Excerpt from Americana Germanica, Vol. 1: A Quarterly Devoted To The Comparative Study Of The Literary, Linguistic And Other Cultural Relations Of Germany And America; 1897 Rigaud, an idol of the populace, as well as the monster Dessalines, all find their parallels in Sealsfiel'd's Mexican story. Mugge is ever the champion of the oppressed - paints grand historical frescoes, and produces instantaneous pen 'pictures of certain important moments in political revolutions. In-so-far, he is the only true follower of Sealsfield. Again, he is generally very happy in descriptions of natural scenery, and rivals the art of his master through his portrayals of the fjords and fjelds of Norway, a country which he has visited repeatedly, and whose social and political history he has studied carefully (cf. Afrhja 1854, Erich Randal, Mugge's stories are better calculated to appeal to the popular taste than Sealsfield's they are less sketchy, and are carried to a satisfactory conclusion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.