THE FIRST BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO CHINA.
THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGE FIRST EARL MACARTNEY, 1737-1806. From hitherto Unpublished Correspondence and Documents. By Mrs. A. G. Robbins. With Portraits and other Illutrations. Demy 8vo. 16s. net.
MOLTKE IN HIS HOME. By Friedrich August Dressier. Authorised Translation by Mrs. C. E. Barrett-Lennard. With an Introduction by Lieut.-General Lord Methuen. With Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 6s. net.
This does not attempt to give a biography of the great Field-Marshal, but contains a series of sketches and incidents of his life, and of the characteristics and surroundings of one of the greatest soldiers of the nineteenth century.
NELSON'S HARDY. His Life, Letters, and Friends. By A. M. Broadley and the Rev. R. G. Bartelot. Many Illustrations and Portraits, 10s. 6d. net.
"A record of the beautiful human friendship which existed between the two men, and should be read by everybody interested in one of England's greatest heroes and in the historical incidents of his time."—The Tatler.
"The importance of this Life and Letters of Hardy is undeniable.... That Hardy is worthy of a complete biography is undoubted, and this book is a desirable possession to all who care for England's naval glories."—Daily Chronicle.
LETTERS FROM THE PENINSULA (1808-1812). Written by Lieut.-General Sir William Warre, C.B., K.T.S. Edited by the Rev. Edmond Warre, D.D., C.B. With Portrait and Map. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
"If we wanted to choose the sort of testimony that would make the circumstances of a well-known campaign more real to us than ever before, we should undoubtedly choose the private letters of an officer to his friends.... We advise the general reader to try William Warre's letters. They will find revealed in them a stout and loyal heart, and a careful and intelligent mind which had a singular ability for discerning the drift and significance of things."—Spectator.
A WEEK AT WATERLOO IN 1815. Lady De Lancey's Narrative. Being an account of how she nursed her husband, Colonel Sir William H. De Lancey, mortally wounded in the great battle. With Photogravure Portraits and other Illustrations. Square crown 8vo. 6s. net.