dissolution of her marriage, 141;
all her ties with Denmark broken off, 142;
her grief at the deaths of Struensee and Count Brandt, 142;
her generosity of mind, 142, 143;
the charges against her submitted to English lawyers, who declared
them unsubstantiated by evidence, 144;
the English court insisted that no sentence should be passed on
her, and fitted out a strong fleet, _ib._;
Walpole's version of the affair, _ib._;
his gossip respecting her, 145, 146;
title of "Countess of Aalborg" conferred on her, 145;
temper of the English with regard to, 146;
Sir R. M. Keith's active interference on her behalf, 147;
concessions of the Danish ministry, 147;
order of release presented to her by Keith, 149;
arrival of a squadron to take her away, 149, 150;
writes an affecting letter to her brother, _ib._;
resolved that she should take up her residence at Celle in
Hanover, and be allowed £8,000 a-year, 150;
interesting anecdote of, _ib._;
her affection for her children, 151, 152;
leaves a letter for the king, 153;
his grief at her departure, _ib._, _note_;
her suite, 153, 154;
her farewell to Denmark, 154;
the documents connected with the dissolution of her marriage
deposited in the secret archives, 156;
her arrival at Stade, and her joyous reception, 157;
her presents, _ib._;
her new suite, _ib._;
arrives at Celle, and takes up her abode in the royal chateau, 158;
her amiability and charitable disposition, _ib._;
her reading and studious pursuits, 159;
the happiness of her home, 160;
her great interest in her children, 162;
her conversations with Colonel Keith, 162 _et seq._;
Grub-street attacks on, exposed by Reverdil, 165, 166;
her course of life at Celle, 167 _et seq._;
her literary taste, 167, 168;
her court theatricals, 168;
her letter to her sister detailing her course of life at Celle, 169;
her great pleasure at receiving the portrait of her son, 170, 171;
Mr. Wraxall's introduction to, 173;
her gracious reception of him, and confiding affability, 173, 174;
again visited by Mr. Wraxall, who communicates a project, with
certain conditions, for restoring her to the throne of Denmark,
182, 186-9 (_see_ WRAXALL);
instructions respecting the project, 191;
her important conversations with Wraxall, and plans laid down for
further proceedings, 195 _et seq._, 221, 232;
her sudden death, 238, 302 (_see_ APPENDIX);
details of her illness, death, and funeral, 242-9;
suspected of having been poisoned, 248;
general mourning for in England, 250;
monuments erected to her memory, 251;
letter to her brother, written during her illness, and published
after her death, 252;
evidences of her innocence and purity of mind, 254, 255;
Mr. Wraxall's portraiture of her virtues and character, 255-8;
correspondence of Mr. Wraxall with his father relative to her
restoration, 291 _et seq._ (_see_ APPENDIX).
Carstens, A. G., one of the commissioners who sentenced Struensee, 61;
and Count Brandt, 67.
Celle, Queen Matilda's residence at, 158;
her course of life at, 160 _et seq._;
Mr. Wraxall's frequent visits and interviews with the queen, 174,
180, 186, 190, 195 _et seq._, 221, 230-3.
Christian VII., Count Brandt's assault on, 5, 19;
his profuse presents to Struensee and Count Brandt, 45;
his power as sovereign, 50, _note_;
confirms the atrocious sentences passed upon Struensee and Count
Brandt, 67, 68;
his court festivities and revolting apathy, 76, 77;
grants a free pardon to Colonel Falckenskjold, and releases him
from the fortress of Munkholm, 136;
receives a letter from his wife previous to her departure for
Hanover, 153;
his expressions of affection for her, 153;
at the instigation of the crown prince he dismisses his ministers,
and appoints a new cabinet, 285, 286;
drawn into personal collision with the hereditary prince, but the
_coup d'état_ is accomplished, 287.
Colin, Major, appointed commandant of the fortress Munkholm, 135.
Colleges, impediments of the, 37;
dismissal of the, 11.
Commission of Inquiry, the members of, who tried and sentenced
Struensee, 61;
allot rewards to the persons employed in convicting the
prisoners, 95, _note_;
their proceedings against the minor prisoners of state, and charges
brought against them, 104 _et seq._
Copenhagen, bitterness at, against Struensee and his cabinet
orders, 58;
its suburban grounds, 85.
Council, duties of the, 35;
abolition of the, 36.
Council of Thirty-two, established by Struensee, 41.
Counter-revolution projected by the Danish exiles, 177.
Court festivities, 76;
exhibit a revolting exhibition of apathy and want of sympathy, 76.
Crown prince of Denmark, begins to assume power, 283;
his examination, 283;
his determined spirit, 284;
of age to enter the council of state, 284;
spirited interference with the court forms of proceeding, 284;
effects the overthrow of the ministry by a _coup d'état_, 285, 286;
proclamation of, as regent, 288, 289;
Count Bernstorff, the enlightened statesman, his adviser, 289.
Cypher writing, adopted by Mr. Wraxall, 307;
key to the fictitious names, 312 (APPENDIX).
D.
Danish chancery, 38.
Danish language, Struensee's ignorance of the, 38;
frequently perverted in translation, _ib._
DENMARK, the constitution of, gives the king absolute power, 40, NOTE;
feeling of the nation at Struensee's conduct, 42;
state trials, and execution of the ministers Counts Struensee and
Brandt, 89, 93;
Caroline Matilda's farewell to, 154, 155;
counter-revolution in, proposed, 177;
the new ministry growing unpopular, _ib._;
plan for effecting the counter-revolution in, 225;
terminated only by the death of the queen, 241, (_see_ CAROLINE
MATILDA, and WRAXALL);
retrospective view of, 259 _et seq._;
political reaction in, 259;
all the reforms of Struensee's government abolished, and the
abuses of "the good old times" restored, 260 _et seq._;
triumvirate in the government, 262;
disunion among the conspirators, 263;
fate of the ministers, 264 _et seq._;
the indigenate law of, 281;
the crown prince enters the council of state, 284;
effects the overthrow of ministry by a _coup d'état_, 285, 286;
the counter-revolution completely effected, 287.
E.
Egede, Professor J., anecdote told by, 260.
Eickstedt, Hans Henry von, his political career, 270;
his sudden dismissal, 271;
retires to the island of Fühnen, where he dies, _ib._
Elliot, Mr., British envoy at Copenhagen, 288, _note_.
England sends a squadron for the release of Caroline Matilda, 149.
Exiles of Denmark, their project for effecting a
counter-revolution, 177.
F.
