The Marchioness Broglio Solari was the natural grand-daughter of Lord Hyde Clarendon, and consequently one of the collateral branches of the Queens Mary and Anne, and their grandfather, the great Chancellor of England. She played an important part in the French Revolution; was the friend of Emperors and Princes; was intimately acquainted with George the Fourth, Burke, Sheridan, Madame de Staël, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Sir H. Davy, Paganini, &c., of most of whom she gives characteristic anecdotes. The Marchioness endured many troubles, was robbed of her fortune, and for some time obtained her living as an actress at the theatres of London and Dublin. This work was published by an intimate friend, and the entire impression (with the exception of a few copies) passed into the hands of the family. It is believed that only 150 copies were printed. The book (by those who know of its existence) has always been considered as a suppressed work.
Linley’s (Geo., the Song-Writer) Modern Hudibras; a Poem, in Three Cantos. 8vo, 4s.
A rattling satirical poem, the title to which gives a very fair idea of its nature. Social abuses, the sighs and groans of gentility, the trickeries of literature, the cash-prices of art and musical criticisms, and a score of other subjects engage his satirical pen.
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List of British Plants. Compiled and Arranged by ALEX. MORE, F.L.S.
This comparative List of British Plants was drawn up for the use of the country botanist, to show the differences in opinion which exist between different authors as to the number of species which ought to be reckoned within the compass of the Flora of Great Britain.
Second Edition, fcap. 8vo, neatly printed (price 1s.), only 9d.,
Macaulay, the Historian, Statesman, and Essayist: Anecdotes of his Life and Literary Labours, with some Account of his Early and Unknown Writings.
The fine paper edition, cloth, neat, with a Photographic Portrait (the only one known to have been taken) by Maull and Polyblank (price 2s. 6d.), a few copies only at 1s. 6d.
⁂ Includes Anecdotes of Sydney Smith, Moore, Rogers, and Lord Jeffrey: and gives numerous examples of Lord Macaulay’s extraordinary memory and great powers of conversation.