Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-02-21

1.-Ihey are Instructive.
AS purely literary works, these historical ro-
mances possess q high degree OF merit. They
read like genuine histories. - Catholic World.
''They are correct descriptions of the countries
and the people described. "-Hrald.
H.-They are Entertaining.
we 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, Utica Herald
IH.-They are Mirrors of the Times.
''No one can peruse them without concediag
the authors great skill in grasping and deneat-
ing the characters which figure conspcuously in
them.
"The study which enables the author to delin-
cate so accurately the emotions and incentives
to action which moved men anu women of
past age must be close and untiring, and Louisa
Muhbach shows in all of her works a perfection
which carries the reader into the very presence
OF the characters resented."-Joa0naL
IV.-They are Historically Correct.
Historically correct, and as entertaining as
many of the volumes of Sir Walter Scott
Providence Herald.
"Louisa Muhlbach must have carefully and
diligently studied the secret histories of the times
and countries of which she writes, and her task
is done well and effectively. - Worcester Spy.
"No historical novelist has labored so faithful
ly and successfully to reproduce a complete pic
ture Of past times and events. "-Utiea Herald.
V.-They are Original.
at has agreeably surprised readers to find a
new writer with such constructive genius and
! knowledge of character as Louisa Mulbach pos
ses.''-Pu6hc Ledger.
reputation as writer of historic fiction."-N. T..
Times
VI.-They are full of Imagination.
| "She is not only the skilful joiner, but neat
handed artizan. - Christian 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."-Ctty Item.
"The wOrd-paintng of the authoress is much
more effective than the best efforts of the engrav-
er."-ISIlnOiS Register.
VII.-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 he found anywhere in human
annals, unused, such magnificent, such supera-
| bundant materials for romances, as clog the
chronicles of the Prussian and Austrian Courts
of the 18th century. BY their dress, their man
ners, their modes of thought. their language,
they are almost as much separated from us as if
they had lived athousand years ago."-O6seyver.
VIII.- They tell about Emperors, Kings,
and Queens.
! awe learn from her not only how Frederick
William and Frederick the Great, Joseph the
Second, Votaire, Rousseau, Baron Trenck the
Empress Catherine, walked and talked in their
grand roles, but how they powdered their hair.
fiirted and took tea.-RegiSter.
''The 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 bright and
sombre colOrs the light and shade of her fiction
with the skill of consummate artist."-EaqLe
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 flom limitations, mannerisms
and tricks of every kind."-Argus.
"The translations do justice to the vivid, pr
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.
"Our 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.
"MuhIbach's novels have worldwide reputa-
ton, and are read with avidity, as fast as issued
4 from the press. "-springfeld Republican,.
''They are winning wide and deserved popu-
| larity in this country. State Journal.