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| LIVES OF THE PRINCESSES OF ENGLAND, |
| By Mrs. EVERETT GREEN, |
| EDITOR OF THE "LETTERS OF ROYAL AND ILLUSTRIOUS LADIES." |
| 2 vols., post 8vo., with Illustrations, 21s. bound. |
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| OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. |
| "A most agreeable book, forming a meet companion for the work of Miss
Strickland, to which, indeed, it is an indispensable addition. The authoress, already
favourably known to the learned world by her excellent collection of 'Letters of Royal and
Illustrious Ladies,' has executed her task with great skill and fidelity. Every page displays
careful research and accuracy. There is a graceful combination of sound, historical
erudition, with an air of romance and adventure that is highly pleasing, and renders the
work at once an agreeable companion of the boudoir, and a valuable addition to the historical
library. Mrs. Green has entered upon an untrodden path, and gives to her biographies an air
of freshness and novelty very alluring. The present volumes (including the Lives of
twenty-five Princesses) carry us from the daughters of the Conqueror to the family of Edward I.—a highly
interesting period, replete with curious illustrations of the genius and manners of the
Middle Ages. Such works, from the truthfulness of their spirit, furnish a more lively
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—Britannia. |
| "The vast utility of the task undertaken by the gifted author of this
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histories and personal characters of the royal ladies of England, has done sufficient to
entitle her to the respect and gratitude of the country. The labour of her task was
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into those of almost every civilised country in Europe. The style of Mrs. Green is
admirable. She has a fine perception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of
observation, and singular exactness of judgment. The memoirs are richly fraught with the
spirit of romantic adventure."—Morning Post. |
| "This work is a worthy companion to Miss Strickland's admirable 'Queens of
England.' In one respect the subject-matter of these volumes is more interesting, because it
is more diversified than that of the 'Queens of England.' That celebrated work, although its
heroines were, for the most part, foreign Princesses, related almost entirely to the history
of this country. The Princesses of England, on the contrary, are themselves English, but
their lives are nearly all connected with foreign nations. Their biographies, consequently,
afford us a glimpse of the manners and customs of the chief European kingdoms, a circumstance
which not only gives to the work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it
peculiarly useful to the general reader, as it links together by association the
contemporaneous history of various nations. The histories are related with an earnest
simplicity and copious explicitness. The reader is informed without being wearied, and
alternately enlivened by some spirited description, or touched by some pathetic or tender
episode. We cordially commend Mrs. Everett Green's production to general attention; it is
(necessarily) as useful as history, and fully as entertaining as romance."—Sun. |
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| THE FOLLOWING WILL BE PUBLISHED IMMEDIATELY. |
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| A NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. |
| BY ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq., |
| Author of "The Crescent and the Cross." &c. 3 vols. |
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| MEMOIRS OF A HUNGARIAN LADY |
| BY THERESA PULSZKY. |
With an Historical Introduction, by Francis Pulszky, late Under
Secretary of State to
the Emperor Ferdinand and King of Hungary. |
| 2 vols., post 8vo., 21s. bound. (Now ready.) |
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| THE LIFE AND REIGN OF CHARLES I. |
| BY J. DISRAELI. |
| A NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION, with a Preface by B. DISRAELI, M.P. |
| 2 vols., uniform with the "Curiosities of Literature." |
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| HISTORIC SCENES. |
| BY AGNES STRICKLAND. |
| Author of "Lives of the Queens of England," &c. |
| 1 vol., post 8vo, elegantly bound, with Portrait of the Author. |
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| LONDON LITERARY SOCIETY |
IN THE DAYS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
FROM THE PAPERS OF THE LATE HENRY ROSCOE. |
| BY WILLIAM WEIR. |
| 2 vols., post 8vo. |
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LEAVES FROM A LADY'S DIARY
OF HER TRAVELS IN BARBARY. |
| 2 vols., post 8vo. |
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FRESTON TOWER;
OR, THE EARLY DAYS OF CARDINAL WOLSEY.
BY THE REV. RICHARD COBBOLD. |
| 3 vols., post 8vo., with Illustrations. |
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A CHEAPER EDITION OF
BURKE'S
HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY;
FOR 1850.
A Genealogical Dictionary
OF THE WHOLE OF THE UNTITLED ARISTOCRACY OFM
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND:
And comprising Particulars of 100,000 Individuals connected with them.
CORRECTED TO THE PRESENT TIME.
