Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603; Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography
=Spectator.=--‘Mr. Traill has done his work well in the limited space at
his command. The narrative portion is clear and vivacious, and his
criticisms, although sometimes trenchant, are substantially just.’
=WALPOLE.= By JOHN MORLEY.
=St. James’s Gazette.=--‘It deserves to be read, not only as a work of one
of the most prominent politicians of the day, but for its intrinsic
merits. It is a clever, thoughtful, and interesting biography.’
=PITT.= By LORD ROSEBERY.
=Times.=--‘Brilliant and fascinating.... The style is terse, masculine,
nervous, articulate, and clear; the grasp of circumstance and character
is firm, penetrating, luminous, and unprejudiced; the judgment is broad,
generous, humane, and scrupulously candid.... It is not only a luminous
estimate of Pitt’s character and policy, it is also a brilliant gallery
of portraits. The portrait of Fox, for example, is a masterpiece.’
=PEEL.= By J. R. THURSFIELD, M.A.
=Daily News.=--‘A model of what such a book should be. We can give it no
higher praise than to say that it is worthy to rank with Mr. John
Morley’s _Walpole_ in the same series.’
=CHATHAM.= By FREDERIC HARRISON.
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=NELSON.= By JOHN KNOX LAUGHTON.
=Saturday Review.=--‘The obligation laid upon him to be brief, and
his own anxiety to leave untold nothing of first-rate importance,
have combined to give us an almost ideal short life of Nelson.’
=WOLFE.= By A. G. BRADLEY.
=Times.=--‘It appears to us to be very well done. The narrative is
easy, the facts have been mastered and well marshalled, and Mr.
Bradley is excellent both in his geographical and in his
biographical details.’
=COLIN CAMPBELL= (=Lord Clyde=). By ARCHIBALD FORBES.
=Times.=--‘A vigorous sketch of a great soldier, a fine character,
and a noble career.... Mr. Forbes writes with a practised and
lively pen, and his experience of warfare in many lands stands him
in good stead in describing Lord Clyde’s services and campaigns.’
=GENERAL GORDON.= By Colonel Sir WILLIAM BUTLER.
=Spectator.=--‘This is beyond all question the best of the narratives
of the career of General Gordon that have yet been published.’
=HENRY THE FIFTH.= By Rev. A. J. CHURCH.
=Scotsman.=--‘No page lacks interest; and whether the book is
regarded as a biographical sketch or as a chapter in English
military history it is equally attractive.’
=LIVINGSTONE.= By THOMAS HUGHES.
=Spectator.=--‘The volume is an excellent instance of miniature
biography.’
=LORD LAWRENCE.= By Sir RICHARD TEMPLE.
=Leeds Mercury.=--‘A lucid, temperate, and impressive summary.’
=WELLINGTON.= By GEORGE HOOPER.
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