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350 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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German Litjehatuhe.
trivial . " The lot of every woman , " says one authoress , " is in her own hands . Her house is her worldlove her fame , and the
, quiet "We happ have iness dwelt of her so heart long on her the _Tbest works fortune of . " this writer on social
subjects that our notice of other books must be comparatively cursory . A fair example of a novel more readable than the
average may be furnished by Heinrich Ellrod ' s historical romance of the thirteenth century . It is entitled " Ima , " _* and is intended
to touch upon the early life of Bodolph of Hapsburg—a sovereign who was distinguished more by his love of justice and order than
distracted exercise even and "who by , his an by country kni important his ghtl judicious , y and virtues influence the sway and founder , his was comprehensive the the of restorer an history emp of of ire understanding peace the destined -world to his to at ,
large . The author argues that upon the novel is _required to supply a p of lace facts which b hi describing story can never minute fill , details by revivif and ying by the making dead skeleton hidden
revelations , y of the past which enable us , to stereoscope the scenes from ages gone by , before the mind ' s eye . History , according to
this theory , must be interpreted by our own experience , and we must follow tlie le of Niebuhr bendeavoring to penetrate
into the inmost nature examp of every epoch y we would study , so as to arrive at direct knowledof it by sympathy and intuition . In
fair spite of many le of redeeming the abuses ge points which , H . beset Ellrod this _' s story stle is , of howev romantic er , a y
what biograp examp we hy may . Such learn romances truly by research will often . The substitute creative false facult notions y of the for
artist impels him to make a perfect picture of some sort , and to bring his details into what painters call " keeping ; " but whether the similitude bears any resemblance to reality , or whether there
has been but a slight " mixture of a lie , " to add to the reader's satisfaction A striking , remains contrast altogether to the doubtful icturesque . ease of Herr Ellrod _' s
manner is furnished by the p dry historical detail of Kurd von _Schlozer in his account of Frederic the Great f and the Empress
Catherine the Second . The subject is a promising , one j the characters are interesting , and afford ample opportunity for the
skill of the able historian . The Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine ; SopMa Augusta , Stanislaus Poniatowski , Choiseul for descri , and others of ,
pass before us in succession , with good openings ptions the Russian and Prussian Courts . But it is rare to discover an author who is able to administer at the same time to the
gratification of two passions—the love of knowledge and amusement . We seldom find a genius for science and for art united in the same
Frankfurt * " Ima" " Maine Rudolph von Habshurgs Jugend-liebe" "Von _Heinricli Ellrod .
. t " Friedrich - am- der . Grosze und Katherina die Zweite" K . von Schlozer , Berlin
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350 Notices Of Books.
350 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1862, page 350, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011862/page/62/
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