
the Second, for example, and upon the back
ground of facts which the chronicles of the Pc
RODS affords, she embroiders the brlgh. and
sombre colors, the light and shade of her fiction
with the skill of consummate artist."-Eagle.
IX.-The Style is Interesting.
"The style of this writer for purity perspicui-
ty. and elegance, is something greatly to be COM
mended. 1t is free from limitations mannerisms
and tricks of every kind."-Argus.
| '"The TRANSACTIONS 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.,-chicago Post
X.-EverybOdy is Reading Them.
| sour people seem to have stopped reading
French novels, and English works are complain
ed of as dull. Miss Muhlbach precisely supplies
the public want.
1.-The novels of Clara Mundt are being read by
everyone Times
"Muhlbach's novels have a worldwide reputa-
tion and are read with avidity, as fast as issued
from the press, =. prinafeld Republican.
"They are winning wide and deserved popu-
larity in this country. State Journal.
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