BERLIN UNDER THE NEW EMPIRE.
Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry, Monuments, Museums, Social Life, Manners, and Amusements.
By HENRY VIZETELLY.
AUTHOR OF "THE STORY OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE," ETC.
"There is no lack of lively matter in Mr. Vizetelly's volumes, while they embrace a vast amount of information of general interest and permanent value. In a book which goes far beyond Berlin, Mr. Vizetelly sketches with a vigorous hand the political and social system of the Empire.... Nor less entertaining than these clever social sketches are the political portraits, including public men of all parties and of any note, from the Emperor and his mighty Chancellor to the Socialist members of the Chambers. Nor, talking of sketches, can we conclude our notice without referring again to the excellent illustrations, chiefly of a humorous character, which makes one smile over the perusal of the gravest chapters. The selection is worthy of the author's reputation as an artist."—Times.
"We have to thank Mr. Henry Vizetelly for a really instructive book. 'Berlin under the New Empire,' published by Messrs. Tinsley Brothers, is a work of substantial information, conveniently arranged, clearly and agreeably written, and mingled with entertaining descriptive passages, and with lively notices of the habits of the townsfolk.... These volumes contain, in short, a large amount of materials for the understanding of present home affairs in Prussia and North Germany, which are frequently made the topic of remarks in the current journals of political discussion."—Illustrated London News.
"Mr. Vizetelly seems to have forgotten and omitted nothing that could render these volumes instructive or contribute to the entertainment of the reader; and the plentiful drawings with which every page is furnished bring home to us with striking reality the scenes so graphically described by the author."—Daily News.
"Mr. Vizetelly's book, every page of which is interesting, is unquestionably one of the best books of its kind that has appeared in England for many years. In fact, we scarcely remember ever to have read a more entertaining volume, or one which contains so much valuable and evidently accurate information. It instructs and amuses in equal degrees."—Morning Post.
"After having discovered that a tribe of savages live in a sandy desert somewhere in the north of Germany, and that their chief kraal, a miserable stucco erection, is called Berlin, the author proceeds to tell how those creatures manage to exist, what are their institutions, manners, amusements, industries, and so on."—Athenæum.
FEMALE WARRIORS. Memorials of Female Heroism, from the Mythological Ages to the Present Era. By Ellen C. Clayton, author of "Queens of Song," "English Female Artists," &c.
English and Scotch Heroines; French, German, and Genoese Amazons; Female Warriors of the Reformation; Heroines of the Irish Rebellion; Captain Rodeaux, Female Officer in the French Army; Christian Davies, Female Soldier in the 20th Foot; Hannah Snell, Private in the Line and Marines; Phœbe Hessel, Private in the 5th Regiment; Hannah Whitney and Ann Chamberlayne, Female Sailors; Mary Ralphson, Jenny Cameron, Pretty Polly Oliver, &c.
"The most successful of Miss Clayton's attempts to fittingly commemorate the actions of the illustrious members of the softer sex."—Court Journal.