THE MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE DE ST. SIMON Newly translated and edited by FRANCIS ARKWRIGHT. _In six volumes, demy 8vo, handsomely bound in cloth gilt, with illustrations in photogravure, 10/6 net each volume._ NAPOLEON IN EXILE AT ELBA (1814-1815) By NORWOOD YOUNG, Author of "The Growth of Napoleon," etc.; with a chapter on the Iconography by A. M. Broadley. _Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, with coloured frontispiece and 50 illustrations_ (from the collection of A. M. Broadley), _21/- net_. NAPOLEON IN EXILE AT ST. HELENA (1815-1821) By NORWOOD YOUNG, Author of "Napoleon in Exile at Elba," "The Story of Rome," etc. _In two volumes, demy 8vo, cloth gilt, with two coloured frontispieces and one hundred illustrations_ (from the collection of A. M. Broadley), _32/- net_. JULIETTE DROUET'S LOVE-LETTERS TO VICTOR HUGO Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by LOUIS GUIMBAUD; translated by Lady THEODORA DAVIDSON. _Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, with many illustrations, 10/6 net._ THE NEW FRANCE =Being a History from the Accession of Louis Philippe in 1830 to the Revolution of 1848, with Appendices.= By ALEXANDRE DUMAS. Translated into English, with an introduction and notes, by R. S. GARNETT. _In two volumes, demy 8vo, cloth gilt, profusely illustrated with a rare portrait of Dumas and other pictures after famous artists, 24/- net._ [Illustration: MEDALS AWARDED TO SERGEANT-MAJOR, LATER QUARTERMASTER, CHARLES WOODEN, 17TH LANCERS, ONE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. _Frontispiece_] WAR MEDALS AND THEIR HISTORY BY W. AUGUSTUS STEWARD OFFICIER D'ACADÉMIE AUTHOR OF "FROM THE BREASTS OF THE BRAVE," ETC. _With 258 Illustrations in Half-tone and Line_ LONDON STANLEY PAUL & CO 31 ESSEX STREET STRAND W.C. _First published in 1915_ FOREWORDS If any excuse were needed for penning this, it is to be found in the exceeding interest which was taken in my monograph "Badges of the Brave." Indeed, many readers have requested me to deal, at greater length, with a subject which not only opens up a great historical vista and awakens national sentiment, but, incidentally, serves an educational mission to those who collect and those who sell the metallic records of many a hard-fought field, which, when collated, form an imperishable record of our island story.