“New work.—Messrs. Carey & Hart, Philadelphia, have in press a popular book, ‘The Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second,’ written by Mrs. Jameson, whose father had been employed by the princess Charlotte to paint cabinet pictures of those too celebrated ladies. The princess died before they were completed, and the consequence was, they were never paid for. The circumstances of the family required some use should be made of the paintings to produce a remuneration; and Mrs. Jameson undertook the delicate task of the letter press, the portraits being engraved in the highest style of art. The London copy costs about twenty-five dollars: the American edition will be an octavo without the portraits. Nell Gwynn, the Duchess of Hamilton, &c. are not unknown characters in history. Mrs. Jameson has executed her department in a remarkably graceful manner.”—Journal of Belles Lettres.
MEMOIRS OF
GREAT MILITARY COMMANDERS
BY G. R. P. JAMES,
Author of “Darnley,” “Henry Masterton,” &c.
Including Henry V. of England; John, Duke of Bedford; Gonzales de Cordova; Ferdinand, Duke of Alva; Oliver Cromwell; Marshal Turenne; The Great Condé; General Monk; Duke of Albemarle; Duke of Marlborough; The Earl of Peterborough; Marquess of Granby; General Wolfe, &c. &c.
“That Mr. James should have been eminently successful in portraying the lives of illustrious military commanders is not surprising; for it is well known that martial achievements have long been his favourite study.”—Morning Post.
“A more interesting series of memoirs could not be presented to the curiosity of readers, inasmuch as in the lives of such men romantic adventures of the most exciting kind co-exist with the strictest truth.”—Courier.
In Two Volumes, 12mo.
ALLEN BRECK.
BY GLEIG,
Author of the “Subaltern.”
“The most striking production of Mr. Gleig.”—U. S. Journal.
“One of the most powerful and highly wrought tales we ever read.”—Edinburg Review.