"Every step in Scotland is historical; the shades of the dead arise on every side; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of chivalry and song." NOTE.--Very few sets of this delightful work are now left for sale. OCTAVE UZANNE'S ILLUSTRATED WORKS. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, Illustrations engraved in colours, price 42s. _net_. The Frenchwoman of the Century. FASHIONS--MANNERS--USAGES. By OCTAVE UZANNE. Illustrations in Water Colours by ALBERT LYNCH. Engraved in Colours by EUGÈNE GAUJEAN. =Morning Post.=--"Graceful and light as is this book by M. Octave Uzanne, the clever author of 'The Fan' and 'The Sunshade, Muff, and Glove,' and other works marked by a rare originality, it affords a more complete insight into the ideas of the women of France of this century and of the influence exercised by them than is apparent on the surface. An idea can be formed of the prodigality and luxury that prevailed at the Court of the First Empire by 'a serio-comic document' circulated in 1807 as 'an account of the annual expense of a female fop of Paris.' Its different items amount to the sum of 190,000fr., or £7600 sterling. The women of fashion of a later period are not less well photographed. There are some sparkling pages on those of 1830, at the time when Balzac discovered and sang 'La Femme de Trente Ans,' 'whose beauty shines with all the brightness of a perfumed summer.' Speaking the truth always, but with native gallantry seeking to conceal its harshness, M. Uzanne tells his countrywomen of to-day that 'the woman of this end of the century reigns despotically still in our hearts, but has no longer the same happy influence on our spirits, our manners, our society.' To account for this, as indeed in writing of the moral aspect of all the different social phases that come within his scope, the author reasons of cause and effect with an able lucidity that skilfully avoids dulness. The illustrations are, without exception, artistic and _spirituelle_, and contribute to make of this elegantly bound work, a veritable 'volume de luxe,' which worthily continues the series of productions from M. Uzanne's brilliant and facile pen." Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 31s. 6d. _net_. THE FAN. By OCTAVE UZANNE. Illustrations by PAUL AVRIL. =Standard.=--"It gives a complete history of fans of all ages and places; the illustrations are dainty in the extreme. Those who wish to make a pretty and appropriate present to a young lady cannot do better than purchase 'The Fan.'" =Athenæum.=--"The letterpress comprises much amusing 'chit-chat,' and is more solid than it pretends to be. This _brochure_ is worth reading; nay, it is worth keeping." Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 31s. 6d. _net_. The Sunshade, Muff, and Glove. By OCTAVE UZANNE. Illustrations by PAUL AVRIL.