Falckenskjold, his notes on the trial of Struensee, 47, 48, 50,
54, 55, 64, 101;
decided that he should be the victim of judicial vengeance for his
admiration of Struensee, 104;
his detection of the quarter-master's roguery, 106;
groundless charges against, 116-119;
sentenced to be imprisoned for life in the fortress of Munkholm, 124;
account of his voyage to Munkholm, 125;
his description of the fortress, 126, 127;
his treatment, 128 _et seq._;
his solace and recreation, 130 _et seq._;
his disposition to misanthropy, 130;
increased severity in his treatment, 133;
wretchedness of his domicile, 134;
insulted by the commandant, _ib._;
receives a royal pardon, and an order for his release, 136;
conditions of his release, 137;
allowed to take ship for Holland, 139;
fixes his domicile at Montpellier, _ib._;
receives permission to retire to the Pays de Vaud, _ib._;
the court of Petersburg proposes to him the post of chief of the
staff in the army, but the court of Copenhagen refuses its
assent, 139, 140;
in 1788 he visits Copenhagen, 140;
the Danish government recalls him, and confers on him the rank and
pay of a major-general, 140;
ends his days in comfort, and dies at the advanced age of
eighty-two, _ib._;
his evidence of Queen Matilda's innocence and purity of mind, 254.
Foot-guards, disbandment of the, 55.
Forgery, charge of against Count Brandt rebutted, 26.
Frederick II. of Denmark, gradually acquires absolute sway, 280,
_note_.
Frederick, prince of Denmark, the marriage festival of, 133;
his contests with the crown prince, and overthrow of his party,
284, 285;
driven into obscurity, 290;
marries a princess of Mecklenburg, _ib._;
his youngest daughter the grandmother of Alexandra, present princess
of Wales, _ib._
Fusilier guards disbanded, 54.
G.
Gähler, Frau von, charges brought against her, 105;
how disposed of, 110.
Gähler, general von, groundless charges brought against, 113 _et seq._;
his principal crime that of interfering with everything without
possessing requisite knowledge, 115;
how disposed of, 123;
his death, 124.
Gallows Hill, where the skulls and bones of Counts Struensee and Brandt
were exposed, 94.
George III., Mr. Wraxall's communications with, 204 _et seq._;
his instructions respecting his sister, the queen of Denmark, and
the Danish nobles, 205;
his assent to the project for restoring the queen under certain
conditions, 207, 208;
letter of the Danish nobility to, 229.
German language encouraged by Struensee, 38.
Göhrde, chateau of, 157;
arrival of the queen at, and also of her sister, the hereditary
princess of Brunswick, 157 _et note_.
Griffenfeldt, count von, imprisoned in the fortress of Munkholm, 133;
notices of, _ib._;
his death, _ib._
Guards, disbandment of the, by Struensee, 54.
Guldberg, O., one of the commissioners who sentenced Struensee, 61;
and Count Brandt, 67;
his intrigues against Struensee, 101;
draws up Falckenskjold's pardon and release, 136, 137;
becomes cabinet secretary, 279;
his ministry, _ib._;
honours conferred upon him, 280;
receives the name of Höegh-Guldberg, _ib._;
opposed by the crown prince, 284;
his overthrow, 285, 289;
his death, 289.
H.
Hanbury, Mr., English consul at Hamburgh, 176;
invites Mr. Wraxall to dinner, _ib._
Hansen, admiral, unfounded charges brought against, 106;
how disposed of, 110, 112;
his death, 112.
Hauch, general, first deputy of the College of War, 136.
Hee, Rev. Dr., the chaplain of Count Brandt, 83;
attends Brandt to the scaffold, 88;
rewards allotted to, 95 _et note_.
Hesse, Prince Charles of, invited to Copenhagen, 266.
Hesselberg, colonel von, charges brought against, 105;
biographical notices of, 106;
how disposed of, 111;
his death, 112.
Holck, count, his alleged freedom with the king, 5.
Holstein, count, presented with a diamond solitaire by the queen, 157.
Holstein, countess, her personal appearance, 176.
Horse-guards, corps of, disbanded, 54.
Huth, lieutenant-general von, councilor of state, 285.
I.
Indigenate law of Denmark, 281.
J.
Juell-Wind, J. K., one of the commissioners who sentenced
Struensee, 61;
and Count Brandt, 67.
Juliana Maria, the dowager queen, her vengeance satiated in witnessing
the execution of Counts Struensee and Brandt, 94, 95;
her presents to the chaplains who attended the unhappy victims,
95, _note_;
Suhm's account of her avenging spirit, 96;
her unnatural feelings, 151;
her heartless conduct after the death of Queen Matilda, 250;
her absolute sway, 280, 281;
her fury at the overthrow of the Guldberg ministry, and at the
insulting treatment of her son by the crown prince, 287, 288;
her power at an end, 289;
driven into obscurity, 290.
K.
Keith, colonel Sir R. M., his visits to the Queen of Denmark, 142;
his active interference on the queen's behalf, 147;
Lord Suffolk's letter to, _ib._;
his anecdote of the queen, 150;
accompanies her to the chateau Göhrde, and then takes leave of
her, 157;
his letter to Lord Suffolk, 161;
his interview with the queen, _ib._
Köller-Banner, one of the triumvirate in the government of
Denmark, 262;
his projects for remodelling the army, 265;
his plans examined, and rejected, 266;
his dissatisfaction, and dismissal, 267;
appointed governor of the fortress of Rendburg, _ib._;
royal concessions made to him, 268;
receives his discharge from the military service and retires to
Altona, where he dies, 270.
Kronsborg, anecdote of the fettered slave of, 155.
L.
Lehzen, pastor, 245;
his account of the queen's death, 247.
Leyser, Dr. von, 245.
_Lex Regia_, a law by which all government decrees, letters and
documents, shall be signed by the king, 52.
Lichtenstein, baron von, Mr. Wraxall's interviews with respecting
the Queen of Denmark, 203, 204;
communicates the king's views and intentions, 204 _et seq._;
Mr. Wraxall's satisfactory interview with.
Louisa Augusta, princess, separated from her mother, 152.
M.
McBride, captain, arrives at Copenhagen, 150;
introduced to Caroline Matilda, 151.
Magistracy, abolition of the, 41.
Mantel, the queen's valet, 221.
Mathias, British minister at Hamburg, 184, 186.
Mattheson, Mr. Wraxall's letters to be addressed to, 199.
Matthiesen, Jerome, Mr. Wraxall and several Danish nobility sup
with, 178.
Moranti, the negro boy, his evidence, 5.
Mösting, von, minister of finances, 287.
Munkholm, fortress of, 124;
Colonel Falckenskjold sentenced to imprisonment for life there,
_ib._;
history of his abode there, 125 _et seq._;
voyage to, 125, 126;
description of the fort, 126;
a monastery of Benedictines founded here by Canute the Great,
_ib. note_;
demoralised state of the soldiery, 128;
Lieutenant-General von der Osten the commandant, _ib._;
officers of, 129;
the garrison chaplain, 132;
a fresh commandant of the fortress, Major Colin, 135;
imprisonment of Beringskjold, the political foe of
Falckenskjold, 278.
Münter, Dr., peruses the sentence against Struensee with trembling, 73;
his communications with Struensee, 73 _et seq._;
his opinions on Struensee's conduct, 79;
his kindness to Struensee, 83;
attends him to the scaffold, 90-3;
rewards allotted to, 95 _et note_.
