In demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 15s. net.
This third volume continues the memoirs from 1782, and will be found as fascinating as those which have already been published. It contains much interesting matter concerning East India in the old Colonial days, and a number of interesting letters arising out of the retention of Hickey and his companion, Charlotte Barry, as prisoners by the French on their way out to Calcutta. It is possible that the work may be completed with this volume, but a fourth volume may perhaps be necessary. The price of the present volume has, owing to increased costs of production, been advanced to 15s. net, and the price of the first two volumes has also had to be increased.
Reprints are now ready of Vol. I. (the Third Edition) and Vol. II. (the Second Edition) (1749 to 1782), each in demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 15s. net. Vol. II. contains photogravure portraits.
A few short extracts from scores of columns of Reviews:
The Athenæum: "One of the most interesting eighteenth-century documents that have appeared for some time."
The Times: "Fascinating for its honesty and vividness; it is difficult to give any idea of the spontaneous vivacity of the narration; it is of remarkable interest."
The Spectator: "Deserves, both for its human and historical interest, to be widely studied."
Daily Telegraph: "A 'find' of really important interest, likely to take an important place among eighteenth-century documents."
Manchester Guardian: "For colour and zest these memoirs would be hard to beat; were they fiction they would be called 'unmatchable pictures of the time.'"
The Globe: "A glorious book. Its period is a little later than Tom Jones, but the splendid rollicking spirit is the same. No lover of English literature can fail to enjoy to the utmost the virile jolly picture it represents."