The sun., 1872-07-01
THE BOGUS GEO. BANCROFT
THE 4NNOYtNCES or THE AhEhI-
CIV HTNISTER ar BkRLiN.

m,d,ue MuhIbach's Ex Iusive News for her
Correspondent in New horh' ana n,s ~
ciu-ivc News for western iefi"u''"'
4 stir In Court Circles
Correspondence Of The sun -
HuutJ<. June ij.--In the summer OF iSof
louisa Muhlbach. the German novelist was at
the height of her popularity in the uniteu
States. The English translations Of her histor'-
cal novels were published 10y q leading pubhsh-
ing nrm of Scw York, I'm the most rapid success
sion, and yet the American reading pubic
seemed never to tire OF perusing the WORKS Oh
the fertile and entertaining G"' man authoress'
or one of her novels, Joseph the Second ana
his Court no fewer than jlWO coiirs were sold
This I'm. reccdcnted success, which VIII seem
very arrange to our readers now that the popu-
iarity Of Nine. Mnhlbach has almost entirely
died away. encouraged the German authorcss so
much that she roque' ed one Of our nterati to
act "a her agent In this country, and to negotiate
.hc sale Of her new manuscripts wi'h American
publishers. She correspouded with her agent In
.he United states by almost every steamer, and in
hcr letters frequently gave him bits II social and
political Berlin gossip, which were the more
Welcome TO hun ~ no was regular CuhtHb butOr
tu one of the leading Western dailtes.
GEORGE BAN,KOtr IN LOVE.
In one ~ her letters to her American agent
shu mentioned the interesting fact tEd. tic a. u
,,.nrgc bancroft, the Ambassador If the United
static to the Court of II, lin, was dead Ia love
MIN Mile. Ida Mryerbcer the youngest dtughtor
Jf the iilustriohs composer ~ h"uert L.
Dnhis." thai tnoy wore engaged to he married,
md that their wed liug was To be sulcmnikcd at
Az early day. This was certainly interesting
ncws and Niue. Mdhlhachs agent lost hu Time
tenn soon made the rounds Of the American
press a fortnight afterward 1t reached Der
many. and Wa, extensively copied 10y the hsMs-
Itprrs of the tatherlaud. Tho German Illus
tratcd periodicals even went ~ far a. tpIupl.h
Nile heN"rHecr l"rtrNt, hnn tn lue,''. .'u W. a'
biographical skttoh accompanying W ehsin' -
Ing that she Was engaged to be married 10 the
to the court of lierlin.
GEORGE BANCROFT NOT IN LOVE.
Unfortunately thec, was no foundation hat
ever to the story. Mile. Ida Meyerbeer had been
oeirer' B,r9n Won Teller. When she frst read
the rUmor about herself and Mr Bancroft. she
was both puzzled and amused i9r she had
whether he was old OF young, ugly OF handsome.
This frame of her mind. however, gave way to
feeling Of intense VeXatiun, when letters OF con-
graduation upon her impending union with the
American Ambassador began pouring in. And
when she could not ride out in the llerlin Thfu-
pdI'sn without being stopped by friends and
even casual acquaintances who congrNtulateu
her and Inquired about the hcIih Of her sip-
posed ddHc". Her modification rose to In
highcst point when her read bethrutucd. Btru.
Teller. seemed distracted and threatened {.
wrelk vengeance upon the head of tue uis, hict
Gus person vino had started the story.
suE GREAT HISTORIANS ANNOYANCE.
The Hon. Gcor-e Bancroft was hardly less *
citcd. He did not know ANYTHING about %. II '
had never seen Mile. MCyCrbcer lic d'd no,
know whether -hc was homyly or pretty, dull Jr
accomplished. lie wa. at n loss to know what
to do under the circumstances. Hut one day
Baron Teller called upon him, and then the two
wroused gentlemen resolved to SIT the story TO-
the bottom. IhUy called upon the editor ~ On.
of the Berlin Journals that had published g..
The editor said lac had taken the item from a New
York newspaper. Mr. bancroft taertupun ~
ccrtaincd through his lticnds In New York that
the item hJd originated ia Western daily newr-
paper, and the editor ta,ftDt after rursUliiH-
bach a. the author az Tue mischief.
When Mr. Bancroft and Baron 4,.c had ul
taucd this inform alton, they stut % nute 2.
Nine. MunlhaCh, who lyci az l. B"nrDu kra-s' .
Berlin, inuuuihg WNru IL WuHll tutt her Cof
y,niru,e L. receive thcm. Now, Mime. Muu.
aud visit from AN ambassador pt great rowC
Oils her with dell slt. So sh' wrote back tdnt t
would afford her unbouudrd pleasure to see ".
Bancroft and the baron Teller on the iollowiu-
day. At the appOintod time the two Ecntlcnlci %
were conducted into her sumptuous pailor-.
where the popular authoresS received them 10.
the most natterlng manner. Her smiling IA
heightened when she found out wrat ha
brought them to her house. In answer to tAtI
Inquiries. she admitted that she had WRIT, ~ ''t
about the engagement If Mr.. Btn, ruft To NIL
Neyerbeer to her agent In The United state
Sac then said
THE SPURIOUS GEORGE BANCRoFr.
In June, iS,, she mad been a. the flshiunahl,
watering place Of fyrmunt, aud one day whrn
she had been in her room with Ilerinold Aucr
Zach aud the venerable Prince puchlcr- Ma. kau.
s,rinr er had sentup a card bearing the iI'scr'I
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