Part 61

_Bookman._--“This is the first authoritative book on the subject of the Duke of Reichstadt (Napoleon II) and his short, dramatic life. The present biography is full of fresh interest, and is exceptionally valuable owing to the numerous portraits which are included.”

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NAPOLEON’S CONQUEST OF PRUSSIA, 1806. By /F. Loraine Petre/, Author of “Napoleon’s Campaign in Poland, 1806-7.” With an Introduction by /Field-Marshal Earl Roberts/, V.C., K.G., etc. With Maps, Battle Plans, Portraits, and 16 Full-page Illustrations. Demy 8vo (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 12_s._ 6_d._ net.

_Scotsman._--“Neither too concise, nor too diffuse, the book is eminently readable. It is the best work in English on a somewhat circumscribed subject.”

_Outlook._--“Mr. Petre has visited the battlefields and read everything, and his monograph is a model of what military history, handled with enthusiasm and literary ability, can be.”

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NAPOLEON’S CAMPAIGN IN POLAND, 1806-1807. A Military History of Napoleon’s First War with Russia, verified from unpublished official documents. By /F. Loraine Petre/. With 16 Full-page Illustrations, Maps, and Plans. New Edition. Demy 8vo (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 12_s._ 6_d._ net.

_Army and Navy Chronicle._--“We welcome a second edition of this valuable work.... Mr. Loraine Petre is an authority on the wars of the great Napoleon, and has brought the greatest care and energy into his studies of the subject.”

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RALPH HEATHCOTE. Letters of a Diplomatist During the Time of Napoleon, Giving an Account of the Dispute between the Emperor and the Elector of Hesse. By /Countess Günther Gröben/. With Numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 12_s._ 6_d._ net.

⁂ _Ralph Heathcote, the son of an English father and an Alsatian mother, was for some time in the English diplomatic service as first secretary to Mr. Brook Taylor, minister at the Court of Hesse, and on one occasion found himself very near to making history. Napoleon became persuaded that Taylor was implicated in a plot to procure his assassination, and insisted on his dismissal from the Hessian Court. As Taylor refused to be dismissed, the incident at one time seemed likely to result to the Elector in the loss of his throne. Heathcote came into contact with a number of notable people, including the Miss Berrys, with whom he assures his mother he is not in love. On the whole, there is much interesting material for lovers of old letters and journals._

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MEMOIRS OF THE COUNT DE CARTRIE. A record of the extraordinary events in the life of a French Royalist during the war in La Vendée, and of his flight to Southampton, where he followed the humble occupation of gardener. With an introduction by /Frédéric Masson/, Appendices and Notes by /Pierre Amédée Pichot/, and other hands, and numerous Illustrations, including a Photogravure Portrait of the Author. Demy 8vo. 12_s._ 6_d._ net.

_Daily News._--“We have seldom met with a human document which has interested us so much.”

_Dundee Advertiser._--“The identification and publication of the Memoirs of Count de Cartrie are due to as smart a piece of literary detective work as has been reported for many years.”

_Liverpool Courier._--“Mr. Lane and his French coadjutors are entitled to the utmost credit for the pains which they have taken to reconstruct and publish in such complete form the recollections of an eyewitness of important events concerning which even now no little dubiety exists.”

_Athenæum._--“As a record of personal suffering and indomitable perseverance against opposing circumstances the narrative of De Cartrie’s escape to the Eastern frontier, in the disguise of a master-gunner, could not easily be surpassed.”

_World._--“The book is very entertaining, and will be read with pleasure by all who delight in the byways of history.”

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WOMEN OF THE SECOND EMPIRE. Chronicles of the Court of Napoleon III. By /Frédéric Loliée/. With an introduction by /Richard Whiteing/ and 53 full-page Illustrations, 3 in Photogravure. Demy 8vo. 21_s._ net.

_Standard._--“M. Frédéric Loliée has written a remarkable book, vivid and pitiless in its description of the intrigue and dare-devil spirit which flourished unchecked at the French Court.... Mr. Richard Whiteing’s introduction is written with restraint and dignity.”

Mr. /James Douglas/ in the _Star_.--“At a moment when most novels send you to sleep, let me whisper the name of a book which will amuse you in most melancholy mood. One of the freshest, gayest, and wittiest volumes of gossip and anecdote I have ever read.”

_Sunday Times._--“A delicious banquet of scandal, contributions to which have been secured by the artful device of persuading ladies not so much to make their own confessions as to talk about their friends.... The illustrations present us with a veritable galaxy of beauty.”

_Daily Telegraph._--“It is a really fascinating story, or series of stories, set forth in this volume.... Here are anecdotes innumerable of the brilliant women of the Second Empire, so that in reading the book we are not only dazzled by the beauty and gorgeousness of everything, but we are entertained by the record of things said and done, and through all we are conscious of the coming ‘gloom and doom’ so soon to overtake the Court. Few novels possess the fascination of this spirited work, and many readers will hope that the author will carry out his proposal of giving us a further series of memories of the ‘Women of the Second Empire.’”

