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THE HEART OF GAMBETTA. Translated from the French of Francis Laur by Violette Montagu. With an Introduction by John Macdonald, Portraits and other Illustrations. Demy 8vo. (9 × 5¾ inches.) 7s. 6d. net.
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THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC. By Anatole France. A Translation by Winifred Stephens. With 8 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. (9 × 5¾ inches). 2 vols. Price 25s. net.
THE DAUGHTER OF LOUIS XVI. Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France, Duchesse D’Angoulême. By G. Lenotre. With 13 Full-page Illustrations. Demy 8vo. (9 × 5¾ inches.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
WITS, BEAUX, AND BEAUTIES OF THE GEORGIAN ERA. By John Fyvie, author of “Some Famous Women of Wit and Beauty,” “Comedy Queens of the Georgian Era,” etc. With a Photogravure Portrait and numerous other Illustrations. Demy 8vo. (9 × 5¾ inches). 12s. 6d. net.
MADAME DE MAINTENON: Her Life and Times, 1655-1719. By C. C. Dyson. With 1 Photogravure Plate and 16 other Illustrations. Demy 8vo. (9 × 5¾ inches). 12s. 6d. net.
DR. JOHNSON AND MRS. THRALE. By A. M. Broadley. With an Introductory Chapter by Thomas Seccombe. With 24 Illustrations from rare originals, including a reproduction in colours of the Fellowes Miniature of Mrs. Piozzi by Roche, and a Photogravure of Harding’s sepia drawing of Dr. Johnson. Demy 8vo. (9 × 5¾ inches). 16s. net.
THE DAYS OF THE DIRECTOIRE. By Alfred Allinson, M.A. With 48 Full-page Illustrations, including many illustrating the dress of the time. Demy 8vo. (9 × 5¾ inches). 16s. net.
HUBERT AND JOHN VAN EYCK: Their Life and Work. By W. H. James Weale. With 41 Photogravure and 95 Black and White Reproductions. Royal 4to. £5 5s. net.