N.
Norwegian coast, the, 131.
O.
Ortwed, Etats-rath, the king's bailiff, 88.
Osnabrück, strange adventure at, 199.
Osten, lieutenant-general von der, commandant of Munkholm, 128;
his brutal character, 129;
brings a pardon to Colonel Falckenskjold, 138.
Osten, count von der, one of the triumvirate in the government of
Denmark, 262;
banished to Jütland, 278;
his subsequent appointment, 279;
his death, _ib._
P.
Prince Royal, Struensee's letter to his governess, 78.
Q.
Queen Dowager (_see_ JULIANA MARIA.)
R.
Rantzau, count von, his blackness of soul, 76;
Struensee's letter to, 81, 82;
no hostile feelings entertained against, 81;
one of the triumvirate in the government of Denmark, 263;
suddenly removed from his office, _ib._;
ordered to quit the country, 264;
settles at Avignon, _ib._;
his death, _ib._
Reforms, by Struensee, 39 _et seq._
Reverdil's animadversions on Count Brandt's trial and sentence, 69;
exposes the Grub Street libellers, 165.
Roques, M., pastor of the French Protestant Church at Celle, 254;
his testimony to the queen's innocence and purity of mind, _ib._
Rosencrone, count, opposed by the crown prince, 284, 285.
Rosenkranz, von, privy councillor, 285.
Rothes, Christian Adolphus, an anonymous libeller, 165.
Royal prerogative, 53.
S.
St. Germain, count de, sentiment of, 135.
"Sandkrug," the suburban inn of Celle, 189.
Scarlet fever, prevalence of, in the neighbourhood of Celle, 243;
the queen's illness and death caused by, 244 _et seq._
Schack, supreme marshal von, dismissed, and expelled from the
court by the crown prince, 286.
Scheel, the valet, his evidence, 5.
Schimmelmann, baron von, and his lady, 176;
their son introduced to Mr. Wraxall, 180;
his revolutionary project, 181.
Schmidt, J. C. E., one of the commissioners who sentenced
Struensee, 61, and Count Brandt, 67.
Seckendorf, baron, chamberlain to the queen Matilda, 173;
Mr. Wraxall's interview with, 186;
acts as the confidential agent between the queen and Mr. Wraxall,
188, 198;
his warm reception of Mr. Wraxall, 221;
his note, 231;
Wraxall's interview with, 233;
delivers important letters to him, _ib._;
his letter respecting the queen's sudden death, 238.
Seeland dragoons, reform in the regiment of, 54 _note_;
ordered to the court and city, 59.
Serfdom, restoration of, in Denmark, 261;
its subsequent abolition, _ib._
Sevel, professor F. C., one of the commissioners who sentenced
Struensee and Count Brandt, 61, 67;
acted as inquisitor, 116;
his insulting treatment of Colonel Falckenskjold, 116, 125.
Small-pox, ravages of the, 77.
Sporon, tutor of the crown prince, 282, 283.
Stade, the queen's arrival at, 157.
Stampe, H., one of the commissioners who sentenced Struensee,
61, and Count Brandt, 67.
Stampe, baron de, an odd adventure with, 200.
Stampe, privy councillor, 285.
Stemann, von, minister of finance, 283;
his overthrow, 285.
Struensee, count Fred., his robbery of the royal treasury, 11;
assisted by Count Brandt in all his crimes, 12;
sentence on, 33;
the charges against him recapitulated, 34 _et seq._;
his general conduct and designs, 34;
abolishes the council, 36;
his impediments of the colleges, 37;
his ignorance of the Danish language, 38;
his important reforms 39;
his despotism, 40;
his dismissal of the ministry, 41;
his establishment of the Council of Thirty-two, _ib._;
his avarice and selfishness, 46;
his salaries, _ib. note_;
excludes all from the throne, excepting his intimate friends
and relations, 43;
his selfishness, 44;
the large presents received from his Majesty, 45;
his embezzlements, 47, 48;
his ambition not less than his avidity, 49;
his "moderation," _ib._;
his assumed authority, 50;
his cabinet orders, 51;
his disregard of the _Lex Regia_, 52;
contravenes the royal prerogative, 53;
his disbandment of the guards, 54, 55;
his cabinet extracts, 56;
his despotic administration, 60;
committed the crime of high treason in an eminent degree, 61;
his sentence, degradation from the dignity of count and all other
honours, his body to be quartered, &c., _ib._;
royal assent given to the sentence, 62;
his sentence announced to him by Commissioner Uldall, 71;
his fortitude, 72;
his deep concern for Count Brandt, _ib._;
his doubts and ruminations, 73;
his letter to his parents, 74;
his conversations with Münter, 77, 78, 79;
his letter to Frau von Berkentin, chief gouvernante to the
prince royal, 78;
his letter to Chamberlain Christian Brandt, 80;
his letter to Count Rantzau, 81;
his farewell to his brother Justiz-rath Struensee, 83;
his procession to the place of execution, 86, 87;
his hopes of salvation, 90;
his behaviour, 91;
his execution and horrible death, 93;
his head exposed on a pole, 94;
his skull eventually stolen by four English sailors, 94 _note_;
his character, 96 _et seq._;
in prosperity not a hero, in misfortune cowardly and worthless, 96;
of the romantic episodes of his life, 96;
his acquirements, 97;
his enlightened despotism, 98;
remarks on his administration, 99;
his mistaken policy, 100;
after his fall behaved like a coward and a traitor, 100;
Baron Seckendorf's account of his administration and the plots
against his life, 199 _note_.
Struensee, Justiz-rath, his intercommunication with his brother, 83;
charges brought against him, 120;
his high character, 121;
his honorable conduct while in Prussia, 122;
honored with the distinguished favor of Prince Henry of
Prussia, _ib._;
released from prison, 124;
becomes minister of state in Prussia and ennobled in 1789, 124.
Sturtz, councillor, groundless charges brought against, 107;
biographical notices of, _ib._;
how disposed of, 110, 112;
dies of grief, 112.
Suffolk, lord, his letter to Sir R. M. Keith respecting queen
Matilda, 147;
Keith's letter to, 161; Wraxall's fruitless visit to, 202, 203.
Suhm, the historian, 95;
his anecdote of the dowager queen's avenging spirit, 96.
T.
Texier, M. le, treasurer to Christian VII., 176;
proposes to Mr. Wraxall a project for restoring the Queen of
Denmark, 179, 180;
letters to be addressed to, 199.
Thirty-two, council of the, 41.
Torp, the valet, his evidence, 5.
Traventhal league, 113.
"Trésor," the, reserved by Struensee as a special cabinet treasury,
46, 47.
Trondhjem, garrison of, 127, 128;
(_see_ MUNKHOLM).
U.
Uldall, commissioner, announces to Struensee the sentence passed
upon him, 71.
V.
Vardohuus, a small fort built by Christian IV., 129.
W.
Walpole, Horace, his version of the sailing of the British fleet, 144;
his gossip respecting Queen Caroline Matilda, 145.
