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.
_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.
_Outlook._--"The book is not merely one to be ordered from the
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constantly studied by all Englishmen who love England."
_Westminster Gazette._--"Messrs. Wheeler and Broadley have succeeded
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Napoleon, which treats of the subject with a fulness of detail and a
completeness of documentary evidence that are unexampled."
DUMOURIEZ AND THE DEFENCE OF ENGLAND AGAINST NAPOLEON. By J. HOLLAND
ROSE, Litt.D. (Cantab.), Author of "The Life of Napoleon," and A. M.
BROADLEY, joint-author of "Napoleon and the Invasion of England."
Illustrated with numerous Portraits, Maps, and Facsimiles. Demy 8vo.
21_s._ net.
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.
_Spectator._--"Without doubt Mr. Oscar Browning has produced a
book which should have its place in any library of Napoleonic
literature."
_Truth._--"Mr. Oscar Browning has made not the least, but the most
of the romantic material at his command for the story of the fall
of the greatest figure in history."
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."
THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT (NAPOLEON II.) By EDWARD DE WERTHEIMER.
Translated from the German. With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo.
21_s._ 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."
NAPOLEON'S CONQUEST OF PRUSSIA, 1806. By _F. Loraine Petre_. 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
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handled with enthusiasm and literary ability, can be."
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."
NAPOLEON AND THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES. A History of the Franco-Austrian
Campaign in the Valley of the Danube in 1809. By F. LORAINE PETRE.
With 8 Illustrations and 6 sheets of Maps and Plans. Demy 8vo. (9 ×
5-3/4 inches). 12_s._ 6_d._ net.
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._
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."
_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."
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,
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dare-devil spirit which flourished unchecked at the French
Court.... Mr. Richard Whiteing's introduction is written with
restraint and dignity."
_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.'"
LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE GENESIS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE. By F. H. CHEETHAM.
With Numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 16_s._ net.
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."
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."
SOME WOMEN LOVING AND LUCKLESS. By TEODOR DE WYZEWA. Translated from
the French by C. H. JEFFRESON, M.A. With Numerous Illustrations. Demy
8vo (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 7_s._ 6_d._ net.
POETRY AND PROGRESS IN RUSSIA. By ROSA NEWMARCH. With 6 full-page
Portraits. Demy 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._ net.
_Standard._--"Distinctly a book that should be read ... pleasantly
written and well informed."
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. 7_s._ 6_d._ 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."
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 Times._--"We thank Mr. Stirling for one of the most
interesting memoirs of recent years."
_Daily Telegraph._--"A very remarkable literary performance. Mrs.
Stirling has achieved a resurrection. She has fashioned a picture
of a dead and forgotten past and brought before our eyes with the
vividness of breathing existence the life of our English ancestors
of the eighteenth century."
_Pall Mall Gazette._--"A work of no common interest; in fact, a
work which may almost be called unique."
_Evening Standard._--"One of the most interesting biographies we
have read for years."
THE LIFE OF SIR HALLIDAY MACARTNEY, K.C.M.G., Commander of Li Hung
Chang's trained force in the Taeping Rebellion, founder of the first
Chinese Arsenal, Secretary to the first Chinese Embassy to Europe.
Secretary and Councillor to the Chinese Legation in London for thirty
years. By DEMETRIUS C. BOULGER, Author of the "History of China," the
"Life of Gordon," etc. With Illustrations. Demy 8vo. Price 24_s._ net.
_Daily Graphic._--"It is safe to say that few readers will be able
to put down the book without feeling the better for having read it
... not only full of personal interest, but tells us much that we
never knew before on some not unimportant details."
DEVONSHIRE CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS. By S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.,
Author of "Yorkshire Oddities," etc. With 58 Illustrations. Demy 8vo.
21_s._ net.
_Daily News._--"A fascinating series ... the whole book is rich in
human interest. It is by personal touches, drawn from traditions and
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their time, are made to live again in Mr. Baring-Gould's pages."
CORNISH CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS. By S. BARING-GOULD. Demy 8vo.
16_s._ net.
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.
_Daily Telegraph._--"It is Gambetta pouring out his soul to Léonie
Leon, the strange, passionate, masterful demagogue, who wielded
the most persuasive oratory of modern times, acknowledging his
idol, his inspiration, his Egeria."
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. 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._
THE DIARY OF A LADY-IN-WAITING. By LADY CHARLOTTE BURY. Being the
Diary Illustrative of the Times of George the Fourth. Interspersed
with original Letters from the late Queen Caroline and from various
other distinguished persons. New edition. Edited, with an
Introduction, by A. FRANCIS STEUART. With numerous portraits. Two
Vols. Demy 8vo. 21_s._ net.
