THE SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, with a Topographical Account of Westminster at Various Epochs, Brief Notes on Sittings of Parliament and a Retrospect of the principal Constitutional Changes during Seven Centuries. By Arthur Irwin Dasent, Author of “The Life and Letters of John Delane,” “The History of St. James’s Square,” etc., etc. With numerous Portraits, including two in Photogravure and one in Colour. Demy 8vo. 21s. net.
ROMANTIC TRIALS OF THREE CENTURIES. By Hugh Childers. With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
⁂ This volume deals with some famous trials, occurring between the years 1650 and 1850. All of them possess some exceptional interest, or introduce historical personages in a fascinating style, peculiarly likely to attract attention.
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WILLIAM COBBETT IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. By Lewis Melville. Author of “William Makepeace Thackeray.” With two Photogravures and numerous other Illustrations. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. 32s. net.
A PAINTER OF DREAMS. By A. M. W. Stirling. Author of “Coke of Norfolk.” With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
⁂ These various Biographical sketches are connected by links which fashion them into one consecutive and singularly attractive whole. Lively and full of vitality, they throw many curious fresh lights on an age long past, then lead us, by gentle stages, down to an age so recent that for many of us it still seems to breathe of a day not yet fled. Meanwhile alternate laughter and tears, merriment and pathos mingle in their pages; and each separate life forms in itself a concise human document vivid and sincere. From the first chapter, in which we are introduced to the amusing Scrap-book of a fine lady during the Georgian era, to the last when we dwell, not without emotion, on the life story of an Idealist during Victorian days, the book teems with incident, humour, and hitherto unpublished information respecting many historical personages, to which the author alone has been allowed access.
COKE OF NORFOLK AND HIS FRIENDS. The Life of Thomas Coke, First Earl of Leicester and of Holkham. By A. M. W. Stirling. New Edition, revised, with some additions. With 19 Illustrations. In one volume. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
THE ROMANTIC HISTORY OF THOMAS COUTTS. By Ernest Hartley Coleridge. With numerous Illustrations. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. 25s. net.
ANNALS OF A YORKSHIRE HOUSE. From the Papers of a Macaroni and his kindred. By A. M. W. Stirling, author of “Coke of Norfolk and his Friends.” With 33 Illustrations, including 3 in Colour and 3 in Photogravure. Demy 8vo. 2 vols. 32s. net.
THE LETTER-BAG OF LADY ELIZABETH SPENCER STANHOPE. By A. M. W. Stirling. Author of “Coke of Norfolk,” and “Annals of a Yorkshire House.” With a Colour Plate, 3 in Photogravure, and 27 other Illustrations. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. 32s. net.