By J. H. and F. C. HUBBACK
Being the Life and Adventures of Sir Francis Austen, G.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet, and Rear-Admiral Charles Austen.
With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
PRESS OPINIONS.
Daily Telegraph.—“This pleasant book ... an unpretentious but really interesting volume; a volume which, although its chief attractions are literary, has also distinct value for its glimpses of life abroad during the early years of the nineteenth century ... a capital series of portraits and facsimiles.”
Daily Chronicle.—“It is a pleasant picture this book gives of English life a hundred years ago ... clear-cut little pictures of what it meant to serve the king at sea in the days when Napoleon was pictured in the imagination of all British subjects as waiting to spring like a tiger across the ‘ruffled strip of salt.’”
Morning Post.—“Contains many letters from Jane Austen and the sailors, a number of interesting portraits, so that this volume may be welcomed as an important addition to Austeniana; but it is besides valuable for its glimpses of life in the Navy, its illustrations of the feelings and sentiments of naval officers during the period that preceded and that which followed the great battle of just one century ago.”
Westminster Gazette.—“The worshipping company of dear Jane’s friends will, without a doubt, hail this volume with unmixed delight.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“In this timely issued book we get a tolerably clear idea of the home life of the Austens, and of life in the Navy in the opening years of the nineteenth century.”
Daily News.—“A very interesting book ... much interesting historical matter. The illustrations from portraits and original drawings are excellent.... It deserves to be read for the fascinating glimpses it gives of life at sea under our great admirals in eighteen hundred, and war time.”