⁂ _This book, which appeared anonymously in 1838, created an
enormous sensation, and was fiercely criticised by Thackeray and
in the Reviews of the time. There is no doubt that it was founded
on the diary of Lady Charlotte Bury, daughter of the 5th Duke of
Argyll, and Lady-in-Waiting to the unfortunate Caroline of
Brunswick, when Princess of Wales. It deals, therefore, with the
curious Court of the latter and with the scandals that occurred
there, as well as with the strange vagaries of the Princess
abroad. In this edition names left blank in the original have been
(where possible) filled up, and many notes are given by the Editor
to render it useful to the ever-increasing number of readers
interested in the later Georgian Period._
THE DAUGHTER OF LOUIS XVI.: Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France,
Duchesse D'Angoulême. By G. LENOTRE. With 13 Full-page Illustrations.
Demy 8vo. 10_s._ 6_d._ net.
⁂ _M. G. Lenotre is perhaps the most widely read of a group of
modern French writers who have succeeded in treating history from
a point of view at once scientific, dramatic and popular. He has
made the Revolution his particular field of research, and deals
not only with the most prominent figures of that period, but with
many minor characters whose life-stories are quite as thrilling as
anything in fiction. The localities in which these dramas were
enacted are vividly brought before us in his works, for no one has
reconstructed 18th century Paris with more picturesque and
accurate detail. "The Daughter of Louis XVI." is quite equal in
interest and literary merit to any of the volumes which have
preceded it, not excepting the famous Drama of Varennes. As usual,
M. Lenotre draws his material largely from contemporary documents,
and among the most remarkable memoirs reproduced in this book are
"The Story of my Visit to the Temple" by Harmand de la Meuse, and
the artless, but profoundly touching narrative of the unhappy
orphaned Princess: "A manuscript written by
Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France upon the captivity of the
Princes and Princesses, her relatives, imprisoned in the Temple."
The illustrations are a feature of the volume and include the
so-called "telescope" portrait of the Princess, sketched from life
by an anonymous artist, stationed at a window opposite her prison
in the tower of the Temple._
THE TRUE STORY OF MY LIFE: an Autobiography by ALICE M. DIEHL,
Novelist, Writer, and Musician. Demy 8vo. 10_s._ 6_d._ net.
_Daily Chronicle._--"This work ... has the introspective touch,
intimate and revealing, which autobiography, if it is to be worth
anything, should have. Mrs. Diehl's pages have reality, a living
throb, and so are indeed autobiography."
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._
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. £3. 11_s._ 6_d._ 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._
CÉSAR FRANCK: A Study. Translated from the French of Vincent d'Indy.
And with an Introduction by ROSA NEWMARCH. Demy 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._ net.
⁂ _There is no purer influence in modern music than that of César
Franck, for many years ignored in every capacity save that of
organist of Sainte-Clotilde, in Paris, but now recognised as the
legitimate successor of Bach and Beethoven. His inspiration
"rooted in love and faith" has contributed in a remarkable degree
to the regeneration of the musical art in France and elsewhere.
The now famous "Schola Cantorum," founded in Paris in 1896, by A.
Guilmant, Charles Bordes and Vincent d'Indy, is the direct outcome
of his influence. Among the artists who where in some sort his
disciples were Paul Dukas, Chabrier, Gabriel Fauré and the great
violinist Ysäye. His pupils include such gifted composers as
Benoît, Augusta Holmès, Chausson, Ropartz, and d'Indy. This book,
written with the devotion of a disciple and the authority of a
master, leaves us with a vivid and touching impression of the
saint-like composer of "The Beatitudes."_
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 and charmingly told."
JANE AUSTEN: Her Homes and Her Friends. By CONSTANCE HILL. Numerous
Illustrations by ELLEN G. HILL, together with Reproductions from Old
Portraits, etc. Cr. 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."
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.
_World._--"This valuable and very fascinating work.... Charmingly
illustrated.... Those interested in this stirring period of
history and the famous folk who were Fanny Burney's friends should
not fail to add 'The House in St. Martin's Street' to their
collection of books."
Mr. C. K. SHORTER in _Sphere_.--"Miss Hill has written a charming,
an indispensable book."
STORY OF THE PRINCESS DES URSINS IN SPAIN (Camarera-Mayor). By
CONSTANCE HILL. With 12 Illustrations and a Photogravure Frontispiece.
New Edition. Crown 8vo. 5_s._ net.