Warnstedt, count, his alleged freedoms with the king, 5.
Willebrandt, Etats-rath, groundless charges brought against, 108;
how he was disposed of, 111, 112.
Wiwet, Fiscal General, his charges against Count Brandt, 1.
Wraxall, Mr. N. W., anecdote related by, 155;
his visit to Celle, 172;
biographical notices of _ib._;
his introduction to Queen Matilda and the Princess of Brunswick, and
his gracious reception, 173;
his varied conversations with the queen, 174, 175;
proceeds to Hamburg, 176;
dines with the English consul, _ib._;
the distinguished company he meets with, _ib._;
his sentiments in favour of the queen, 178;
receives a proposal for undertaking her restoration to the throne of
Denmark, accepts the offer, and proceeds to Celle as an agent of
the conspiracy, 180 _et seq._;
his communications with the queen, 186-9;
his second visit to the queen, with full instructions, 190-4;
his important conversations with the queen, and his plans laid down
for future proceedings, 195 _et seq._;
meets with a strange adventure, 199;
his return to England, 201;
his arrival in London, and introduction to Baron von Lichtenstein,
203;
his communications with the king respecting the Queen of Denmark,
and the plans of her exiled nobility for her restoration, 204 _et
seq._;
receives the king's answer to his propositions, 205;
the articles in favour of the revolution assented to by the
king, 207, 208;
leaves England for Celle, 208;
account of his journey and its dangers, 209 _et seq._;
his arrival at Celle, 220;
his interesting interview with the queen, 221, 222;
his departure from Celle, and arrival at Hamburg, 223;
delivers his despatches, _ib._;
again visits the queen with letters from baron Bülow, 229;
his interesting interview with the queen, 230-3;
his interview with Baron von Seckendorf, 233;
his departure from Celle, and arrival in London, 234;
delivers his letters to M. Hinüber, 236;
the difficulties he has to encounter, 236, 237;
receives intelligence of the death of the Queen of Denmark, 238;
the termination of his enterprise, 241;
through the interest of Lord North he receives 1,000 guineas for
his services, and the promise of a seat at the Board of Green
Cloth, 241, _note_;
the promise never fulfilled on account of his adverse vote in
Parliament, _ib._;
extracts from his correspondence with his father, relative to
the restoration of Caroline Matilda, 291 _et seq._, (APPENDIX);
his remuneration for his outlay and services withheld, 306, 321;
sample of his cypher writing, 307-312, (APPENDIX.)
Z.
Zell, (see CELLE), the castle of, 175.
Zimmermann, Dr., 245.
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Frederick Cooke--Master Betty--Stage Costume and Stage Tricks--Prologues,
Epilogues; Dedications, and Benefits--Old Stagers Departing--New Ideas;
New Theatres; New Authors; and the New Actors--Edmund Kean.
* * * * *
ATHENÆUM, _Nov._ 21, 1863.--"Dr. Doran has contrived a couple of volumes
which, while they satisfy the information-seeking few, will be received
as a treasury of amusing anecdote by the lovers of gossip. The stage of
any country, whether it flourishes or not, is sure to produce a crop of
good stories, and no one can tell good stories better than Dr. Doran."
DAILY NEWS, _Dec._ 29, 1863.--"An elaborate history of the drama in all
its aspects.... When once taken up it must be read through. Every page
of the work is barbed with wit, and will make its way point foremost....
These volumes provide entertainment for the most diverse tastes."
SATURDAY REVIEW, _Dec._ 26, 1863.--"As a collection of anecdotes and
brief biographies, Dr. Doran's book leaves little or nothing to desire."
MORNING POST, _Jan._ 16, 1864.--"Dr. Doran's book contains a copious
review of all subjects connected with dramatic literature, with the
lives of players, and with the business of the stage, during the whole
period of the rise and growth of theatrical representations in England.
The style of the volumes is clever and amusing in a high degree; and the
diversified stories of information which they condense entitle them to a
perusal by every lover of the drama, and especially by every aspirant to
the honours of the sock and buskin."
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GERMAN LIFE AND MANNERS,
AS SEEN IN SAXONY AT THE PRESENT DAY:
With an Account of Village Life--Town Life--Fashionable Life--Married
Life--School and University Life, &c., of Germany at the Present Time.
Illustrated with Songs and Pictures of the Student Customs at the
University of Jena.
BY HENRY MAYHEW,
Author of "London Labour and London Poor," "Great World of London," &c.
Two Volumes, 8vo, 32s.
ATHENÆUM, _December_ 5_th_, 1863.--"This is a work, which in its
outspoken and perhaps sometimes boisterous frankness, will shock many
admirers of Goethe and Schiller, and of the land they lived in; but
which, nevertheless, in despite of the honest, downright blows which
Mr. Mayhew distributes so freely with his English cudgel on the members
of almost every German class and profession, and on almost every German
custom and institution, is full of original thought and observation, and
may be studied with profit by both German and English--especially by the
German."
BELL'S MESSENGER, _January_ 23_rd_, 1864.--"Mr. Mayhew's very amusing
volumes well deserve careful perusal. The Luther exploration is deeply
interesting."
MORNING POST, _December_ 31_st_, 1863.--"Mr. Mayhew has made up two very
interesting volumes."
ILLUSTRATED TIMES, _January_ 16_th_, 1864.--"Mr. Mayhew has produced the
most entertaining and (to a careful reader) instructive book we have
seen for a long time--a book that will be greedily gone through and long
remembered by everybody that takes it up."
ILLUSTRATED NEWS, _January_ 2_nd_, 1864.--"To say that Mr. Henry Mayhew
has written two exceedingly entertaining volumes will appear, to those
who know anything of his writings, equivalent only to saying that he has
written two volumes. He has now left English for German life; so far,
at least, as Saxony offers a specimen of it, and his descriptions are
characterised by the same graphic, uncompromising, and, one is bound to
say, moreover, studded, as usual, by gems of wit, humour and anecdote,
and illustrated by comparisons or contrasts, drawn from that vast stock
of experiences with which his acquaintance with an extensive range of
society has supplied him."
GLASGOW MORNING JOURNAL, _April_ 18, 1864.--"Mr. Mayhew's work is
excessively interesting, and in many passages excessively amusing, there
can be no manner of of doubt, while we have every reason to believe
that the picture it presents of German life and manners is in the main
strictly and literally true."
LONDON REVIEW, _Jan._ 16_th_, 1864.--"We do not know where to look for a
better view of the student life of a German university than Mr. Mayhew
gives us _àpropos_ of that of Jena."
THE
FORESTS AND GARDENS OF SOUTH INDIA.
BY HUGH CLEGHORN, M.D., F.L.S.,
Conservator of Forests, Madras Presidency.
In post 8vo, with Map and numerous Illustrations, price 12s.
DAILY NEWS.--"Full of valuable information, and thoroughly reliable in
all its statements."
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SECOND EDITION.