A COMPANION TO ALL THE PEERAGES. |
| In 2 volumes, royal 8vo., beautifully printed in double columns, comprising
more matter than 30 ordinary volumes, price only 2l. 2s. elegantly bound in gilt
morocco cloth. |
| ⁂ The great cost (upwards of £6000) attending the production of
this National Work, the first of its kind, induces the Publisher to hope that the heads of
all Families recorded in its pages will supply themselves with copies. |
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| The Landed Gentry of England are so closely
connected with the stirring records of its eventful history, that some acquaintance with them
is a matter of necessity with the legislator, the lawyer, the historical student, the
speculator in politics, and the curious in topographical and antiquarian lore; and even the
very spirit of ordinary curiosity will prompt to a desire to trace the origin and progress of
those families whose influence pervades the towns and villages of our land. This work
furnishes such a mass of authentic information in regard to all the principal families in the
kingdom as has never before been attempted to be brought together. It relates to the untitled
families of rank, as the "Peerage and Baronetage" does to the titled, and forms, in fact, a
peerage of the untitled aristocracy. It embraces the whole of the landed interest, and is
indispensable to the library of every gentleman. |
| "A work of this kind is of a national value.
Its utility is not merely temporary, but it will exist and be acknowledged as long as the
families whose names and genealogies are recorded in it continue to form an integral portion
of the English constitution. As a correct record of descent, no family should be without it.
The untitled aristocracy have in this great work as perfect a dictionary of their
genealogical history, family connexions, and heraldic rights, as the peerage and
baronetage. It will be an enduring and trustworthy record."—Morning Post. |
| "A work in which every gentleman will find
a domestic interest, as it contains the fullest account of every known family in the United
Kingdom. It is a dictionary of all names, families, and their origin,—of every man's
neighbour and friend, if not of his own relatives and immediate connexions. It cannot fail
to be of the greatest utility to professional men in their researches respecting the members
of different families, heirs to property, &c. Indeed, it will become as necessary as a
Directory in every office."—Bell's Messenger. |
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DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF
SAMUEL PEPYS, F.R.S.,
SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY IN THE REIGNS OF CHARLES II. AND JAMES II.
EDITED BY LORD BRAYBROOKE. |
| New and Revised Edition, with numerous Passages now restored from the
Original Manuscript, and many Additional Notes, complete in 5 vols., post 8vo., with
Portraits, &c., price 10s. 6d. each, elegantly bound in French Morocco with gilt edges. |
| "These volumes of Pepys' famous Journal, in
their present complete form, contain much attractive novelty. Without making any exception in
favour of any other production of ancient or modern diarists, we unhesitatingly characterise
this journal as the most remarkable production of its kind which has ever been given to the
world. Pepys paints the Court, the Monarchs, and the times, in more vivid colours than any
one else. His Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the
people who bore a part in them, and gives us more clear glimpses into the true English life
of the times than all the other memorials of them that have come down to our own."—
Edinburgh Review. |
| "The best book of its kind in the English
language. The new matter is extremely curious, and occasionally far more characteristic and
entertaining than the old. The writer is seen in a clearer light, and the reader is taken
into his inmost soul. Pepys' Diary is the ablest picture of the age in which the writer
lived, and a work of standard importance in English literature."—Athenæum. |
| "There is much in Pepys' Diary that throws
a distinct and vivid light over the picture of England and its government during the period
succeeding the Restoration. If, quitting the broad path of history, we look for minute
information concerning ancient manners and customs, the progress of arts and sciences, and
the various branches of antiquity, we have never seen a mine so rich as these volumes. The
variety of Pepys' tastes and pursuits led him into almost every department of life. He was
a man of business, a man of information, a man of whim, and, to a certain degree, a man of
pleasure. He was a statesman, a bel-esprit, a virtuoso, and a connoisseur. His
curiosity made him an unwearied, as well as an universal, learner, and whatever he saw found
its way into his tables."—Quarterly Review. |
| "We owe Pepys a debt of gratitude for the
rare and curious information he has bequeathed to us in this most amusing and interesting
work. His Diary is valuable, as depicting to us many of the most important characters of the
times. Its author has bequeathed us the records of his heart, the very reflection of his
energetic mind; and his quaint but happy narrative clears up numerous disputed points, throws
light into many of the dark corners of history, and lays bare the hidden substratum of events
which gave birth to, and supported the visible progress of, the nation."—Tait's
Magazine. |
| "Of all the records that have ever been
published, Pepys' Diary gives us the most vivid and trustworthy picture of the times, and the
clearest view of the state of English public affairs and of English society during the reign
of Charles II. We see there, as in a map, the vices of the Monarch, the intrigues of the
Cabinet, the wanton follies of the Court, and the many calamities to which the nation was
subjected during the memorable period of fire, plague, and general licentiousness. In the
present edition all the suppressed passages have been restored, and a large amount of
valuable explanatory notes have been added. Thus this third edition stands alone as the only
complete one. Lord Braybrooke has efficiently performed the duties of editor and annotator,
and has conferred a lasting favour on the public by giving them Pepys' Diary in its
integrity."—Morning Post. |
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DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF
JOHN EVELYN, F.R.S.,
Author of the "Sylva," &c.