MEMOIRS OF MADEMOISELLE DES ÉCHEROLLES. Translated from the French by /Marie Clothilde Balfour/. With an Introduction by /G. K. Fortescue/, Portraits, etc. 5_s._ net.

_Liverpool Mercury._--“ ... this absorbing book.... The work has a very decided historical value. The translation is excellent, and quite notable in the preservation of idiom.”

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JANE AUSTEN’S SAILOR BROTHERS. Being the life and Adventures of Sir Francis Austen, /G.C.B./, Admiral of the Fleet, and Rear-Admiral Charles Austen. By J. H. and /E. C. Hubback/. With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 12_s._ 6_d._ net.

_Morning Post._--“ ... May be welcomed as an important addition to Austeniana ...; it is besides valuable for its glimpses of life in the Navy, its illustrations of the feelings and sentiments of naval officers during the period that preceded and that which followed the great battle of just one century ago, the battle which won so much but which cost us--Nelson.”

_Globe._--“The book is doubly fortunate in its appearance, for it appeals not only to the lovers of Jane Austen’s novels, but also to those who value sidelights on the most stirring times of the Navy.”

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POETRY AND PROGRESS IN RUSSIA. By /Rosa Newmarch/. With 6 full-page Portraits. Demy 8vo (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 7_s._ 6_d._ net.

⁂ _This book deals with an aspect of Russian literature hitherto unjustly neglected in favour of the school of realistic fiction. Nevertheless, the poets of the earlier half of the 19th century were the pioneers of the intellectual progress which culminated in the work of that Pleiad of novelists: Gogol, Tourgeniev, Dostoievsky, and Tolstoi. The spirit of Russia can never be more than imperfectly understood by those who, without preparation, plunge straightway into this tide of realism which marks only the second stage in the evolution of the national genius. Mrs. Newmarch’s volume covers a period extending from the first publications of Poushkin, in 1814, to the death of Nadson, in 1886, and consists of an Introduction and six studies, as follows: Poushkin, the first and greatest of the Russian national poets; Lermontov, the meteoric poet of the Romantic School; Koltsov, the Russian Burns; Nikitin, the singer of Russian rural life; Nekrassov, the poet of revolution; and Nadson, whose work is characteristic of the decadence of Russian poetry._

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THE LIFE OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893). By his Brother, /Modeste Tchaikovsky/. Edited and abridged from the Russian and German Editions by /Rosa Newmarch/. With Numerous Illustrations and Facsimiles and an Introduction by the Editor. Demy 8vo. 21_s._ net. Second edition.

_The Times._--“A most illuminating commentary on Tchaikovsky’s music.”

_World._--“One of the most fascinating self-revelations by an artist which has been given to the world. The translation is excellent, and worth reading for its own sake.”

_Contemporary Review._--“The book’s appeal is, of course, primarily to the music-lover; but there is so much of human and literary interest in it, such intimate revelation of a singularly interesting personality, that many who have never come under the spell of the Pathetic Symphony will be strongly attracted by what is virtually the spiritual autobiography of its composer. High praise is due to the translator and editor for the literary skill with which she has prepared the English version of this fascinating work.... There have been few collections of letters published within recent years that give so vivid a portrait of the writer as that presented to us in these pages.”

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COKE OF NORFOLK AND HIS FRIENDS: The Life of Thomas William Coke, First Earl of Leicester of the second creation, containing an account of his Ancestry, Surroundings, Public Services, and Private Friendships, and including many Unpublished Letters from Noted Men of his day, English and American. By /A. M. W. Stirling/. With 20 Photogravure and upwards of 40 other Illustrations reproduced from Contemporary Portraits, Prints, etc. Demy 8vo. 2 vols. 32_s._ net.

