Contemporary Musical Life, and including Representatives
of all Branches of the Art. Edited by
/Rosa Newmarch/. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 2_s._ 6_d._ net
each volume.
HENRY J. WOOD. By /Rosa Newmarch/.
SIR EDWARD ELGAR. By /R. J. Buckley/.
JOSEPH JOACHIM. By /J. A. Fuller Maitland/.
EDWARD MACDOWELL. By /L. Gilman/.
EDVARD GRIEG. By /H. T. Finck/.
THEODOR LESCHETIZKY. By /A. Hullah/.
GIACOMO PUCCINI. By /Wakeling Dry/.
ALFRED BRUNEAU. By /Arthur Hervey/.
IGNAZ PADEREWSKI. By /E. A. Baughan/.
_The following Volumes are in preparation_:
RICHARD STRAUSS. By /A. Kalisch/.
CLAUDE DE BUSSY. By /Franz Liebich/.
STARS OF THE STAGE
A Series of Illustrated Biographies of the Leading
Actors, Actresses, and Dramatists. Edited by /J. T.
Grein/. Crown 8vo. 2_s._ 6_d._ each net.
⁂ _It was Schiller who said: “Twine no wreath for the actor, since
his work is oral and ephemeral.” “Stars of the Stage” may in some
degree remove this reproach. There are hundreds of thousands of
playgoers, and both editor and publisher think it reasonable to
assume that a considerable number of these would like to know
something about actors, actresses, and dramatists, whose work they
nightly applaud. Each volume will be carefully illustrated, and as
far as text, printing, and paper are concerned will be a notable
book. Great care has been taken in selecting the biographers, who
in most cases have already accumulated much appropriate material._
_First Volumes._
ELLEN TERRY. By /Christopher St. John/.
HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE. By /Mrs. George Cran/.
W. S. GILBERT. By /Edith A. Browne/.
CHAS. WYNDHAM. By /Florence Teignmouth Shore/.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. By /G. K. Chesterton/.
ARTHUR WING PINERO. By /E. A. Baughan/.
HENRY ARTHUR JONES. By /Anthony Ellis/.
_A CATALOGUE OF MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, ETC._
_WORKS UPON NAPOLEON_
NAPOLEON & THE INVASION OF ENGLAND:
The Story of the Great Terror, 1797-1805. By /H. F. B. Wheeler/ and /A.
M. Broadley/. With upwards of 100 Full-page Illustrations reproduced
from Contemporary Portraits, Prints, etc.; eight in Colour. Two
Volumes. 32_s._ net.
⁂ _Hitherto no book dealing exhaustively with Napoleon’s colossal
plans for invading the United Kingdom, and our own strenuous
measures to resist his coming, has appeared in the English
language. This work, which has been in preparation for several
years, is a careful study of this neglected phase of Napoleonic
history. It not only deals with the military and naval preparations
made by both nations, but with the more picturesque side of
their campaign. While Napoleon was riding along the sands of
Boulogne encouraging the shipbuilders and organising the Army of
England--which was to conquer half Europe as the Grand Army--Pitt
was drilling Volunteers at Walmer Castle, Fox was exercising as a
private in the Chertsey Volunteers, and the peace-loving Addington
appeared in the House of Commons in military uniform. The churches
were stored with arms, and two hours’ drilling was undergone every
Sunday, to say nothing of week-days. Never before or since has
the pencil of the cartoonist played so important a part in the
formation of public opinion. Patriotism on paper was rampant. From
1798 till 1805, when Trafalgar lifted the war-cloud which hung over
the Kingdom, pen and press were turning out history in pictures
by hundreds, as well as popular songs. Caricatures, squibs, and
broadsides against Napoleon and the threatened invasion did much
to encourage the population to prepare to resist the legions of
France. The facile pencils of Gillray, the Cruikshanks, Ansell,
Rowlandson, West, Woodward, and a score of lesser lights, were
never idle. Many unique cartoons and other illustrations appear in
these volumes, which also include important letters, never before
published, of George III, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Brougham,
Decies, Richard Cumberland, Thomas Order Powlett, Mrs. Piozzi, and
other celebrities._
THE FALL OF NAPOLEON. By /Oscar Browning/, /M.A./, Author of “The
Boyhood and Youth of Napoleon.” With numerous Full-page Illustrations.
Demy 8vo (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 12_s._ 6_d._ net.
⁂ _The story of the fall of Napoleon has never been adequately
written for English readers, and great misconception still exists
in this country even with regard to the most material facts. The
present volume attempts to supply this omission, and makes use
of the copious recent literature on this portion of Napoleon’s
life, which adds so largely to our knowledge of the subject.
The narrative begins with Napoleon’s return to Paris after the
Russian disaster. It gives a complete account of the campaigns
of 1813 and 1814, based very largely upon personal knowledge
of the battlefields. The events connected with the abdication
at Fontainebleau are carefully described. The life in Elba is
painted, and the marvellous march to Paris dealt with in detail.
In treating of the Hundred Days the attitude of the English
Government has received much attention, and the Waterloo campaign
has been dealt with from the point of view of the best and most
recent authorities. The book concludes with a minute account of
Napoleon’s surrender at Aix, which has never before been properly
presented in an English dress, and leaves Napoleon on board the
“Northumberland.” The book will form a companion volume to “The
Boyhood and Youth of Napoleon,” by the same author._
THE BOYHOOD &. YOUTH OF NAPOLEON, 1769-1793. Some Chapters on the
early life of Bonaparte. By /Oscar Browning/, /M.A./ With
numerous Illustrations, Portraits, etc. Crown 8vo. 5_s._ net.
_Daily News._--“Mr. Browning has with patience, labour, careful
study, and excellent taste given us a very valuable work, which
will add materially to the literature on this most fascinating of
human personalities.”
_Literary World._--“ ... Mr. Browning has examined all the
available sources of information and carefully weighed his
historical evidence. His discriminating treatment has resulted in a
book that is ... one that arrests attention by the conviction its
reasoned conclusions carry.”
_World._--“The story of Napoleon’s childhood could not have had an
abler or more sympathetic narrator than the author of this very
fascinating work.”
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THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT (NAPOLEON II.) By /Edward de
Wertheimer/. Translated from the German. With numerous
Illustrations. Demy 8vo. _21s._ net. (Second Edition.)
_Times._--“A most careful and interesting work which presents
the first complete and authoritative account of the life of this
unfortunate Prince.”
_Westminster Gazette._--“This book, admirably produced, reinforced
by many additional portraits, is a solid contribution to history
and a monument of patient, well-applied research.”
_Public Opinion._--“No student of Napoleon’s life can afford to
miss this book, which tells the story of his son, who was variously
known as King of Rome, the Duke of Parma, Napoleon II, and the Duke
of Reichstadt.... The story of his life is admirably told.”
_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./