A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL NOTES.
UNIFORM WITH THE NEW EDITION OF PEPYS' DIARY.
In 4 vols., post 8vo., price 10s. 6d. each, with Illustrations. |
| N.B.—The First Two Volumes, comprising "The Diary," are now ready. |
| The Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn has long been regarded as an
invaluable record of opinions and events, as well as the most interesting exposition we
possess of the manners, taste, learning, and religion of this country, during the latter half
of the seventeenth century. The Diary comprises observations on the politics, literature,
and science of his age, during his travels in France and Italy; his residence in England
towards the latter part of the Protectorate, and his connexion with the Courts of Charles II.
and the two subsequent reigns, interspersed with a vast number of original anecdotes of the
most celebrated persons of that period. To the Diary is subjoined the Correspondence of
Evelyn with many of his distinguished contemporaries; also Original Letters from Sir Edward
Nicholas, private secretary to King Charles I., during some important periods of that reign,
with the King's answers; and numerous letters from Sir Edward Hyde (Lord Clarendon) to Sir
Edward Nicholas, and to Sir Richard Brown, Ambassador to France, during the exile of the
British Court. |
| A New Edition of this interesting work
having been long demanded, the greatest pains have been taken to render it as complete as
possible, by a careful re-examination of the original Manuscript, and by illustrating it
with such annotations as will make the reader more conversant with the numerous subjects
referred to by the Diarist. |
| "It has been justly observed that as long
as Virtue and Science hold their abode in this island, the memory of Evelyn will be held in
the utmost veneration. Indeed, no change of fashion, no alteration of taste, no revolution of
science, have impaired, or can impair, his celebrity. The youth who looks forward to an
inheritance which he is under no temptation to increase, will do well to bear the example of
Evelyn in his mind, as containing nothing but what is imitable, and nothing but what is good.
All persons, indeed, may find in his character something for imitation, but for an English
gentleman he is the perfect model."—Quarterly Review. |
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ANECDOTES OF THE ARISTOCRACY,
AND
EPISODES IN ANCESTRAL STORY.
By J. BERNARD BURKE, Esq.,
Author of "The History of the Landed Gentry," "The Peerage and Baronetage," &c.
Second Edition, 2 vols., post 8vo., 24s. bound. |
| The memoirs of our great families are
replete with details of the most striking and romantic interest, throwing light on the
occurrences of public as well as domestic life, and elucidating the causes of many
important national events. How little of the personal history of the Aristocracy is generally
known, and yet how full of amusement is the subject! Almost every eminent family has some
event connected with its rise or greatness, some curious tradition interwoven with its
annals, or some calamity casting a gloom over the brilliancy of its achievements, which
cannot fail to attract the attention of that sphere of society to which this work more
particularly refers, and must equally interest the general reader, with whom, in this
country, the records of the higher classes have always possessed a peculiar attraction. The
anecdotes of the Aristocracy here recorded go far to show that there are more marvels in real
life than in the creations of fiction. Let the reader seek romance in whatever book, and at
whatever period he may, yet nought will he find to surpass the unexaggerated reality here
unfolded. |
| "Mr. Burke has here given us the most
curious incidents, the most stirring tales, and the most remarkable circumstances connected
with the histories, public and private, of our noble houses and aristocratic families, and
has put them into a shape which will preserve them in the library, and render them the
favourite study of those who are interested in the romance of real life. These stories, with
all the reality of established fact, read with as much spirit as the tales of Boccaccio, and
are as full of strange matter for reflection, and amazement."—Britannia. |
| "Two of the most interesting volumes that
have ever issued from the press. There are no less than one hundred and twenty-three of the
most stirring and captivating family episodes we ever remember to have perused. The
'Anecdotes of the Aristocracy' will be read from the palace to the hamlet; and no one can
rise from these volumes without deriving a useful knowledge of some chapter of family
history, each connected with one or other of the great houses of the kingdom."—
British Army Despatch. |
| "We cannot estimate too highly the interest
of Mr. Burke's entertaining and instructive work. For the curious nature of the details, the
extraordinary anecdotes related, the strange scenes described, it would be difficult to find
a parallel for it. It will be read by every one."—Sunday Times. |
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COMPLETION OF THE
LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND.
BY AGNES STRICKLAND.
DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO HER MAJESTY. |
| The Eleventh and
Twelfth Volumes, completing this interesting Work, being now
published, Purchasers are recommended to give immediate orders to their Booksellers for the
completion of their sets, to prevent disappointment. |
| "These volumes have the fascination of a
romance united to the integrity of history. The work is written by a lady of considerable
learning, indefatigable industry, and careful judgment. All these qualifications for a
biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from
them has resulted a narrative interesting to all, and more particularly interesting to that
portion of the community to whom the more refined researches of literature afford pleasure and
instruction. The whole work should be read, and no doubt will be read, by all who are anxious
for information. It is a lucid arrangement of facts, derived, from authentic sources,
exhibiting a combination of industry, learning, judgment, and impartiality, not often met with
in biographers of crowned heads."—Times. |
| "This remarkable, this truly great
historical work, is now brought to a
conclusion. In this series of biographies, in which the severe truth of history takes almost
the wildness of romance, it is the singular merit of Miss Strickland that her research has
enabled her to throw new light on many doubtful passages, to bring forth fresh facts, and to
render every portion of our annals which she has described an interesting and valuable study.
She has given a most valuable contribution to the history of England, and we have no
hesitation in affirming that no one can be said to possess an accurate knowledge of the
history of the country who has not studied her 'Lives of the Queens of England.'"—
Morning Herald. |
| "A most valuable and entertaining work.
There is certainly no lady of our day
who has devoted her pen to so beneficial a purpose as Miss Strickland. Nor is there any other
whose works possess a deeper or more enduring interest. Miss Strickland is to our mind the
first literary lady of the age."—Chronicle. |
| "We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond
all comparison the most
entertaining historian in the English language. She is certainly a woman of powerful and
active mind, as well as of scrupulous justice and honesty of purpose."—Morning
Post. |
| "Miss Strickland has made a very judicious
use of many authentic MS. authorities not previously collected, and the result is a most
interesting addition to our biographical library."—Quarterly Review. |
| "A valuable contribution to historical
knowledge. It contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of interest, which industry
and research could collect. We have derived much entertainment and instruction from the
work."—Athenæum. |
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KING ARTHUR.
By SIR E. BULWER LYTTON, Bart.,
Author of "The New Timon."
Second Edition, 1 vol., post 8vo., 10s. 6d. bound. |
| "King Arthur aims at relating one of the most fascinating of all national and
chivalrous legends. It is a valuable addition to the poetical treasures of our language, and
we regard it as not only worthy, but likely, to take its place among those fine, though not
faultless performances which will hereafter represent the poetical literature of England in
the first half of the nineteenth century. The author is, we think, right in believing this to
be the least perishable monument of his genius."—Edinburgh Review. |
| "This grand epic of 'King Arthur' must henceforth be ranked amongst our
national masterpieces. In it we behold the crowning achievement of the author's life. His
ambition cannot rise to a greater altitude. He has accomplished that which once had its
seductions for the deathless and majestic mind of Milton. He has now assumed a place among
the kings of English poetry."—Sun. |
| "We see in 'King Arthur' a consummate expression of most of those higher
powers of mind and thought which have been steadily and progressively developed in Sir
Bulwer Lytton's writings. Its design is a lofty one, and through all its most varied
extremes evenly sustained. It comprises a national and a religious interest. It animates
with living truth, with forms and faces familiar to all men, the dim figures of legendary
lore. It has an earnest moral purpose, never lightly forgotten or thrown aside. It is
remarkable for the deep and extensive knowledge it displays, and for the practical lessons
of life and history which it reflects in imaginative form. We have humour and wit, often
closely bordering on pathos and tragedy; exploits of war, of love, and of chivalrous
adventure, alternate with the cheerful lightness and pleasantry of la gaie science."
—Examiner. |
| "The great national subject of 'King Arthur,' which Milton for a long time
hesitated whether he should not choose in preference to that of the 'Fall of Man,' has been
at last in our own day treated in a way which we think will place 'King Arthur' among the
most remarkable works of genius. It will be the delight of many future generations. It is
one of the most entrancing poems we have ever read; full of great and rare ideas—
conceived in the plenary spirit of all-believing romance—strange and wonderful in
incident—national through and through—a real plant of this soil, so purely the
tree of England's antiquity that we love it for kind's sake."—Morning Post. |
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THE NEW TIMON:
A POETICAL ROMANCE.
Fourth Edition, 1 vol., post 8vo., 6s. bound.
"One of the most remarkable poems of the present generation."—Sun. |
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THE REV. R. MILMAN'S
LIFE OF TASSO.
