Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-02-14
Prominent characteristics.

I.-They are Instructive.
LAS purely literary works, these historical ro-
mances possess high degree Of merit. They
read ike genuine histories. Catholic World.
They are correct descriptions of the countries
and the people described. "-HeraA.
Lf.-They are Entertaining.
owe regard these books as among the best
and most entertaining novels of the day.
Springfield Republican.
The reader is at once fascinated and held
,pell bound until the volume is completed.-
Free Press
There is no dull chapter in it, Utica Herald.
II.-They are Mirrors of the Times.
mo one can peTuse Them without concediag
the authors great skill in grasping and delineat-
ing the characters which figure conspicuously in
| hem.
"lhe study which enables the author to den-
cate accurately The emotions and incentives
10 action which moved men an women of
| past age must he close and uutirng and Louisa
| Muhlbach shows in all of her works perfection
which carries the reader into the very presence
of the characters represented Journal
IV.-They are Historically Correct.
Historically correct, and as entertaining as
| many of the volumes of Sir Waiter 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 10 reproduce complete pic
-ure of past times and events. - Utica Herald.
V.-They are Original.
alt has agreeably surprised readers to find
new writer with such constructive genius and
! knowledge of character as Louisa Mulbach pos
sesses. Public Ledger.
| Each succeeding novel adds to Mrs. MuRdt's
reputation as writer of historic ficlion."-N. Y.
| Times.
VI.-They are full of Imagination.
"She is not only the skilful joiner, but neat
handed artzan. - Christian Witness.
There is seldom any straining after effect
| hut il is really wonderful how Madame Mundt
manages to sustain and increase the interest to
the end."-Cty Item.
"The word-palntng of the authoress is much
more effective than the best efforts of the engrav
er.''-IUinoiS Register.
| FI.-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
| Z .--s.. e-----~------
There is not to be found anywhere in human
annals, unused. such magnificent, such supera-
hundant materials Tor romances, 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 rs if
they had lived athouSand years ago."-ObserUer
VIII They tell about Emperors, Kings,
and Queens.
! eve learn Fl OH 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.-Register.
1.-The choice of her subjects exhibit her genius.
She taxes the time of Frederick the Great Joseph
The Second, for example, and upon the back
ground of facts which the chronicles of the Pc
riods affords, she embroders the bright and
sombre colors. the light and shade of her fiction
with the skill of consummate artist."-EagEe
IX.--The Style is Interesting.
"The styeo 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 translatons do justice to the vivid. pi-
quantstyle 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, aud English works are complain
cd of as dull. Miss Muhlbach precisely supplies
the public want.
'srhe novels of Clara Mundt are being read by
every one. Times.
"Muhibach's novels have worldwide reputa
tion, and are read with avidty, as fast as issued
from the press: prinq6eid Republican.
"They are winning wide and deserved popu
larity in this country state Journal
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