Dedicated, by Permission, to the Bishop of Oxford.
SOCIAL LIFE OF MUNICH.
BY EDWARD WILBERFORCE, ESQ.
Post 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d.
CONTENTS:
Munich from the Outside.
Manners and Customs.
Royalty.
"The Two Kings of ----"
Public Buildings.
Picture Galleries.
Künstler Feste.
Cornelius in Munich.
Kaulbach.
Munich Artistic.
Practical Munich.
Bavarian Railways.
The Royal Library.
The Theatre in Munich.
Concerts in Munich.
Beerhouses.
Village Life in Bavaria.
Laws of Trade.
Laws of Marriage.
Laws of Police.
* * * * *
SPECTATOR, _Nov._ 21, 1863.--"The 'Social Life' is altogether an
admirable photographic picture, sharp and clear, and true in every line
of light and shade."
READER, _Nov._ 14, 1863.--"It will command the attention of every
thinking German. Mr. Wilberforce's interesting volume embraces nearly the
whole range of Munich life, political, social, and artistic. 'Social Life
in Munich' is entirely free from the scandalous anecdotes by which town
travels are so often disfigured. Written throughout in a pleasing lively
strain, it is evidently the work of a keen observer, who benefits the
Germans whilst he amuses his own countrymen."
GUARDIAN, _Dec._ 2, 1863.--"Mr. Wilberforce has written a clever and
characteristic account of this famous city of art."
SATURDAY REVIEW, _Dec._ 26, 1863.--"A very able volume. Mr. Wilberforce
is a very pleasant and agreeable writer, whose opinion is worth hearing
on the subject of modern art, which enters largely into the matter of his
discourse."
EDINBURGH COURANT, _Nov._ 14, 1863.--"We welcome this agreeable and
instructive book."
SIR EVERARD'S DAUGHTER.
A NEW NOVEL.
BY JOHN CORDY JEAFFRESON,
Author of "Live it Down," &c.
Second Edition, post 8vo, 10s. 6d.
ATHENÆUM, _July_ 11, 1863.--"It is, perhaps, the most remarkable work of
fiction that Mr. Jeaffreson has written."
BELL'S MESSENGER, _July_ 18, 1863.--"Compared with many of Mr.
Jeaffreson's larger literary productions, this tale is but a sketch; yet
as such it shows the hand of a master, and proves that had he been at the
pains to have elaborated his subject upon a broader canvas, it would have
been not only one of the most successful specimens he has ever prepared,
but one of the most remarkable, for a long time past, given to the public
by any other modern novelist."
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THE IONIAN ISLANDS
In the Year 1863.
BY PROFESSOR D. T. ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S.
8vo, cloth, with Maps and Cuts, 16s.
SATURDAY REVIEW, _Dec._ 5, 1863.--"What Mr. Ansted saw in the Ionian
Islands he saw well, and under good auspices, and has noted down
carefully."
NONCONFORMIST, _Dec._ 18, 1863.--"Professor Ansted's volume furnishes
interesting information on all points on which information might fairly
be looked for in such a work. His narrative is throughout light and
agreeable reading."
ATHENÆUM, _Dec._ 21, 1863.--"Through these Islands Professor Ansted has
accomplished a pleasant run, the incidents of which are as pleasantly
narrated. What Professor Ansted effected in his volume on the Channel
Islands for that insular group in our own seas, he has accomplished as
successfully for these Isles of Greece in the work which we now make over
to its assured public."
THE PRESS, _Jan._ 22, 1864.--"Highly interesting on account of the great
variety of information it contains, and not less highly commendable
for the impartiality with which the various data for judging of the
expediency of the transfer of the Islands to the kingdom of Greece are
placed before the reader."
TRAVELS IN MEXICO,
SOUTH AMERICA, &c., &c.
BY G. T. VIGNE, ESQ.,
Author of "A Personal Visit to Ghuzni and Affghanistan," and "Travels in
Kashmir, Ladak," &c.
With Illustrations, 2 vols. post 8vo, 21s.
OBSERVER, _Nov._ 15, 1863.--"The author seems to have travelled over
a great part of South America, and to have visited all the principal
towns and places worth seeing, and his observations, which are made with
cleverness and intelligence, are characterized by remarkable freshness of
feeling, an unaffected style, and a conscientious truthfulness."
SPECTATOR, _Nov._ 28, 1863.--"While in Nicaragua the Filibusters were
attracting the attention of Europe, and his (Mr. Vigne's) sketch of
the fortunes of General Walker up to his execution forms an episode of
considerable interest. The special charm in Mr. Vigne's work is the
keenness of his observations as a naturalist in the country in which,
above all others, nature seems to have revelled in strange and fantastic
creations. Without attempting set descriptions of external scenery or
natural phenomena, he manages, by the fidelity and freshness of style, to
convey to the mind of the reader the pervading atmosphere of the scene
and circumstances with rare felicity."
READER, _Jan._ 16, 1864.--"We can recommend this work as a pleasantly
written narrative of travel in a most interesting and little known
region."
Wm. H. Allen & Co.
VICTOR HUGO;
A LIFE RELATED BY ONE WHO HAS WITNESSED IT.
INCLUDING
An Original Drama, in Three Acts,
ENTITLED
"INEZ DE CASTRO."
FROM THE FRENCH.
Two Vols. post 8vo, £1 1s.
Contents:
La Vendée.
Marriage.
Campaign of the Rhine.
Fra Diavolo.
Journey into Italy.
Arrest of Lahorie.
Meeting with Napoleon.
Coucha the Monk.
Story of General Louis Hugo.
El Empecinado.
An Idyll at Bayonne.
Masserano Palace.
College of the Noble.
France Invaded.
Bourbons.
The Hundred Days.
The Foolish Things Master Hugo did before he was fully fledged.
First Introduction to the Academy.
A Word for Chateaubriand.
Death of the Mother.
Lamennais becomes Victor Hugo's Confessor.
A Wedding.
A Visit to Blois.
Coronation of Charles X.
Visit to Lamartine.
M. Victor Hugo's Recital.
Letter from Lamennais.
Cromwell.
Amy Robsart.
The Scaffold.
The Consequences of "The Last Day of a Convict."
Ernani.
Notre Dame de Paris.
Marion de Lorme.
Lucrezia Borgia.
Marie Tudor.
La Esmeralda.
Fête at Versailles.
* * * * *
ATHENÆUM, _June_ 27, 1863.--"The story of such a life as M. Victor Hugo,
told by a witness, can hardly fail to be a tale which will make Europe
sit still to listen."
PRESS, _July_ 25, 1863.--"These volumes contain a wonderful wealth of
anecdote, and we predict that they will be read with great avidity."
LONDON REVIEW, _July_ 25, 1863.--"We have said enough, we hope, to show
our readers that the present volumes will repay perusal. From beginning
to end we have found them full of lively and interesting gossip, with
numerous passages which have also an historical value."
