A Nurse's Life in War and PeaceLaurence, E. C. (Eleanor Constance)
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A Nurse's Life in War and Peace
Laurence, E. C. (Eleanor Constance)
Military nursing; Nursing -- Great Britain; South African War, 1899-1902 -- Medical care
By Admiral of the Fleet the Right Honble. Sir Edward H. Seymour, G.C.B.,
O.M., etc.
_Daily Telegraph._--'Simple, straightforward, manly, and unadorned,
this literary record is a worthy tribute to the career which it
describes. Admiral Seymour has to his credit as distinguished a
career as any officer in the British Navy.'
With 3 Photogravures and 20 pages of Illustrations. In 2 Vols.
Large medium 8vo. 31s. 6d. net.
The Family and Heirs of Sir Francis Drake.
By Lady Eliott-Drake.
_Observer._--'The Drake records are rich and so excellently managed
and arranged by Lady Eliott-Drake that we get a very close and
vivid picture of life in Devon and in London for nearly two hundred
years.'
With 2 Portraits in Photogravure and 2 Illustrations. Large post 8vo.
7s. 6d. net.
'Sylhet' Thackeray.
By F. B. Bradley Birt, I.C.S., Author of 'Chota Nagpore,' &c.
*** A biography of William Makepeace Thackeray, the grandfather of
the Novelist.
_Standard._--'Mr. Bradley Birt's knowledge of India, not only as it
is now, but also as it was in the latter part of the eighteenth
century, has enabled him to give the story a vividness which is not
always found in Anglo-Indian Biography.'
With 18 Portraits (2 in Photogravure). Small demy, 8vo. 2 vols. 21s.
net.
The Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon.
By Sir Henry Craik, K.C.B., M.P.,
Author of 'A Century of Scottish History,' &c.
_Times._--'A life which in its greatness and variety of relief, no
less than in the picturesque abundance of detail available, yields
to five or six alone in the whole splendid gallery of seventeenth
century biography.'
Large post 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
Leaves of the Tree: Studies in Biography.
By Arthur C. Benson,
Author of 'The Upton Letters,' 'From a College Window,' &c.
CONTENTS:--INTRODUCTORY.--BISHOP WESTCOTT.--HENRY SIDGWICK.--J. K.
STEPHEN.--BISHOP WILKINSON.--PROFESSOR NEWTON.--FREDERIC
MYERS.--BISHOP LIGHTFOOT.--HENRY BRADSHAW.--MATTHEW
ARNOLD.--CHARLES KINGSLEY.--BISHOP WORDSWORTH OF
LINCOLN.--EPILOGUE.
_Daily Telegraph._--'This may be accounted among the most valuable
of all Mr. Benson's books.'
With 9 Portraits (1 in Photogravure). Demy 8vo. 14s. net.
Hannah More: A Biographical Study.
By Annette M. B. Meakin,
Author of 'A Ribbon of Iron,' 'What America is Doing,' &c.
_Aberdeen Journal._--'Miss Meakin writes with profound knowledge of
her subject. We have read the volume with deep interest and
appreciation, and cordially recommend it to our readers as a
treasure of good things, as well as an admirable account of Hannah
More.'
With 6 Portraits. Small demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
The Annals of the Irish Harpers.
By Charlotte Milligan Fox.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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