"Here, most placable reader, is a title for thee, pregnant with fun,
and deeply prophetic of humour, drollery, and all those joyous
emotions that so opportunely come to oil the springs of the overworn
heart, and prevent the cankering and rust from wearing them away and
utterly destroying their healthful elasticity."--_Metropolitan._
"The Old Sailor paints sea scenes with vigour and gusto; now-and-then
reminding us of 'Tom Cringle,' and with a strong sense of the comical
that approaches Smollet."--_Spectator._
"Here we have the 'Old Sailor' once more, and in all his glory too!
The public will join with us in hailing the reappearance of the 'old'
boy. He stands at the head of the naval humorists of the nineteenth
century. We have rarely seen an affair so richly humorous: it is one
of the most amusing and best written volumes of naval fiction we have
ever seen."--_Observer._
In Three Volumes, 12mo.
THE COQUETTE.
By the Author of "MISERRIMUS."
"The 'Coquette' is a most amusing library book. Several of the
characters are exceedingly well drawn: indeed, they are obviously
sketches from life, and there is a sparkling vivacity throughout the
whole work."--_New Monthly Magazine._
In Two Volumes, 12mo.
THE MISERIES OF MARRIAGE;
OR, THE FAIR OF MAY FAIR.
By the Author of "PIN MONEY," &c.
"Mrs. Gore certainly stands at the head of the female novelists of the
day. But we subjoin the opinion of Mr. Bulwer."--_U. S. Gazette._
"She is the consummator of that undefinable species of wit, which we
should call (if we did not know the word might be deemed offensive, in
which sense we do not mean it) the _slang_ of good society.
"But few people ever painted, with so felicitous a hand, the scenery
of worldly life, without any apparent satire. She brings before you
the hollowness, the manoeuvres, and the intrigues of the world, with
the brilliancy of sarcasm, but with the quiet of simple narrative. Her
men and women, in her graver tales, are of a noble and costly clay;
their objects are great; their minds are large, their passions intense
and pure. She walks upon the stage of the world of fashion, and her
characters, have grown dwarfed as if by enchantment. The air of
frivolity has blighted their stature; their colours are pale and
languid; they have no generous ambition; they are little people! they
are fine people! This it is that makes her novel of our social life so
natural, and so clear a transcript of the original."--_The Author of
Pelham._
In One Volume, 12mo.
SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF
SIR PUMPKIN FRIZZLE, K. C. B.
AND OTHER TALES.
"Decidedly one of the most amusing productions of the year. In
addition to the adventures of _Sir Pumpkin_, there are several capital
stories, which cannot fail to be popular."
In One Volume, 8vo.
MEMOIRS OF THE
BEAUTIES OF THE COURT
OF CHARLES THE SECOND.
BY MRS. JAMESON.
Author of "DIARY OF AN ENNUYEE," "CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN," &c.
"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.