A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Dash, Madame la Comtesse
DASH, MADAME LA COMTESSE,
Born and residing in Paris, is considered, by that large class of novel-readers who love romantic incident and sentimental characters, as a charming writer. Her works are numerous, comprising over thirty volumes, usually found in the "Circulating Libraries" of Paris; but we believe none of her novels have been translated into English, nor republished in America. The best we have read, is entitled "Madame Louise de France," a work of considerable merit; among the others may be named, "Arabelle," "Les Bals Masques," "Les Chateaux en Afrique," "La Chaine d'Or," "Le Jeu de la Reine," "Madame de la Sabliére," "Maurice Robert," etc. etc. We know nothing of the private history of Comtesse Dash; but, judging from her writings, should rank her among those who seek to promote good morals through the medium of what they consider innocent amusements. Like "The Children of the Abbey," and other fictions of the sentimental, romantic kind, the works of this writer are read, at first, with interest, but leave little impression on the mind.