2 vols., post 8vo., 21s. bound. |
| "The present work, from the touching
interest of its subject, is likely to be extensively read."—Athenæum. |
| "Mr. Milman's biography is a very good
one. The work will find a place in every library."—Britannia. |
| "A most valuable addition to our literary
treasures—fraught with deep and thrilling interest."—Morning Post. |
| "Mr. Milman's Memoir of Tasso is a work of
considerable interest; entering fully into the particulars of the great poet's life, and
giving a general review of his works."—John Bull. |
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MEMOIR AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF
SIR ROBERT MURRAY KEITH, K.B.,
Minister Plenipotentiary at the Courts of Dresden, Copenhagen, and Vienna,
from 1769 to 1793; with
Biographical Memoirs of Queen Caroline Matilda, Sister of George III.
Edited by MRS. GILLESPIE SMYTH.
2 vols., post 8vo., with Portraits, 25s. bound. |
| Sir Robert Murray Keith, it will be
recollected, was one of the ablest diplomatists of the last century, and held the post of
Ambassador at the Court of Copenhagen, when Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark, the
unfortunate sister of George III., was involved in the conspiracy of Struensee, and was only
saved from the severest punishment her vindictive enemy the Queen Mother could inflict, by
the spirited interposition of the British Ambassador. Sir Robert Keith also for a long period
represented his Sovereign at the Courts of Dresden and Vienna; and his papers, edited by a
member of his family, throw considerable light on the diplomatic history of the reign of
George III., besides conveying many curious particulars of the great men and events of the
period. Among the variety of interesting documents comprised in these volumes, will be
found—Letters from Frederick, King of Prussia; Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark;
Princes Ferdinand of Brunswick, Kaunitz, and Czartoriski; the Dukes of Cumberland, York,
Queensbury, Montagu, and Newcastle; Lords Stormont, St. Asaph, Heathfield, Hardwicke,
Darlington, Auckland, Apsley, Barrington, Stair; Counts Bentinck and Rosenberg; Baron Trenck;
Field-Marshals Conway and Keith; Sirs Walter Scott, Joseph Yorke, Nathaniel Wraxall, John
Sebright; Dr. Robertson, Mr. Pitt, Howard, Mrs. Piozzi, Mrs. Montagu, &c., &c. |
| "A large portion of this important and
highly interesting work consists of letters, that we venture to say will bear a comparison
for sterling wit, lively humour, entertaining gossip, piquant personal anecdotes, and
brilliant pictures of social life, in its highest phases, both at home and abroad, with
those of Horace Walpole himself."—Court Journal. |
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THE HISTORY OF CIVILISATION,
AND PUBLIC OPINION,
By W. A. MACKINNON, M.P., F.R.S., &c.
Third and Cheaper Edition, 2 vols. 8vo., 21s., bound. |
| "Mr. Mackinnon's valuable 'History of
Civilisation' is a vast repertory of knowledge that we could wish to see universally
circulated throughout the country, as tending to convey information that is much required,
and of which too many are deficient."—Morning Herald. |
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REVELATIONS OF PRINCE TALLEYRAND.
Edited from the Papers of the late M. COLMACHE,
THE PRINCE'S PRIVATE SECRETARY.
Second Edition, 1 volume, post 8vo., with Portrait, 10s. 6d. bound. |
| "A more interesting work has not issued
from the press for many years. It is in truth a complete Boswell sketch of the greatest
diplomatist of the age."—Sunday Times. |
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COLBURN'S AUTHORISED TRANSLATION.
Now ready, Volume 9, price 7s., of
M. A. THIERS' HISTORY
OF
THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE.
A SEQUEL TO HIS HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. |
| Having filled at different times the high
offices of Minister of the Interior, of Finance, of Foreign Affairs, and President of the
Council, M. Thiers has enjoyed facilities beyond the reach of every other biographer of
Napoleon for procuring, from exclusive and authentic sources, the choicest materials for his
present work. As guardian to the archives of the state, he had access to diplomatic papers
and other documents of the highest importance, hitherto known only to a privileged few, and
the publication of which cannot fail to produce a great sensation. From private sources, M.
Thiers, it appears, has also derived much valuable information. Many interesting memoirs,
diaries, and letters, all hitherto unpublished, and most of them destined for political
reasons to remain so, have been placed at his disposal; while all the leading characters of
the empire, who were alive when the author undertook the present history, have supplied him
with a mass of incidents and anecdotes which have never before appeared in print, and the
accuracy and value of which may be inferred from the fact of these parties having been
themselves eye-witnesses of, or actors in, the great events of the period. |
| ⁂ To prevent disappointment, the public are requested to be particular
in giving their orders for "Colburn's Authorised Translation." |
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BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE;
CORRECTED THROUGHOUT FROM THE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS
OF THE NOBILITY, &c.
