VOLUME II., FROM 1833 TO 1867.

By the Right Hon. Sir HERBERT MAXWELL, Bart., P.C., AUTHOR OF ‘THE LIFE OF WELLINGTON,’ ETC.

_With Portraits in Photogravure. Demy 8vo., cloth._ =14s. net.=

The second of Sir Herbert Maxwell’s three volumes covers the central period of the nineteenth century, and extends from the passing of the first to the passing of the second Reform Bill, the latter date being, of course, chosen not as marking the close of an epoch, but simply in order to divide the century as nearly as possible into equal third parts. The outstanding feature of English politics during the first portion of this period is the disappearance of the old-time Tories and the creation of the modern Conservative Party by Sir Robert Peel. Of the questions which agitated the country in and out of Parliament, two are of special interest at the present hour—namely, the reform of the administration of the Poor Law in 1834, and the controversy between Protection and Free Trade. With the close of the latter by the Repeal of the Corn Laws and the disappearance of Peel from the scene, a new era opens. The strife of parties continues under new leaders, some of whom have only recently passed away; but it is concerned with less momentous issues, and the interest shifts largely to external matters, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the war in the United States, and the beginnings of great changes in the political system of Europe, where the events of 1848 ushered in a new epoch, which witnessed the struggle for liberty in Italy, and the sudden rise of Prussia.

It has been said with reference to Sir Herbert Maxwell’s first volume, that he is a politician, therefore a party man, therefore disqualified from writing history. The criticism was anticipated by the author, who has given what is surely the sufficient and only possible answer to it—namely, that hitherto the writing of the history of the period has been monopolized by party men—of the other side.

WAR AND THE ARME BLANCHE.

By ERSKINE CHILDERS, AUTHOR OF ‘THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS’; EDITOR OF VOL. V. OF THE ‘“TIMES” HISTORY OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA,’ ETC.

With an Introduction by the Right Hon. Field-Marshal EARL ROBERTS, K.G., AUTHOR OF ‘FORTY-ONE YEARS IN INDIA.’

_Large crown 8vo._ =7s. 6d. net.=

The writer attacks the present armament of cavalry, with whom the sword or lance is the dominant weapon, and the rifle the subordinate weapon. All forms of compromise being impossible, he advocates the abolition of the steel weapon, and the conversion of cavalry into the highest and most perfect type of Mounted Riflemen. His historical argument is based mainly upon the South African War, in the course of which steel weapons were abandoned altogether, and an exceedingly high type of mounted rifleman developed; but he traces the slow revolution in mounted methods, wrought by improved firearms, from the middle of the last century up to the present day, culminating in the Manchurian War, where, as in South Africa, the steel was practically of no account. The author’s view is that the education and efficiency not only of the cavalry, but of all our mounted troops, home or colonial, regular or volunteer, mounted infantry, mounted riflemen, or yeomanry, depends on clear notions as to the relative value of the rival weapons, and he shows what confusion and obscurity the undefined functions of the steel weapon import into any consideration of the vitally important functions of the mounted rifleman. He advocates one pure type, under a single name—Cavalry—for all purposes.

A HISTORY OF THE LONDON HOSPITAL.

By E. W. MORRIS, SECRETARY OF THE LONDON HOSPITAL.

_With 16 pages of Illustrations and several Plans. One Volume. Large crown 8vo., cloth._ =6s. net.=

The history of this great Hospital is not only interesting on account of the particular incidents of its long and honourable career, and the prominent men who have been connected with it, but also provides a typical example of the way in which our splendid medical charities have grown and developed. Beginning with a survey of the condition of Medicine and Surgery in 1741, the date of the foundation of the Hospital, the author describes its early days in Goodman’s Field, the move to Whitechapel, and the gradual growth during the last hundred and fifty years. He then deals with the system of Administration, Finance, and Management, the relation of the Hospital to Medical and Surgical Science, the Medical School, and the Development of Sick Nursing. The reader is initiated into some noteworthy customs and ceremonies of the Hospital, and some account is given of the men whose names stand out in its history. The author has enjoyed exceptional advantages in writing his book, through his position as Secretary of the Hospital, and has collected some valuable materials for illustrating it from sources not generally accessible.

NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS.

By M. LOANE, AUTHOR OF ‘AN ENGLISHMAN’S CASTLE,’ ‘THE QUEEN’S POOR,’ ETC.

_One Volume. Crown 8vo., cloth._ =6s.=

Miss Loane’s store of anecdotes and thumbnail sketches of the poor, their ways of living, and their modes of thought and expression, are apparently inexhaustible. Readers of her earlier works will find in ‘Neighbours and Friends’ a collection as entertaining and as full of interest as any of its predecessors. Miss Loane never dogmatizes, and rarely indulges in generalization, but there are few problems connected with the Administration of Public Relief on which her pages do not throw fresh light.

A SUMMER ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE.

By GEORGINA BINNIE CLARK.

_With Illustrations. Crown 8vo._ =6s.=

This is a genial and breezy account of how two young English ladies went out to Canada and joined their brother, who, with another young Englishman, had taken up a grant of land in the North-West and was trying to convert it into a farm. The story is ‘told like a novel,’ but it is obviously founded very closely on facts, and is realistic in the best sense of the word—a piece of actual everyday life. The sisters do _not_ fall in love with their brother’s partner, and the young men do _not_ display any heroic capacity for triumphing over difficulties. On the contrary, they are rather an ordinary pair of amiable inefficient people, and they fare accordingly. What happens is consequently very much more amusing than if the book had been constructed to point a moral, while there is plenty to be learned from it by those who choose to read between the lines.