STANDARD, _Sept._ 29, 1863.--"This is altogether a very charming little
book; its contents are so various that no reader can fail to be pleased,
and the style--light, graceful, and piquant--is the perfection of chatty
biography."
NONCONFORMIST, _Sept._ 2, 1863.--"A work which is sure to attract much
attention."
EDINBURGH COURANT, _Sept._ 19, 1863.--"The anecdotes--the pictures--the
sketches of continental men and women--all of which follow each other
naturally in the story of the career of a famous Frenchman, make this
life as instructive as it is amusing to British readers."
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_In One handsome 8vo volume_, _with_ 72 _Illustrations on Wood by_
VIZETELLY, LOUDAN, NICHOLLS, _and_ HART, _also with a Map_, _price_ _£_1
6_s_.
THE CHANNEL ISLANDS:
CONTAINING
Part I.--PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
The Channe and Channel Islands--Alderney, Ortach, and the
Casquets--Island and Coast of Guernsey--Islands and Rocks near
Guernsey--Jersey and adjacent Rocks--Chaussey Archipelago and the
Minquiers--Climate, Meteorology, and Sanitary Condition.
Part II.--NATURAL HISTORY.
Vegetable productions natural to the Islands--Animals in the Islands
and adjacent Seas--Geology and Mineralogy, Ancient Formations--Modern
Destruction and Renovation--Fauna and Flora, considered in reference to
their Physical Geography and Geology.
Part III.--CIVIL HISTORY.
Pagan and Legendary Period--German Period--Norman Conquest to beginning
of Civil Wars--Civil Wars--Accession of William the Third to present
Time--Antiquities and Archæology--Language and Literature.
Part IV.--ECONOMICS and TRADE.
Agriculture--Horticulture--Trade, Commerce, and
Manufactures--Constitution and Laws--Manners and Customs--Principal
Public Institutions--Hints to Tourists--Money, Weights, and
Measures--Statistics.
BY DAVID THOMAS ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S., &c.,
AND
ROBERT GORDON LATHAM, M.A., M.D., F.R.S.
_The Illustrations drawn on Wood expressly for this Work, by_ PAUL J.
NAFTEL, _Member of the London Society of Painters in Water Colours_.
* * * * *
SATURDAY REVIEW, _April_ 4, 1863.--"This is a really valuable work. A
book which will long remain the standard authority on its subject. No one
who has been to the Channel Islands, or who purposes going there, will be
insensible of its value."
ATHENÆUM, _Nov._ 16, 1862.--"It is the produce of many hands, and every
hand a good one. Nearly everything which a man can desire to know about
Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, about their history, geography, and
natural history, Professor Ansted and Dr. Latham have contrived to tell."
SPECTATOR, _Jan._ 24, 1863.--"We are quite sure that to all classes of
readers this work will prove exceedingly interesting, while scientific
men will acknowledge that it leaves no room for any future history of the
Islands."
LONDON REVIEW, _Jan._ 17, 1863.--"We can safely say that no one can visit
the Channel Islands without finding much to interest and inform in the
work before us."
OBSERVER, _Nov._ 30, 1862.--"As gems of art, these illustrations have
rarely been equalled, and certainly have never been surpassed. They are
alone sufficient to confer a lasting popularity and permanent value.
The volume however, possesses an intrinsic worth irrespective of all
its graces of adornment, which will not fail to command it the hearty
approbation of every reader."
Wm. H. Allen & Co.
SECOND EDITION.
AN INQUIRY INTO THE THEORIES OF HISTORY, CHANCE, LAW, WILL;
With SPECIAL REFERENCE to the PRINCIPLES of POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY.
BY WILLIAM ADAM.
8vo, cloth, 15s.
WESTMINSTER REVIEW.--"The 'Inquiry into the Theories of History,'
although anonymous, is a first-rate book. Its object is to reconcile
Theism with the scientific conception of law, and from that
reconciliation to deduce a true theory of history. The book contains a
most able and effectual vindication of Theism, and of a rational, as
opposed to irrational, Positivism."
CORNHILL MAGAZINE.--"Written with remarkable ability, and, considering
its polemical spirit, with excellent temper. The style is always
animated, and at times felicitous. The volume gives ample proof
of metaphysical acuteness. One good service it will certainly
effect--namely, that of fastening the attention of its readers on the
great fundamental problems of historical science."
SPECTATOR.--"The whole book bears the evident mark of maturity of
thought. The third chapter is full of thoughtful and able argument, in
which the positions, not only of Comte, but often of Mill, are powerfully
and successfully assailed."
ATHENÆUM.--"The book now under notice is no doubt heavy and massive,
but no competent critic will be prepared to pronounce it dull. It is
exceedingly calm and candid, clear-sighted, and ingenious in an eminent
degree. It is well thought and weightily written. We have not come across
a book of the present day for a considerable while so far removed from
the common run of writing and of thinking as this one is. This author
manifests that originality which always goes to the centre of a question,
whether well or ill conceived, and takes sundry important and fresh views
of the entire problem before turning aside from the contemplation of it.
Be the writer who he may, he has the credit, at least, of producing a
highly original work."
THE POLISH CAPTIVITY:
An ACCOUNT of the PRESENT POSITION and PROSPECTS of the POLES in the
KINGDOM of POLAND,
AND IN THE POLISH PROVINCES OF AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, AND RUSSIA.
BY SUTHERLAND EDWARDS.
Two Volumes, 8vo, with Chromo-Lithographic Illustrations, 26s.
TIMES, _April_ 2, 1863.--"A highly opportune production."
SPECTATOR, _March_ 28, 1863.--"The 'Polish Captivity' is full of light
but suggestive sketches, _pièces justificatives_ of historic value,
national songs and stories, descriptions of Polish towns, Polish
notabilities, and Polish women, and is, besides, a book an English lady
might read with twice the ease of Mr. Trollope's latest novel."
ATHENÆUM, _March_ 21, 1863.--"Mr. Edwards' book will be read with deep
interest. It is well written, and the narratives are well constructed."
LONDON REVIEW, _March_ 28, 1863.--"The book in which Mr. Sutherland
Edwards has depicted the 'Polish Captivity' would have been valuable at
any time, but the opportuneness of its arrival so enhances its merits,
that it is certain to command a greater than ordinary success."
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SECOND EDITION.
THE RUSSIANS AT HOME:
UNPOLITICAL SKETCHES.
Showing what Newspapers they read; what Theatres they frequent; and how
they eat, drink, and enjoy themselves; with other matter relating chiefly
to Literature, Music, and to Places of Historical and Religious Interest
in and about Moscow.
BY SUTHERLAND EDWARDS, ESQ.
Second Edition, in post 8vo, with Illustrations, price 10s. 6d.
EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT.--"It is a book that we can seriously
recommend, not only to those who are desirous of abundant and reliable
information respecting the social economy of the Russian people, but to
those who seek an entertaining volume, that may be perused in any part
with both profit and amusement."
GLOBE.--"This book is full of useful information and sensible comment on
a people and country which are very little known in England, even among
the cultivated and travelling classes."