In 1 vol. (comprising as much matter as twenty ordinary volumes), with
upwards of 1500 Engravings of Arms, &c., 38s. bound. |
| "Mr. Burke's 'Peerage and Baronetage' is
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public."—Sun. |
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DIARY AND MEMOIRS OF SOPHIA DOROTHEA,
CONSORT OF GEORGE I.
Now first published from the Originals.
Cheaper Edition, 2 vols., 8vo., with Portrait, 21s. bound. |
| "A work abounding in the romance of real
life."—Messenger. |
| "A book of marvellous revelations,
establishing beyond all doubt the perfect innocence of the beautiful, highly-gifted, and
inhumanly-treated Sophia Dorothea."—Naval and Military Gazette. |
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LETTERS OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
Edited, with an Historical Introduction and Notes,
By AGNES STRICKLAND.
Cheaper Edition, with numerous Additions, uniform with Miss Strickland's
"Lives of the Queens of England." 2 vols., post 8vo., with Portrait, &c., 21s. bound. |
| "The best collection of authentic memorials
relative to the Queen of Scots that has ever appeared."—Morning Chronicle. |
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MEMOIRS OF MADEMOISELLE DE MONTPENSIER.
Written by HERSELF.
3 volumes, post 8vo., with Portrait. |
| "One of the most delightful and
deeply-interesting works we have read for a long time."—Weekly Chronicle. |
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LADY BLESSINGTON'S JOURNAL
OF HER CONVERSATIONS WITH LORD BYRON.
Cheaper Edition, in 8vo., embellished with Portraits of
Lady Blessington and Lord Byron, price only 7s. bound. |
| "The best thing that has been written on
Lord Byron."—Spectator. |
| "Universally acknowledged to be delightful.
"—Athenæum. |
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NARRATIVE
OF
AN OVERLAND JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD,
By SIR GEORGE SIMPSON,
Governor-in-Chief of the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories
in North America.
2 vols., 8vo., with Map, &c., 31s. 6d. bound. |
| "A more valuable or instructive work, or
one more full of perilous adventure and heroic enterprise, we have never met with."—
John Bull. |
| "It deserves to be a standard work in all
libraries, and it will become so."—Messenger. |
| "The countries of which this work gives us
a new knowledge are probably destined to act with great power on our interests, some as the
rivals of our commerce, some as the depôts of our manufactures, and some as the
recipients of that overflow of population which Europe is now pouring out from all her
fields on the open wilderness of the world."—Blackwood's Magazine. |
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MR. ROSS' YACHT VOYAGE
TO
DENMARK, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN,
IN LORD RODNEY'S CUTTER "THE IRIS."
Second Edition, 1 vol., 10s. 6d. bound. |
| "There is not a sporting man in the country
who could peruse these volumes without deriving a considerable amount of pleasure and profit
from their pages. No one should think of visiting Norway, Denmark, or Sweden, without
consulting them."—Era. |
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FIVE YEARS IN KAFFIRLAND:
WITH SKETCHES OF
THE LATE WAR IN THAT COUNTRY.
By MRS. HARRIET WARD
(Wife of Captain Ward, 91st Regiment).
Second Edition, 2 vols., post 8vo., with Portraits of Col. Somerset,
the Kaffir Chief Sandilla, &c., 21s. bound. |
| "Mrs. Ward's narrative is one of deep
interest, full of exciting adventures and wild and graphic descriptions of scenes the most
extraordinary which could be presented to the eyes of a traveller."—Sunday
Times. |
| "The fullest, clearest, and most impartial
account of the Cape of Good Hope and of the recent war, that has yet come before the public."
—Naval and Military Gazette. |
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THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS;
OR,
ROMANCE AND REALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL.
By ELIOT B. G. WARBURTON, Esq.
Seventh Edition, 2 vols., with numerous Illustrations, 21s. bound. |
| "Independently of its value as an original
narrative, and its useful and interesting information, this work is remarkable for the
colouring power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened. Among its
greatest and most lasting charms is its reverent and serious spirit."—Quarterly
Review. |
| "We could not recommend a
better book as a travelling companion."—United Service Magazine. |
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HOCHELAGA;
OR,
ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD.
Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq.,
Author of "The Crescent and the Cross."
Third Edition, 2 vols., post 8vo., with Illustrations, 21s. bound. |
| "We recommend 'Hochelaga' most heartily,
in case any of our readers may as yet be unacquainted with it."—Quarterly Review. |
| "This work has already reached a third
edition. We shall be surprised if it do not go through many. It possesses almost every
qualification of a good book—grace, variety, and vigour of style—a concentrated
power of description, which has all the effect of elaborate painting—information
carefully collected and judiciously communicated—sound and enlarged views of important
questions—a hearty and generous love of country—and the whole pervaded by a
refined but sometimes caustic humour, which imparts a constant attraction to its pages. We
can cordially recommend it to our readers, as well for the amusement of its lighter portions,
the vivid brilliancy of its descriptions, and the solid information it contains respecting
Canada, and the position generally of England in the new world."—John Bull. |
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LORD LINDSAY'S LETTERS ON THE HOLY LAND.