AN ENGLISH STUDENT’S WANDER-YEAR IN AMERICA.

By A. G. BOWDEN-SMITH.

_One Volume. Crown 8vo., cloth._ =5s. net.=

The author of this book has made a study of an aspect of American life which will be novel to most English readers. She was fortunate enough to be able to visit representative specimens of every variety of higher educational centre—and in America there are many varieties. Being fresh from the life of Newnham College, she was peculiarly alert to note the points in which they resembled and differed from the corresponding institutions in England; and she has traced with remarkable shrewdness the resulting effects, not only in respect to education in the narrower sense, but on individual character, and in the form of influences, subtle and far-reaching, on social development. She had the advantage of meeting the students on an equal footing, and so gained many opportunities of seeing things as they are which an ‘educational expert’ of higher standing and authority could not have enjoyed. But Miss Bowden Smith is herself an educational expert in a very real sense, and readers of her comprehensive and sympathetic survey will feel that they have gained a quite new insight into the character of the American people.

THE CLERGY AND SOCIAL SERVICE.

=Cambridge Lectures on Pastoral Theology.

By the Very Rev. W. MOORE EDE, D.D., DEAN OF WORCESTER.

_One Volume. Crown 8vo., cloth._ =2s. 6d. net.=

These lectures differ from others delivered on Pastoral Theology at Cambridge in the extent to which they emphasise the opportunities of social service which are open to the clergy, and the importance of utilizing them—a subject in which their author has had great experience through his intimate connection with industrial life and working-class organizations. That this aspect of clerical life is pre-eminently the one which needs to be brought before candidates for Holy Orders at the present time is the general opinion of those who would see the social re-organization which is now taking place dominated by spiritual rather than by materialistic ideals. There are six lectures, entitled: What is the Church and what are its Duties?—Equipment for the Work—Reading, Preaching and Speaking—Agencies Outside the Church which are Working for Social Redemption—The Church and Charity—The Church as Teacher and Inspirer of Education.

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THREE NEW NOVELS.

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FRANKLIN KANE.

By ANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK, AUTHOR OF ‘VALERIE UPTON,’ ‘AMABEL CHANNICE,’ ETC.

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This is the story of a _partie carrée_, two men and two women (one of each is American, the other English), the threads of whose lives become interwoven, owing to a chance meeting in an hotel. How will they pair off? This is the problem: now one solution seems inevitable, now another. As the plot develops two of the _dramatis personæ_ stand revealed as irredeemably ordinary, weak, egoistic; two as self-reliant, noble, and capable of clear-eyed self-sacrifice. Ultimately the determining factor is character, which proves stronger than the chains of circumstance. It is comedy, but serious comedy, and the situations towards the close have a poignancy of which Miss Sedgwick alone possesses the secret.

AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING NOVEL BY A NEW AUTHOR.

SILVERWOOL.

=A Tale of the North Country Fells.

By EMILY JENKINSON.

_Crown 8vo., cloth._ =6s.=

Every page of this powerful and original novel is fragrant with the fresh mountain air of the Fells. What Thomas Hardy has done for the people of Wessex, Miss Jenkinson aims with considerable success at doing for the Northern Dalesmen. ‘Silverwool’ is a prize ram, and the action of the story to some extent centres round his fortunes in the show-ground, affording the author scope for some very interesting studies of country life and character. The situations are excellent, the characters well-drawn, and the style literary and charming.

A STEPSON OF THE SOIL.

By MARY J. H. SKRINE.

_Crown 8vo., cloth._ =6s.=

This story deals with life in an English village of the southern counties. It concerns itself chiefly with an old couple in an old cottage, their ‘hidy-holes,’ their relations with each other, and with a runaway waif, who becomes their lodger: also with the fortunes in love and luck of handsome Robert Burn, the Warrener; and with the local wise woman and her ‘lawful arts.’ It is impossible to do justice to the charm and skill of the story in a mere outline. The waif, Phil White, is admirably drawn, so are the old Dallins. There is a delicate strength in the picture of Jane Dallin, which will be appreciated by every reader.

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LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43 MADDOX STREET, W.

Transcriber’s Note

Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. References to errors in the index also include the column (1 or 2).

Words that were hyphenated on a line break retain the hyphen if the preponderance of other instances of the word support that. Otherwise, hyphenation follows the text.

The word ‘Carbineers’ is spelled once as ‘Carabineers’, which is an alternative form, and is left as printed.

In the Index, a reference to the Mounted Infantry Training Manual of 1898 directs the reader to the text on p. 273, which mentions the Manual of 1899. It is assumed that the text is correct.

33.20 on page 15 of “Cavalry in Future Wars[,]” Inserted. attack

41.23 from horseback with safe[l/t]y to themselves Replaced.

75.22 Happily the Boer[s] leaders Removed. Boers[’]?

275.21 On the debatable point of over-weight[,] Mr. Added. Goldman

325.19 with the British “Cavalry Training,[’/”] Replaced.

333.31 he wrote of “enterprises[”] which demanded Removed.

340.4 (described fully in our “British Officers' Removed. Reports,” [(]vol. ii.)

373.1.40 Broadwood, Brigadie[r]-General R. G. Inserted

376.2.47 McCullagh, Francis (author of “With the Added. Cossacks,”[)]

377.1.37 (189[8/9]), 273 Replaced.

378.2.56 Spaits, Captain (author of “Mit Kosaken Added. durch die Mandschurei,”[)] 336–8

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