ILLUSTRATED TIMES.--"The book may be recommended as embodying a large
amount of varied information concerning Russia in the pleasantest
possible form. Every page has the advantage of being readable, and is
always fresh in what it has to say and in the manner of saying it."
SPECTATOR.--"This is not only one of the most amusing books that we have
read for a long time, but also the best and most reliable account of
Russian life and manners which has hitherto been given to the public."
SECOND EDITION.
THE HISTORY OF THE OPERA,
From Monteverde to Donizetti.
BY SUTHERLAND EDWARDS, ESQ.
2 vols. post 8vo, 21s.
THE TIMES.--"The new history of the lyrical drama with which Mr.
Sutherland Edwards favours the public, has three qualities to recommend
it. In the first place, it contains, for its size, a very complete
account of the progress of an art, which now, beyond all others, occupies
the attention of the civilized world; in the second place, it is one of
those treasures of amusing anecdote that may be taken up and laid down at
a moment's notice; in the third place, it abounds with the observations
of a shrewd and independent thinker, who has seen much, read much, and
travelled much, and who approaches his subject less as a professed
musician than as one of those cultivated men who take a position between
the artist and the multitude, and who, after all, constitute the
body upon whom the general appreciation of every art depends.... The
anecdotes, which we have given in illustration of an extremely short
and inglorious period of operatic history, occupy but very few pages in
Mr. Edwards' book; and, when we inform our readers that his two volumes
are replete with matter of the same kind, they will easily judge of the
amount of entertainment to be derived from his labours. So abundant is
his material, that he might, if he had pleased, have filled a dozen
quartos; and, as he himself confesses, he found the task of omission
heavier than that of collection. Let us add, that he has omitted well,
and that he has seasoned a pleasant and instructive history with the very
concentrated essence of agreeable gossip."
HERALD.--"Mr. Edwards has here produced a work which ought to command
a great sale, if its merits and the great number of opera-goers may be
considered. Completely master of his subject, and possessing a ready
and pleasing pen, Mr. Edwards in these volumes gives us an exceedingly
interesting history of operatic performances."
SUN.--"We commend these light and pleasant volumes to all lovers
of musical and dramatic art, assuring them they will find ample
entertainment in their animated pages."
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SECOND EDITION.
LADY MORGAN'S MEMOIRS:
Autobiography, Diaries, and Correspondence.
INCLUDING
LETTERS FROM
KING JEROME,
MADAME PATTERSON BONAPARTE,
THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE,
DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE,
DUKE OF LEINSTER,
MARQUIS WELLESLEY,
MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY,
MARQUIS OF ABERCORN,
MARCHIONESS OF ABERCORN,
THE EARL OF ABERDEEN,
THE EARL OF CARLISLE,
LORD MELBOURNE,
LADY CAROLINE LAMB,
LORD CLONCURRY,
LADY STANLEY,
LORD DARNLEY,
THE COUNTESS OF CORK AND ORRERY,
LADY LEITRIM,
LORD DUNCANNON,
LORD MACAULAY,
LORD ERSKINE,
JOSEPH HUME,
DANIEL O'CONNELL,
SHEIL,
E. JENNER,
LA FAYETTE,
BYRON,
COUNTESS GUICCIOLI,
MOORE,
DOUGLAS JERROLD,
SIR E. BULWER LYTTON,
THOMAS CAMPBELL,
MRS. HEMANS,
REV. SIDNEY SMITH.
* * * * *
OBSERVER.--"Full of pleasant memoirs and piquant reading."
DAILY TELEGRAPH.--"The book that tells the story of Lady Morgan's life
will always be of value for its pictures of a state of society which,
with much of its good, and more of its evil, has passed away for ever."
DAILY NEWS.--"Surveying, as they do, considerably more than half the last
hundred years, and touching upon some of the most instructive events of
that period, these volumes, it need hardly be said, are most interesting.
Princes, dukes, and nobles, authors, artists, and _literati_ of every
profession, crowd the pages of the work."
MANCHESTER EXAMINER.--"One of the most pleasant books of its class with
which we are acquainted."
In Two Volumes, 8vo, price 26s.
With a Portrait of LADY MORGAN, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and a Portrait of
SIR CHARLES MORGAN.
THE NATIONALITIES OF EUROPE.
BY DR. R. G. LATHAM.
Two Vols. 8vo, 32s.
OBSERVER.--"The mass of facts gathered from all quarters and crowded
together in the pages of these volumes is something wonderful."
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THIRD EDITION.
HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
IN INDIA.
BY EDWARD THORNTON, ESQ.
Containing a copious Glossary of Indian Terms, and a complete
Chronological Index of Events, to aid the aspirant for Public
Examinations.
One Vol. 8vo, with Map, price 16s.
THE TIMES.--"Mr. Thornton is master of a style of great perspicuity and
vigour, always interesting, and frequently rising into eloquence. His
power of painting character and of bringing before the eye of the reader
the events which he relates, is remarkable; and if the knowledge of India
can be made popular, we should say his is the pen to effect it."
GLOBE.--"Mr. Thornton's history is comprehensive in its plan, clear and
forcible in its style, and impartial in its tone."
EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT.--"The writer evinces diligence and research
into original authorities; his style is easy, and the intrinsic interest
of the important events of Indian history is thus increased by a popular
and amusing narrative."
PATRIOT.--"The style of the work is free, rapid, and spirited, and bears
marks of a thorough familiarity with the subject. Every Englishman ought
to be acquainted with the history of the British Empire in India, and we
therefore cordially recommend this work to our readers."
The LIBRARY EDITION in Six Vols. may be had, £2 8s.
A GAZETTEER OF INDIA,
Compiled chiefly from the Records at the India Office,
WITH NOTES, MARGINAL REFERENCES, AND MAP.
BY EDWARD THORNTON, ESQ.
*⁎* The chief objects in view in compiling this Gazetteer are:--
1st. To fix the relative position of the various cities, towns, and
villages, with as much precision as possible, and to exhibit with the
greatest practicable brevity all that is known respecting them; and,
2ndly. To note the various countries, provinces, or territorial
divisions, and to describe the physical characteristics of each,
together with their statistical, social, and political circumstances.
To these are added minute descriptions of the principal rivers and
chains of mountains; thus presenting to the reader, within a brief
compass, a mass of information which cannot otherwise be obtained, except
from a multiplicity of volumes and manuscript records. The work, in
short, may be regarded as an epitome of all that has been written and
published respecting the territories under the government or political
superintendence of the British power in India.
In Four Vols. 8vo, with Map, price £2 16s.
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FOURTH EDITION.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF
MISS CORNELIA KNIGHT,
Lady-Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales,
WITH EXTRACTS FROM HER JOURNALS AND ANECDOTE BOOKS.
In Two Vols. 8vo, with Portrait of the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE of WALES, price
26s.
TIMES.--"Why we should turn to these volumes as among the most
interesting of the recent season will be sufficiently evident as we
indicate their contents."
