“A work which cannot fail of being popular in every portion of our sea-girt isle, and of being read with delight by all who feel interested in the right hand of our country—its Navy.”—_Plymouth Herald._ -------------- STORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR. A COMPANION VOLUME TO MR. GLEIG’S “STORY OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.” With six Portraits and Map, 5s. bound. “Every page of this work is fraught with undying interest. We needed such a book as this; one that could give to the rising generation of soldiers a clear notion of the events which led to the expulsion of the French from the Peninsula.”—_United Service Gazette._ -------------- THE NEMESIS IN CHINA; COMPRISING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THAT COUNTRY. From Notes of Captain W. H. HALL, R.N. 1 vol., Plates, 6s. bound. -------------- HISTORY OF THE WAR IN GERMANY AND FRANCE IN 1813 & 1814. By Lieut.-Gen. the MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY, G.C.B., &c. &c. 21s. -------------- ADVENTURES OF A NAVY LIEUTENANT. 2 vols. 10s. FOOTNOTES Footnote 1: A few months back, while on duty at the Tower, one of the warders informed me a most extraordinary lady was anxious to see me, when, to my astonishment, Mrs. Plunket stood before me, and while she held a handkerchief by one hand close to that part where her nose formerly stood, with her other hand she squeezed mine, and in the most plaintive tone told me of poor Tom’s death. It appeared that herself and Plunket, who usually tramped through different parts of the country, and procured a livelihood selling needles and tapes, while passing through a street in Colchester, suddenly staggering a few paces fell down and expired. The death of Tom and the sight of Mrs. Plunket, whose extraordinary countenance excited disgust as well as pity, spread like wildfire through the town, and it came to the ears of several retired officers living in that city, who happened to read my description of him; the result was that a handsome collection was set on foot, and the amount of twenty pounds was collected for the widow. The lady of a colonel also, entirely out of her own pocket, paid for the funeral of poor Tom, with a handsome tombstone to perpetuate his memory. This she told me with many sobs. Thus ended the career of the gallant but unfortunate Plunket. Footnote 2: