Nuts to crack; or Quips, quirks, anecdote and facete of Oxford and Cambridge ScholarsGooch, Richard
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Nuts to crack; or Quips, quirks, anecdote and facete of Oxford and Cambridge Scholars
Gooch, Richard
University of Cambridge -- Anecdotes; University of Oxford -- Anecdotes
"Captain Marryat may take his place at the head of the naval novelists
of the day."--_United Service Journal._
"The adventures of the hero, through bold and stirring scenes, lose
not a jot of their interest to the last, while the naval descriptions
of sights and deeds on shipboard may be compared with any similar
production of which we have any knowledge."--_Atlas._
"A very remarkable book, full of vigour, and characterized by
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nature."--_Literary Gazette._
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fiction of the age."--_Felix Farley's Bristol Journal._
"A work, perhaps, not to be equalled in the whole round of romance,
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subjects, and for the brilliancy and variety of the colours with which
they are painted."--_Spectator._
In One Volume, 12mo.
AN ACCOUNT OF
COLONEL CROCKETT'S
TOUR TO THE NORTH AND DOWN EAST,
In the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.
His Object being to examine the grand manufacturing Establishments of
the Country; and also, to find out the Condition of its Literature and
Morals, the Extent of its Commerce, and the practical Operation of
"_The Experiment_."
WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR.
In One Volume, 12mo.
COLONEL CROCKETT'S
LIFE OF VAN BUREN.
THE LIFE OF MARTIN VAN BUREN, Heir-apparent to the "Government," and
the appointed Successor of General Andrew Jackson. Containing every
authentic Particular by which his extraordinary Character has been
formed. With a concise History of the Events that have occasioned his
unparalleled Elevation; together with a Review of his Policy as a
Statesman. By DAVID CROCKETT.
In Two Volumes 12mo.
THE NAVAL SKETCH-BOOK.
BY CAPTAIN GLASCOCK.
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which, we are sure, will delight our readers."--_John Bull._
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character, described to that style which only a thorough-bred seaman
can handle."--_Times._
"We do not think that there ever was a more _sailorly_ publication
than this."--_Literary Gazette._
"Unquestionably Captain Glascock is inferior to none as a humorous and
talented naval writer. His descriptions are true to nature, and his
dialogues full of life and entertainment; in short, his _Sketches_
have all the characteristics of a true British seaman."--_Naval and
Military Gazette._
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