“It is Cæsar’s Commentaries in the first person.”—Spectator.
“Candid to a degree, and sincere as a sailor’s will. This is the very stuff of which history should be composed.”—Bell’s Messenger.
“If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place facilities of authorship, he possesses the higher qualities of truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no slight degree.”—Atlas.
“In speaking of himself and his deeds, he has hit the just and difficult medium—shewing his real feelings, yet steering clear of affected modesty on the one hand, and of overweening modesty on the other.”—Tait’s Magazine.
“This is a very graphic account of the affairs in which the gallant author figured so nobly, and added fresh lustre to the name of Napier.”—News.
The Second Edition of
ADVENTURES IN THE RIFLE BRIGADE
IN THE
PENINSULA, FRANCE, AND THE NETHERLANDS,
From the Year 1809 to 1815.
By CAPTAIN JOHN KINCAID, First Battalion.
One vol. post 8vo. price 10s. 6d. boards.
“An admirable little book.”—Quarterly Review.
“To those who are unacquainted with John Kincaid of the Rifles,—and few, we trow, of the old Peninsula bands are in this ignorant predicament, and to those who know him, we equally recommend the perusal of his book: it is a fac-simile of the man,—a perfect reflection of his image, veluti in speculo. A capital soldier, a pithy and graphic narrator, and a fellow of infinite jest. Captain Kincaid has given us, in this modest volume, the impress of his qualities, the beau ideal of a thorough-going Soldier of Service, and the faithful and witty history of some six years’ honest and triumphant fighting.