The Threatening EyeKnight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)
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The Threatening Eye
Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)
Fiction
"Caroline Bauer was rather hardly used in her lifetime, but she
certainly contrived to take a very exemplary revenge. People who
offended her are gibbeted in one of the most fascinating books that
has appeared for a long time. Nothing essential escaped her eye, and
she could describe as well as she could observe. She lived in
England when George IV. and his remarkable Court were conducting
themselves after their manner, and she collected about as pretty a
set of scandals as ever was seen."--_Vanity Fair._
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_Fourth Edition, in Post 8vo, handsomely bound, price 7s. 6d._
SIDE-LIGHTS ON ENGLISH SOCIETY:
Sketches from Life, Social and Satirical.
BY E. C. GRENVILLE-MURRAY.
_ILLUSTRATED WITH NEARLY 300 CHARACTERISTIC ENGRAVINGS._
CONTENTS:--I. FLIRTS. II. ON HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SERVICE. III.
SEMI-DETACHED WIVES. IV. NOBLE LORDS. V. YOUNG WIDOWS. VI. OUR SILVERED
YOUTH, OR NOBLE OLD BOYS.
"This is a startling book. The volume is expensively and elaborately
got up; the writing is bitter, unsparing, and extremely
clever."--_Vanity Fair._
"Mr. Grenville-Murray sparkles very steadily throughout the present
volume, and puts to excellent use his incomparable knowledge of life
and manners, of men and cities, of appearances and facts. Of his
several descants upon English types, I shall only remark that they
are brilliantly and dashingly written, curious as to their matter,
and admirably readable."--_Truth._
"No one can question the brilliancy of the sketches, nor affirm that
'Side-Lights' is aught but a fascinating book.... The book is
destined to make a great noise in the world."--_Whitehall Review._
_Second Edition, with Frontispiece and Vignette, price 5s._
HIGH LIFE IN FRANCE UNDER THE REPUBLIC:
SOCIAL AND SATIRICAL SKETCHES IN PARIS AND THE PROVINCES.
BY E. C. GRENVILLE-MURRAY.
AUTHOR OF "SIDE-LIGHTS ON ENGLISH SOCIETY," &C.
"Take this book as it stands, with the limitations imposed upon its
author by circumstances, and it will be found very enjoyable.... The
volume is studded with shrewd observations on French life at the
present day."--_Spectator._
"A very clever and entertaining series of social and satirical
sketches, almost French in their point and vivacity."--_Contemporary
Review._
_In Large Post 8vo, cloth gilt, price 9s._
IMPRISONED IN A SPANISH CONVENT:
AN ENGLISH GIRL'S EXPERIENCES.
BY E. C. GRENVILLE-MURRAY.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PAGE AND OTHER ENGRAVINGS.
[Illustration: THE RICH WIDOW (reduced from the original engraving).]
_Second Edition, in large 8vo, handsomely bound, with gilt edges, price
10s. 6d._
PEOPLE I HAVE MET.
BY E. C. GRENVILLE-MURRAY.
_Illustrated with 54 tinted Page Engravings, from Designs by FRED.
BARNARD._
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