Champions of the fleet : $b Captains and men-of-war and days that helped to make the empireFraser, Edward
History
Champions of the fleet : $b Captains and men-of-war and days that helped to make the empire
Fraser, Edward
Great Britain -- History, Naval; Naval battles -- Great Britain
=Literary World= (_re_ Vol. II.).—“In all that goes to make a book
pleasant to eye and hand it leaves nothing to be desired.... Our renewal
of long-time acquaintance warrants a hearty recommendation of this best
edition of the ‘Spanish Conquest.’ In it intrinsic worth and literary
excellence are supplemented by the capable work and business enterprise
of editor and publisher.”
JANE AUSTEN’S SAILOR BROTHERS
By J. H. and F. C. HUBBACK
Being the Life and Adventures of Sir Francis Austen, G.C.B., Admiral of
the Fleet, and Rear-Admiral Charles Austen.
_With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net._
PRESS OPINIONS.
=Daily Telegraph.=—“This pleasant book ... an unpretentious but really
interesting volume; a volume which, although its chief attractions
are literary, has also distinct value for its glimpses of life abroad
during the early years of the nineteenth century ... a capital series of
portraits and facsimiles.”
=Daily Chronicle.=—“It is a pleasant picture this book gives of English
life a hundred years ago ... clear-cut little pictures of what it meant
to serve the king at sea in the days when Napoleon was pictured in the
imagination of all British subjects as waiting to spring like a tiger
across the ‘ruffled strip of salt.’”
=Morning Post.=—“Contains many letters from Jane Austen and the sailors,
a number of interesting portraits, so that this volume may be welcomed
as an important addition to Austeniana; but 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.”
=Westminster Gazette.=—“The worshipping company of dear Jane’s friends
will, without a doubt, hail this volume with unmixed delight.”
=Pall Mall Gazette.=—“In this timely issued book we get a tolerably clear
idea of the home life of the Austens, and of life in the Navy in the
opening years of the nineteenth century.”
=Daily News.=—“A very interesting book ... much interesting historical
matter. The illustrations from portraits and original drawings are
excellent.... It deserves to be read for the fascinating glimpses it
gives of life at sea under our great admirals in eighteen hundred, and
war time.”
NAPOLEONIC LITERATURE
NAPOLEON AND THE INVASION OF ENGLAND. By H. F. B. WHEELER and A. M.
BROADLEY, Author of “The Three Dorset Captains at Trafalgar,” etc. With
108 Illustrations (8 in colours). 2 vols. 32s. net.
THE FALL OF NAPOLEON. By OSCAR BROWNING, Author of “The Boyhood and Youth
of Napoleon.” With numerous Illustrations. 10s. 6d. net.
THE BOYHOOD AND YOUTH OF NAPOLEON. Some Chapters on the Early Life of
Buonaparte, 1769-1793. By OSCAR BROWNING. With Portraits. Crown 8vo. 5s.
net.
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