Fourth Edition, revised and corrected, 1 vol., post 8vo., 7s. 6d. bound. |
| "Lord Lindsay has felt and recorded what
he saw with the wisdom of a philosopher, and the faith of an enlightened Christian."
—Quarterly Review. |
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SIR JAMES ALEXANDER'S ACADIE;
OR, SEVEN YEARS' EXPLORATION OF CANADA, &c.
2 vols., post 8vo., with numerous Illustrations, 21s. bound. |
| "Replete with valuable information on
Canada for the English settler, the English soldier, and the English Government; with various
charms of adventure and description for the desultory reader."—Morning Chronicle. |
| "No other writer on Canada can compare with
the gallant author of the present volume in the variety and interest of his narrative."
—John Bull. |
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STORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR.
A COMPANION VOLUME TO MR. GLEIG'S
"STORY OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO."
With six Portraits and Map, 7s. 6d. bound. |
| "Every page of this work is fraught with
undying interest. We needed such a book as this; one that could give to the rising generation
of soldiers a clear notion of the events which led to the expulsion of the French from the
Peninsula."—United Service Gazette. |
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LADY LISTER KAYE'S BRITISH HOMES
AND FOREIGN WANDERINGS.
2 vols., post 8vo., 21s. bound. |
| "Unrivalled as these volumes are,
considered as portfolios of aristocratic sketches, they are not less interesting on account
of the romantic history with which the sketches are interwoven."—John Bull. |
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THE NEMESIS IN CHINA;
COMPRISING A COMPLETE
HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THAT COUNTRY;
With a Particular Account of the Colony of Hong Kong.
From Notes of Captain W. H. HALL. R.N., and Personal Observations
by W. D. BERNARD, Esq., A.M., Oxon.
Cheaper Edition, with a new Introduction, 1 vol.,
with Maps and Plates, 10s. 6d. bound. |
| "Capt. Hall's narrative of the services of
the Nemesis is full of interest, and will, we are sure, be valuable hereafter, as
affording most curious materials for the history of steam navigation."—Quarterly
Review. |
| "A work which will take its place beside
that of Captain Cook."—Weekly Chronicle. |
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ADVENTURES OF A GOLDFINDER.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
3 vols., post 8vo. |
"What is here?
Gold? yellow, glittering, precious gold?"
Timon of Athens. |
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MR. DISRAELI'S CONINGSBY.
CHEAP STANDARD
EDITION, WITH A NEW
PREFACE.
In 1 vol., with Portrait, 6s. bound. |
| "We are glad to see that the finest work of
Disraeli has been sent out in the same shape as those of Dickens, Bulwer, and other of our
best novelists, at such a price as to place them within the reach of the most moderate means.
Coningsby has passed from the popularity of a season to an enduring reputation as a standard
work. It is not merely as a novel, however, that Coningsby is interesting, but as a popular
exposition of the author's political ideas. It is a valuable contribution to popular
literature."—Weekly Chronicle. |
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A NEW SYSTEM OF GEOLOGY.
BY THE
VERY REV. WILLIAM COCKBURN, D.D., DEAN OF YORK.
Dedicated to Professor Sedgwick.
Small 8vo., price 3s. 6d. |
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ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS.
By W. J. BRODERIP, Esq., F.R.S.
Cheaper Edition, 1 vol., post 8vo., 7s. 6d. bound. |
| "We believe we do not exaggerate in saying
that, since the publication of White's 'Natural History of Selborne,' and of the
'Introduction to Entomology,' by Kirby and Spence, no work in our language is better
calculated than the 'Zoological Recreations' to fulfil the avowed aim of its author—to
furnish a hand-book which may cherish or awaken a love for natural history."—
Quarterly Review. |
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THE OLD JUDGE; OR, LIFE IN A COLONY.
By the Author of "Sam Slick, the Clockmaker;" &c.
2 vols., post 8vo., 21s. bound. |
| "These volumes are redolent of the hearty
fun and strong masculine sense of our old friend Sam Slick. The last work of Mr. Haliburton
is quite equal to the first. Every page of the 'Old Judge' is alive with rapid, fresh
sketches of character; droll, quaint, racy sayings; good-humoured practical jokes; and
capitally told anecdotes."—Morning Chronicle. |
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ADVENTURES OF A GREEK LADY,
THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER OF THE LATE QUEEN CAROLINE.
