France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Short stories, French -- Translations into English
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WILLIAM COBBETT IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. By LEWIS
MELVILLE. Author of “William Makepeace Thackeray.” With two
Photogravures and numerous other Illustrations. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. 32s.
net.
A PAINTER OF DREAMS. By A. M. W. STIRLING. Author of “Coke of Norfolk.”
With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
⁂ These various Biographical sketches are connected by links which
fashion them into one consecutive and singularly attractive whole.
Lively and full of vitality, they throw many curious fresh lights on
an age long past, then lead us, by gentle stages, down to an age so
recent that for many of us it still seems to breathe of a day not yet
fled. Meanwhile alternate laughter and tears, merriment and pathos
mingle in their pages; and each separate life forms in itself a
concise human document vivid and sincere. From the first chapter, in
which we are introduced to the amusing Scrap-book of a fine lady
during the Georgian era, to the last when we dwell, not without
emotion, on the life story of an Idealist during Victorian days, the
book teems with incident, humour, and hitherto unpublished information
respecting many historical personages, to which the author alone has
been allowed access.
COKE OF NORFOLK AND HIS FRIENDS. The Life of Thomas Coke, First Earl of
Leicester and of Holkham. By A. M. W. STIRLING. New Edition, revised,
with some additions. With 19 Illustrations. In one volume. Demy 8vo.
12_s._ 6_d._ net.
THE ROMANTIC HISTORY OF THOMAS COUTTS. By ERNEST HARTLEY COLERIDGE. With
numerous Illustrations. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. 25s. net.
ANNALS OF A YORKSHIRE HOUSE. From the Papers of a Macaroni and his
kindred. By A. M. W. STIRLING, author of “Coke of Norfolk and his
Friends.” With 33 Illustrations, including 3 in Colour and 3 in
Photogravure. Demy 8vo. 2 vols. 32s. net.
THE LETTER-BAG OF LADY ELIZABETH SPENCER STANHOPE. By A. M. W. STIRLING.
Author of “Coke of Norfolk,” and “Annals of a Yorkshire House.” With a
Colour Plate, 3 in Photogravure, and 27 other Illustrations. 2 vols.
Demy 8vo. 32s. net.
⁂ “Extracts might be multiplied indefinitely, but we have given enough
to show the richness of the mine. We have nothing but praise for the
editor’s work, and can conscientiously commend this book equally to
the student of manners and the lover of lively anecdote.”—_Standard._
MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND IN 1675. By MARIE CATHERINE COMTESSE
D’AULNOY. Translated from the original French by Mrs. WILLIAM HENRY
ARTHUR. Edited, Revised, and with Annotations (including an account of
Lucy Walter) by GEORGE DAVID GILBERT. With Illustrations. Demy 8vo.
16s. net.
AUSTRIA: HER PEOPLE AND THEIR HOMELANDS. By JAMES BAKER, F.R.G.S. With
48 Pictures in Colour by DONALD MAXWELL. Demy 8vo. 21s. net.
GATES OF THE DOLOMITES. By L. MARION DAVIDSON. With 32 Illustrations
from Photographs and a Map. Crown 8vo. Second Edition. 5s. net.
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