Britain's Deadly Peril: Are We Told the Truth?Le Queux, William
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Britain's Deadly Peril: Are We Told the Truth?
Le Queux, William
Secret service -- Germany; Spies; World War, 1914-1918
By James Marchant, F.R.S. Ed., Author of "Dr. Paton," and editor of
"Prevention," etc. With an Introduction by the Rev. F.B. Meyer, D.D.
_Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5/- net._
This book deals with the social evil, its causes and its remedies.
Necessarily, the writer is compelled to present many aspects of the
case, and to describe persons and scenes which he has encountered, as
Director of the National Council of Public Morals, in America, India,
Europe, the Colonies, etc.; the overruling object of the book, however,
is the more difficult and more useful task of discovering the root
causes of this vice and of suggesting lasting remedies.
THE FRIEND OF FREDERICK THE GREAT: The Last Earl Marischall of Scotland
By Edith E. Cuthell, F.R.Hist.S., Author of "A Vagabond Courtier," etc.
_Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, fully illustrated, 2 vols., 24/- net._
George Keith, a gallant young colonel of Life Guards under Marlborough
and Ormonde, fought at Sheriffmuir, led the ill-fated Jacobite
expedition from Spain, and was a prominent figure in all the Jacobite
plottings before and after the '45. He was the ambassador and friend of
Frederick the Great and the friend and correspondent of Voltaire, Hume,
Rousseau and d'Alembert. This excellent biography is to be followed
later by a work on James Keith, Frederick the Great's Field-Marshal,
who was killed in attempting to retrieve the reverse of Hochkeich.
GAIETY AND GEORGE GROSSMITH: Random Reflections on the Serious
Business of Enjoyment
By Stanley Naylor.
_Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, with a coloured frontispiece, and 50 other
illustrations, 5/- net._
Here is Mr. George Grossmith in his moments of leisure, laughing,
joking, relating anecdotes (personal and otherwise), criticising people
and places, and generally expressing a philosophy which has serious
truth behind it, but nevertheless bubbles over here and there with
humour. Through his "Boswell," Mr. Stanley Naylor, he talks of "Love
Making on the Stage and Off," "The Difference Between a Blood and a
Nut," "The Ladies of the Gaiety," and other similar subjects. Mr.
Grossmith in this book is as good as "Gee-Gee" at the Gaiety. What more
need be said?
THE HISTORY OF GRAVESEND: From Prehistoric times to the beginning of
the Twentieth Century
By Alex. J. Philip.
Edition limited to 365 sets, signed by the Author.
_In four vols., 9-3/4 × 6-1/2, bound in sealskin, fully illustrated,
12/6 net each volume._
The first volume of this important work is now ready. On historical
grounds it is of value not only to those interested in Gravesend and
its surroundings, but to the wider circle interested in the Britons,
Romans, and Anglo-Saxons, and their life in this country. It also deals
with the early history of the River Thames.
AUGUST STRINDBERG: The Spirit of Revolt
By L. Lind-af-Hageby.
_Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, with many illustrations, 6/- net._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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