III.
LETTERS OF ROYAL AND ILLUSTRIOUS
LADIES OF GREAT BRITAIN;
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND,
Now first Published from the Originals, with Introductory Notices,
BY MARY ANN EVERETT WOOD.
In 3 vols. small 8vo., with Fac-simile Autographs, &c.
Price 31s. 6d. bound.
“This collection of letters is very curious and very valuable. The general reader will derive great instruction from its pages, and the reader of history will find it of considerable service. The editress has accomplished well a remarkably laborious task. She has collected together the letters of the most illustrious women of England, whose lives extend over a period of four centuries and a half. They will throw a very curious light on many passages of history, and will thus become of immense service to the historian, besides being a most welcome and interesting addition to our literature.”—Sunday Times.
IV.
TRAVELS OF LADY HESTER STANHOPE,
FORMING THE COMPLETION OF HER “MEMOIRS.”
Three vols., with Illustrations, 31s. 6d., bound.
“This work is intended to complete the ‘Memoirs’ of Lady Hester Stanhope. As the ‘Memoirs’ embraced a period of about fifteen years, in which were traced the causes which led to the ‘decline and fall’ of her Ladyship’s somewhat visionary empire in the East, the ‘Travels’ will take up her history from the time she quitted England; and by a faithful narrative of her extraordinary adventures, show the rise and growth of her oriental greatness. A distinct line may at once be drawn between this and all other books of travels in the East—for it boasts of a heroine who marches at the head of Arab tribes through the Syrian desert—who calls governors of cities to her aid, while she excavates the earth in search of hidden treasures—who sends generals with their troops to carry fire and sword into the fearful passes of a mountainous country to avenge the death of a murdered traveller—and who then goes defenceless and unprotected to sit down a sojourner in the midst of them. The work will introduce the reader to a more familiar acquaintance with the Syrians and Arabs; and the habits, customs, and feelings of these strange nations, than perhaps any book that has hitherto appeared.”
V.
HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF
NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA,
BY GENERAL COUNT MONTHOLON,
THE EMPEROR’S COMPANION IN EXILE, AND TESTAMENTARY EXECUTOR.
Now first Translated and Published from the Author’s Original Manuscript. 2 vols. 8vo., 28s., bound.
FIFTH EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED.
Now ready, in 2 vols., small 8vo, with numerous illustrations, price 21s. bound