⁂ _The name of Coke of Norfolk was once known throughout the civilized world, now it is familiar to very few. Coke occupied a unique position in his generation: as a landlord-owner he was credited with having transformed the agriculture of both hemispheres; as a politician he remained for over half a century the “Father” of the House of Commons, exercising by the force of his example a peculiar influence upon the political world of his day. He was offered a peerage seven times for his services by seven different Prime Ministers. Coke was especially fortunate in his friendships, and he preserved his correspondence. The letters of the noted men of his day recreate Coke’s generation for us, and we see many famous men in a guise with which we are but little acquainted. We see Lafayette as the humble farmer, absorbed in rearing his pigs and his cattle; Lord Hastings as a youth climbing a volcano during an eruption; George IV as the fickle friend, pocketing humiliation in order to condone deceit, or, at a period of exciting national danger, filling his letters to Coke with characteristically trivial speculations whether the Sergeant whom he was sending to recruit the Holkham Yeomanry would, or would not, get drunk. Again, we see Fox as a slovenly schoolboy playing pitch-and-toss at Eton; Nelson, but as the delicate son of an obscure Norfolk clergyman. Incongruous in their endless variety, the characters move across the pages--Pope Clement XIV, Louise of Stolberg, Dr. Parr, Amelia Opie, Honest King William, the Duke of Sussex, Chantrey, Lord Erskine, Gainsborough, Roscoe, Sir James Smith, Sir Humphry Davy--statesmen, scientists, artists, literati, a great international train, amongst whom, and perhaps more remarkable than all at that especial date, are celebrities from the United States--at a date when, be it remembered, all who came thence were looked at askance as the recent foes of England, and were, as Raitres remarks--“Foreigners, and of a nation hitherto but little known in our circles.” And for all this we have had to wait sixty-five years, because, of the many biographies commenced, the one that swallowed up all the rest was eventually lost. A feature of this book is the wealth of illustrating material, including many hitherto unpublished pictures by famous hands._

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DEVONSHIRE CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS. By /S. Baring-Gould/, /M.A./, Author of “Yorkshire Oddities,” etc. With 58 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 21_s._ net.

⁂ _Notices of some of the most singular characters and events connected with the County of Devon--a county that has been exceptionally prolific of such. The personages named, and whose lives are given, belong to a lower plane than the great men of the county who have made their mark in history. But the range of characters is really wonderful. The volume is profusely illustrated with reproductions from old and rare prints._

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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. 7_s._ 6_d._ net.

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THE MEMOIRS OF ANN, LADY FANSHAWE. Written by Lady Fanshawe. With Extracts from the Correspondence of Sir Richard Fanshawe. Edited by /H. C. Fanshawe/. With 38 Full-page Illustrations, including four in Photogravure and one in Colour. Demy 8vo (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 16_s._ net.

⁂ _This Edition has been printed direct from the original manuscript in the possession of the Fanshawe Family, and Mr. H. C. Fanshawe contributes numerous notes which form a running commentary on the text. Many famous pictures are reproduced, including paintings by Velazquez and Van Dyck._

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THE TRUE STORY OF MY LIFE: an Autobiography by /Alice M. Diehl/, Novelist, Writer, and Musician. Demy 8vo. 10_s._ 6_d._ net.

⁂ _These confessions, written with a naïve frankness rare in present times, have been pronounced by an authority to be a human document of utmost importance to all interested in the great subjects of life and genius. During the years following a remarkable childhood of prodigies of literary and musical attainments, the Author made brilliant careers, first in the world of music, then in that of literature. An intimate friend of the late Sir Henry Irving, his confidences to her throw a new light on the inner life of this somewhat enigmatical man. But the same may also be said of her friendship or acquaintance with many other personages of world-wide renown. In music, we read of Berlioz, Ferdinand Hiller, Jenny Lind, Sivori, Thalborg, Henselt (her master in his Silesian Castle), Piatti, Sainton and his wife, Pietzius, Cruvelli, the Princess Czartoryska, and other eminent pupils of Chopin, as well as a host of others known in all countries and climes. In literature, besides such stars as Robert Browning, Bret Harte, “Ouida,” Miss Braddon, Mrs. Riddell, Amelia B. Edwards, R. E. Hichens, the work abounds in familiar sketches of former men and women whose names are so well known that any information about their personalities is of absorbing interest._

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THE LIFE OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN. Translated from the Italian of an Unknown Fourteenth-Century Writer by /Valentina Hawtrey/. With an Introductory Note by /Vernon Lee/, and 14 Full-page Reproductions from the Old Masters. Crown 8vo. 5_s._ net.

_Daily News._--“Miss Valentina Hawtrey has given a most excellent English version of this pleasant work.”

_Academy._--“The fourteenth-century fancy plays delightfully around the meagre details of the Gospel narrative, and presents the heroine in quite an unconventional light.... In its directness and artistic simplicity and its wealth of homely detail the story reads like the work of some Boccaccio of the cloister; and fourteen illustrations taken from Italian painters happily illustrate the charming text.”

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MEN AND LETTERS. By /Herbert Paul/, /M.P./ Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5_s._ net.

_Daily News._--“Mr. Herbert Paul has done scholars and the reading world in general a high service in publishing this collection of his essays.”

_Punch._--“His fund of good stories is inexhaustible, and his urbanity never fails. On the whole, this book is one of the very best examples of literature on literature and life.”

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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 5_s._ net.

