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
Including Henry V. of England; John, Duke of Bedford;
Gonzales de Cordova; Ferdinand, Duke of Alva; Oliver
Cromwell; Marshal Turenne; The Great Condé; General Monk;
Duke of Albemarle; Duke of Marlborough; The Earl of
Peterborough; Marquess of Granby; General Wolfe, &c. &c.
"That Mr. James should have been eminently successful in portraying
the lives of illustrious military commanders is not surprising; for it
is well known that martial achievements have long been his favourite
study."--_Morning Post._
"A more interesting series of memoirs could not be presented to the
curiosity of readers, inasmuch as in the lives of such men romantic
adventures of the most exciting kind co-exist with the strictest
truth."--_Courier._
In Two Volumes, 12mo.
ALLEN BRECK.
BY GLEIG,
Author of the "SUBALTERN."
"The most striking production of Mr. Gleig."--_U. S. Journal._
"One of the most powerful and highly wrought tales we ever
read."--_Edinburg Review._
In Two Volumes, 12mo.
NIGHTS-AT-MESS.
In Two Volumes, 12mo.
LIFE OF A SOLDIER
BY A FIELD-OFFICER.
"A narrative of twenty-seven years' service in various parts of the
world, possessing all the interest of the wildest fiction."--_Sun._
IN PREPARATION,
THE GIFT;
A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENT,
FOR 1836.
Edited by MISS LESLIE, author of "PENCIL SKETCHES," &c.
Among the contributors will be found Washington Irving, Mrs.
Butler, J. K. Paulding, G. W. Simms, Miss Sedgwick, Miss
Leslie, &c. &c.
LIST OF THE PLATES.
A Portrait of Miss Kemble, engraved by _Cheney_.
Smuggler's Repose, " _Tucker_.
The Orphans, " _Welch_.
Soliciting a Note, " _Ellis_.
John Anderson, my Jo! " _Lawson_.
Prawn Fishers, " _Graham_.
Death of the Stag, " _Tucker_.
Mirkwood Mere, " _Graham_.
A Portrait, " _Illman_.
In Two Volumes, 12mo.
TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE
IRISH PEASANTRY
FIRST SERIES.
"Admirable--truly, intensely Irish: never were the outrageous
whimsicalities of that strange, wild, imaginative people so
characteristically described; nor amidst all the fun, frolic, and
folly, is there any dearth of poetry, pathos, and passion. The
author's a jewel."--_Glasgow Journal._
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