“A full and complete history of a most remarkable career. There can be no doubt that the closing episode will attract the most attention and arouse the greatest interest. Mr. Williams’s volume is a thing of beauty, and the photogravures add to its value and interest.” _Glasgow Herald._ “Mr. Williams’s French researches are unequalled for their scientific completeness.... He has made good use of a great deal of valuable material, and his own enthusiastic interest for his work attracts and holds the reader’s attention.”--_Spectator._ MADAME DE POMPADOUR BY H. NOEL WILLIAMS _Uniform with the above._ _Original price 25s. net. This work is now out of print._ HARPER & BROTHERS 45 ALBEMARLE ST., LONDON, W. MADAME DU BARRY BY H. NOEL WILLIAMS _Bound in buckram and gold, with 16 fine Photogravures. Demy 4to._ _Price 25s. net. Edition limited to 500 copies._ This is the first illustrated life of the celebrated mistress of Louis XV. which has ever been offered to English readers. “This is the third of the large and handsome books which Mr. Noel Williams has devoted to the memory of famous ‘reines de la main gauche’ in France, and it is by no means the least curious and interesting, for it illustrates specially, and in some unexpected ways, the state of French society immediately before the great Revolution.... Will be found most interesting by many readers.”--_Spectator._ “Mr. H. Noel Williams has made the Court of 18th Century France his monopoly as surely as Julia Cartwright has made the Princesses of the House of Este hers. When Louis XV. is mentioned one thinks at once of Mr. Noel Williams and his sumptuous books.”--Mr. DOUGLAS SLADEN in the _Queen_. MADAME RECAMIER AND HER FRIENDS BY H. NOEL WILLIAMS _Original price, 30s. net. This work is now out of print._ HARPER & BROTHERS 45 ALBEMARLE ST., LONDON, W. THE HAND OF LEONORE A ROMANCE BY H. NOEL WILLIAMS _Price 6s._ An historical romance in which Madame de Pompadour plays a prominent part. “A most enthralling romance; we would rather compare it with the works of Dumas himself than with those of his recent imitators.”--_Morning Post._ “The novel is a charming one ... there are passages so charming that I could take up pages with quotations had I the space.”--_The Queen._ “Mr. Williams is evidently quite at home in his period, and has produced an excellent book which is a happy combination of history and romance.”--_Pall Mall Gazette._ “Mr. Williams has used his materials in a particularly exciting manner ... a stirring tale of adventure being the result.”--_Birmingham Daily Post._ “It has force and vivacity, the characters are alive and attractive, while an atmosphere of chivalry and romance hangs over all.”--_Daily News._