/Sir Martin Conway’s Note./

_Nearly half a century has passed since Mr. W. H. James Weale, then resident at Bruges, began that long series of patient investigations into the history of Netherlandish art which was destined to earn so rich a harvest. When he began work Memlinc was still called Hemling, and was fabled to have arrived at Bruges as a wounded soldier. The van Eycks were little more than legendary heroes. Roger Van der Weyden was little more than a name. Most of the other great Netherlandish artists were either wholly forgotten or named only in connection with paintings with which they had nothing to do. Mr. Weale discovered Gerard David, and disentangled his principal works from Memlinc’s, with which they were then confused. During a series of years he published in the “Beffroi,” a magazine issued by himself, the many important records from ancient archives which threw a flood of light upon the whole origin and development of the early Netherlandish school. By universal admission he is hailed all over Europe as the father of this study. It is due to him in great measure that the masterpieces of that school, which by neglect were in danger of perishing fifty years ago, are now recognised as among the most priceless treasures of the Museums of Europe and the United States. The Publication by him, therefore, in the ripeness of his years and experience, of the result of his studies on the van Eycks is a matter of considerable importance to students of art history. Lately, since the revived interest in the works of the Early French painters has attracted the attention of untrained speculators to the superior schools of the Low Countries, a number of wild theories have been started which cannot stand upright in the face of recorded facts. A book is now needed which will set down all those facts in full and accurate form. Fullness and accuracy are the characteristics of all Mr. Weale’s work._

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/VINCENZO FOPPA OF BRESCIA, Founder of the Lombard School, His Life and Work./ By /Constance Jocelyn Ffoulkes/ and /Monsignor Rodolfo Majocchi/, /D.D./, Rector of the Collegio Borromeo, Pavia. Based on research in the Archives of Milan, Pavia, Brescia, and Genoa, and on the study of all his known works. With over 100 Illustrations, many in Photogravure, and 100 Documents. Royal 4to. £5. 5_s._ net.

⁂ _No complete Life of Vincenco Foppa, one of the greatest of the North Italian Masters, has ever been written: an omission which seems almost inexplicable in these days of over-production in the matter of biographies of painters, and of subjects relating to the art of Italy. In Milanese territory--the sphere of Foppa’s activity during many years--he was regarded by his contemporaries as unrivalled in his art, and his right to be considered the head and founder of the Lombard school is undoubted. His influence was powerful and far-reaching, extending eastwards beyond the limits of Brescian territory, and south and westwards to Liguria and Piedmont. In the Milanese district it was practically dominant for over a quarter of a century, until the coming of Leonardo da Vinci thrust Foppa and his followers into the shade, and induced him to abandon Pavia, which had been his home for more than thirty years, and to return to Brescia. The object of the authors of this book has been to present a true picture of the master’s life based upon the testimony of records in Italian archives; all facts hitherto known relating to him have been brought together; all statements have been verified; and a great deal of new and unpublished material has been added. The authors have unearthed a large amount of new material relating to Foppa, one of the most interesting facts brought to light being that he lived for twenty-three years longer than was formerly supposed. The illustrations will include several pictures by Foppa hitherto unknown in the history of art and others which have never before been published, as well as reproductions of every existing work by the master at present known._

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JUNIPER HALL: Rendezvous of certain illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, including Alexander D’Arblay and Fanny Burney. Compiled by /Constance Hill/. With numerous Illustrations by /Ellen G. Hill/, and reproductions from various Contemporary Portraits. Crown 8vo. 5_s._ net.

_Daily Telegraph._--“ ... one of the most charming volumes published within recent years.... Miss Hill has drawn a really idyllic and graphic picture of the daily life and gossip of the stately but unfortunate dames and noblemen who found in Juniper Hall a thoroughly English home.”

_The Times._--This book makes another on the long and seductive list of books that take up history just where history proper leaves off.... We have given but a faint idea of the freshness, the innocent gaiety of its pages; we can give none at all of the beauty and interest of the pictures that adorn it.”

_Westminster Gazette._--“Skilfully unified and charmingly told.”

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JANE AUSTEN: Her Homes and Her Friends. By /Constance Hill/. With numerous Illustrations by /Ellen G. Hill/, together with Reproductions from Old Portraits, etc. Crown 8vo. 5_s._ net.

_World._--“Miss Constance Hill has given us a thoroughly delightful book....”

_Spectator._--“This book is a valuable contribution to Austen lore.”

_Daily Telegraph._--“Miss Constance Hill, the authoress of this charming book, has laid all devout admirers of Jane Austen and her inimitable novels under a debt of gratitude.”

_Manchester Guardian._--“The volume is the most valuable accession made since the publication of her Letters, to our knowledge, of Jane Austen.”

_The Times._--“Related with an engaging _naïveté_.”

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THE HOUSE IN ST. MARTIN’S STREET. Being Chronicles of the Burney Family. By /Constance Hill/, Author of “Jane Austen, Her Home, and Her Friends,” “Juniper Hall,” etc. With numerous Illustrations by /Ellen G. Hill/, and reproductions of Contemporary Portraits, etc. Demy 8vo. 21_s._ net.