MORNING STAR, _July_ 22, 1861.--"Emphatically a readable book is
this autobiography. Indeed, having once opened it, the reader cannot
easily lay it aside until he has got through the whole. Not the least
interesting part is the collection of miscellaneous anecdotes of persons
and events which are clustered together as a sort of appendix at the
close. It is a book fit to be read, but fit also for something better
than a casual reading; worthy of a higher repute than an evanescent
popularity, merely founded upon the great names it introduces, and the
amusing scraps of gossip it contains."
ATHENÆUM, _June_ 8, 1861.--"Of the popularity of these volumes, on
account of their historical as well as gossiping merits, there can be no
doubt whatever."
THE REPUBLIC OF FOOLS:
BEING
THE HISTORY OF THE STATE AND PEOPLE OF ABDERA, IN THRACE.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF C. M. VON WIELAND,
BY THE REV. H. CHRISTMAS.
In Two Volumes, post 8vo, cloth, price 18s.
OBSERVER.--"As a prose satire, the History of the Abderites yields only
in breadth of humour and pungency of wit to Dean Swift's immortal Travels
of Captain Lemuel Gulliver; and of works of that class, we know of none
in any language that can compare with either of the two."
LONDON REVIEW.--"Here is enjoyment for many a Christmas to come, for
many thousands of English boys, and many thousands of English men and
women. Unfortunately for the world, Pisistratus Caxton departed this
life without having made any contribution towards the great history of
human folly, save, indeed, by the records of his own. Mr. Christmas has
given us something even better in his translation of Wieland's Abderites;
and in the simplest, most racy, and vernacular English, has enriched
our literature with another character of the family dear to mankind, of
the Quixotes, Gullivers and other human foils of human self-love and
vanity. If the addition to our shelves of a book to delight the young
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STABLES as they should be.
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CARRIAGES.--Their cost; their make; their excellences and their
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THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA,
And the Manners of the Desert.
BY E. DAUMAS,
General of the Division Commanding at Bordeaux, Senator, &c., &c.
WITH COMMENTARIES BY THE EMIR ABD-EL-KADER (Authorized Edition).
In 8vo, cloth, price 10s. 6d., by post 11s. 2d.
CONTENTS:
=Part I.=
SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader.--Treatise on the Horse.
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ARAB HORSE.--Four great epochs; Creation of the
horse; Change of coat; Moral qualities of the thorough-bred.
THE BARB.--Oneness of the race; Letter from M. Lesseps on the
Alexandria races; Weight carried by African horses.
Traditional love of the horse; Arab proverbs.
Superiority of the horses of the Sahara.
BREEDS.--Incontestable purity of the Saharene Barb; Endurance of the
Arab; Two varieties of the horse.
THE SIRE AND THE DAM.--Mare and foal; Influence of the sire; Purity
of race.
REARING AND BREAKING IN.--Early training; Elementary Exercises; Names.
DIET.--Camel's and ewe's milk; Dates; Green food; Repose and fat
injurious to a horse.
GROOMING, HYGIENE, PROPORTIONS.--Selection of food and water; How to
foretell the size and character of a horse; Ingenious measurements.
COATS.--Variety of colours; White spots; Tufts; Favourite coats;
Objectionable coats.
ON CHOOSING AND PURCHASING HORSES.
SHOEING.--Farriers; their privileges and tools; Cold shoeing.
THE HARNESS.--The Arab saddle; Advantages of the Arab system.
MAXIMS OF THE ARAB CAVALIER.--Endurance; Making the horse a study.
Horse-racing among the Arabs.
ABD-EL-KADER ON THE ARAB HORSE.--Examples of endurance; Reasons for
early training; High price of mares; Identity of the Arab and the
Barb; General instructions; Draught horses.
THE WAR HORSE.--His form and qualities.
=Part II.--The Manners of the Desert.=
The Arab horse derives his character from his Arab master.
THE SAHARA, BY ABD-EL-KADER.
THE RAZZIA.--Three kinds of razzia: the Tehha, the Khrotefa, the
Terbigue; Episodes; Popular chaunt; The combat; Circumstantial
details.
THE KHRIANIA, OR THEFT.--Horse, camel, and sheep stealing;
Superstitions.
WAR BETWEEN DESERT TRIBES.--Motives; Proclamation of war; Summoning
allies; Departure; Amorous intrigues; Thefts; Scouts; Preliminaries
of peace; Saharene diplomacy; Conclusion of peace; Hostilities; The
eve of battle; Challenges; War cries; The Battle; Defeat; Victory;
Anecdotes.
Lamentations of an Arab warrior.
USAGES OF WAR.--Distribution of the plunder; The chief; Loan of a
horse; Female spectators of the battle.
The horse of noble race.
OSTRICH HUNTING.--On horseback; Details of the excursion; From an
ambush; Habits of the ostrich.
GAZELLE HUNTING.--THE GREYHOUND.
HAWKING.
THE CHACE, BY ABD-EL-KADER.--The gazelle; The hyæna; The panther; The
lion; modes of hunting.
THE CAMEL.--Management, Diet, &c.
THE SHEEP.--Immense flocks; Their usefulness in the Sahara.
LIFE IN THE DESERT.--The villager; The master of the tent; Sobriety;
Runners; Inventory of a wealthy Arab's fortune; His occupations;
Armourers; Legislation; Women's employment; Hospitality; Mendicants;
Sorcerers; Magic; Religion.
THE ARAB ARISTOCRACY.--The thorny shrub and the date-tree; The
Sherifs; The marabouts and the _djouad_; A great tent; The
_vendetta_; Examples; Blood money; _Lex talionis_; Birth, education,
and marriage; Polygamy; An Arab interior; Amusements; Death; Funeral
rites.
* * * * *
OBSERVER, _May_ 3, 1863.--"There is not a page in this book from which
we may not gather useful hints or valuable information respecting the
nature, habits and management of horses."
EDINBURGH COURANT.--"We have rarely read a work giving a more picturesque
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| Transcriber Notes: |
| |
| P. 109. 'prfoessional men.', changed 'prfoessional' to |
| 'professional'. |
| Changed all instances of 'negociation' to 'negotiation'. |
| P. 313. Changed 'verry' to 'very', in 'I congratulate you very'. |
| P. 318. Changed 'shokking' and 'childern' to 'shocking' and |
| 'children', in 'a shocking bloodshed between children'. |
| P. 320. Changed 'scilence' to 'silence', in 'so long a silence'. |
| P. 324. Added 'a' to 'wishes you a great deal of good'. |
| P. 325. Changed 'monts' to 'months', in 'two or three months'. |
| P. 329. Index: Arnim, Her, changed 'Her' to 'Herr'. |
| P. 334. Index: Schack, added 'from' to 'and expelled from the |
| court'. |
| Index: Struensee, his important reforms--added page number '39'. |
| Add 18: 'Breakinig and training', changed 'Breakinig' to |
| 'Breaking'. |
| Corrected various punctuation. |
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