Written by Herself. 2 vols., post 8vo., 21s. bound. |
| "The chief interest of this more than
ordinarily interesting book lies in the notices it furnishes of the unfortunate Queen
Caroline. From the close of 1814 till Her Royal Highness's return to England the author was
never absent from her for a single day. All is humourously and artlessly told, and the
plain truth finds its way at once to the reader's heart and feelings."—Court
Journal. |
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| POPULAR NEW NOVELS AND ROMANCES. |
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THE WILMINGTONS.
By the Author of "Emilia Wyndham," "Mordaunt Hall," &c. 3 vols. |
| "It argues well for the character of a
people when, in their popular literature, the good is ever found in association with the
beautiful; and we regard the eminent success of this author's works as a very favourable
attestation of the soundness of our public opinion. The author is indisputably a writer of
true genius and of great power, but is also one who dedicates high endowments to the service
of Him who has given them. The popularity of such a writer is creditable to a people—
the productions of such a writer must necessarily exert a beneficial influence over a people
prepared to prize them. They all bear the impress of sterling English morality—all
minister to generous emotions, generous scorn of what is base, generous admiration of
excellence; and all inculcate respect for principle, by which emotions ought to be governed
—all minister to the exaltation of justice."—Dublin University Magazine. |
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PRIDE AND IRRESOLUTION.
By the Author of
"THE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE."
3 volumes. |
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LEONARD NORMANDALE;
OR, THE THREE BROTHERS.
By the Hon. C. STUART SAVILE.
3 volumes. |
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THE PETREL.
A TALE OF THE SEA.
By a Naval Officer. 3 vols. |
| "The best nautical novel which has appeared
for a long time. It cannot fail to remind the reader of the best tales of Captain Marryat."
—Britannia. |
| "This story possesses an attraction which
is all engrossing. Admiral Fisher has proved by this tale that he can use his pen with no
contemptible skill."—Dispatch. |
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ERNEST VANE.
BY ALEX. BAILLIE COCHRANE, M.P.
2 volumes. |
| "'Ernest Vane' is of high merit as a
production of genius. The work is in parts, surpassing beautiful. It is rich in imagery,
almost exhaustless in observation. It deals with passion in its intensity, and not unseldom
penetrates the darkest recesses of the human heart. Its pages abound with brilliancy of
thought and depth of feeling."—Morning Post. |
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SIN AND SORROW.
A TALE.
2 vols. (just ready.) |
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PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF
Mrs. MARGARET MAITLAND,
OF SUNNYSIDE.
Written by herself. 3 vols. |
| "The most gratifying work of its class
since the great delineator of Scottish manners ceased to exist."—Tait's Magazine. |
| "This work has given us much pleasure. Mrs.
Maitland might claim cousinship with the Rev. Micah Balwhidder."—Athenæum. |
| "Our readers will enjoy this work—its
genuine nationality of tone and sentiment, its refined and poetic homeliness, and its strokes
of quiet humour. The author may be described as a refined or feminine Galt. In the pathetic
element we are not unfrequently reminded of Wilson's 'Lights and Shadows.'"—Scotsman. |
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THE MAID OF ORLEANS.
By the Author of "Whitefriars," "Owen Tudor," &c. 3 vols. |
| "An excellent novel. The character of the
'Maid of Orleans' is drawn with a glow and fervour, a mixture of elevation and simplicity,
which are alike powerful and attractive."—Athenæum. |
| "A romance of surpassing interest, rarely
equalled for vigour, brilliancy, pathos, and dignity of style."—Weekly Chronicle. |
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The OLD WORLD and the NEW.
By MRS. TROLLOPE. 3 vols. |
| "In all respects one of the very cleverest
and interesting novels of the day."—Herald. |
| "A very clever novel, presenting in marked
contrast the 'Old World and the New' during the eventful epoch out of which we are emerging."
—Post. |
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ROCKINGHAM;
OR, THE YOUNGER BROTHER.
Second Edition. 3 vols. |
| "We beg to call our readers' attention to
'Rockingham; or, the Younger Brother,' a book which, from internal evidence, must have been
written by a person constantly mingling in the highest English society. The work abounds in
interest, and, indeed, we should be at a loss to name another recent novel that shows
anything like the same power of painting strong passion."—Quarterly Review. |
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THE MIDNIGHT SUN.
BY FREDRIKA BREMER.
Translated by Mary Howitt. 1 vol. 10s. 6d. |
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THE HALL & THE HAMLET.
By WILLIAM HOWITT.
Cheaper Edition. 2 vols., 12s. bound. |