"We have to thank Mr. Henry Vizetelly for a really instructive
book. 'Berlin under the New Empire,' published by Messrs. Tinsley
Brothers, is a work of substantial information, conveniently
arranged, clearly and agreeably written, and mingled with
entertaining descriptive passages, and with lively notices of the
habits of the townsfolk.... These volumes contain, in short, a
large amount of materials for the understanding of present home
affairs in Prussia and North Germany, which are frequently made the
topic of remarks in the current journals of political
discussion."--_Illustrated London News._
"Mr. Vizetelly seems to have forgotten and omitted nothing that
could render these volumes instructive or contribute to the
entertainment of the reader; and the plentiful drawings with which
every page is furnished bring home to us with striking reality the
scenes so graphically described by the author."--_Daily News._
"Mr. Vizetelly's book, every page of which is interesting, is
unquestionably one of the best books of its kind that has appeared
in England for many years. In fact, we scarcely remember ever to
have read a more entertaining volume, or one which contains so much
valuable and evidently accurate information. It instructs and
amuses in equal degrees."--_Morning Post._
"After having discovered that a tribe of savages live in a sandy
desert somewhere in the north of Germany, and that their chief
kraal, a miserable stucco erection, is called Berlin, the author
proceeds to tell how those creatures manage to exist, what are
their institutions, manners, amusements, industries, and so
on."--_Athenæum._
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FEMALE WARRIORS. Memorials of Female Heroism, from the Mythological Ages
to the Present Era. By ELLEN C. CLAYTON, author of "Queens of Song,"
"English Female Artists," &c.
English and Scotch Heroines; French, German, and Genoese Amazons;
Female Warriors of the Reformation; Heroines of the Irish
Rebellion; Captain Rodeaux, Female Officer in the French Army;
Christian Davies, Female Soldier in the 20th Foot; Hannah Snell,
Private in the Line and Marines; Phoebe Hessel, Private in the
5th Regiment; Hannah Whitney and Ann Chamberlayne, Female Sailors;
Mary Ralphson, Jenny Cameron, Pretty Polly Oliver, &c.
"The most successful of Miss Clayton's attempts to fittingly
commemorate the actions of the illustrious members of the softer
sex."--_Court Journal._
* * * * *
TYPICAL WORKING MEN AND WOMEN.
By a WORKING MAN.
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