Volume II Part 45 (1/2)
BY SIR JAMES E. ALEXANDER, K.L.S., &c.
2 v., post 8vo., with Maps, &c. 21s. bound.
”These volumes offer to the British public a clear and trustworthy statement of the affairs of Canada; a narrative of the late troubles, their causes and consequences; an account of the policy pursued in the colony, and the effects of the immense public works in progress and completed; with sketches of localities and scenery, amusing anecdotes of personal observation, and generally every information which may be of use to the traveller or settler, and the military and political reader.
The information rendered is to be thoroughly relied on as veracious, full, and conclusive.”--_Messenger._
”This is the best work on Canada for every cla.s.s of readers--the most complete, the most important, and the most interesting.”--_Sunday Times._
SPAIN AS IT IS.
By G. A. HOSKINS, ESQ.
2 v., with Ill.u.s.trations, 21s. bound.
”To the tourist this work will prove invaluable. It is the most complete and interesting portraiture of Spain that has ever come under our notice.”--_John Bull._
COLONEL LANDMANN'S ADVENTURES AND RECOLLECTIONS.
2 vols. post 8vo. 21s. bound.
”Among the anecdotes in this work will be found notices of King George III., the Dukes of Kent, c.u.mberland, Cambridge, Clarence, and Richmond, the Princess Augusta, General Garth, Sir Harry Mildmay, Lord Charles Somerset, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Lord Heathfield, Captain Grose, &c.
The volumes abound in interesting matter. The anecdotes are one and all amusing.”--_Observer._
”Colonel Landmann's work is written in an unaffected spirit, and contains matter of agreeable and lively interest.”--_Literary Gazette._
”These 'Adventures and Recollections' are those of a gentleman whose birth and profession gave him facilities of access to distinguished society; and the interest of the volumes will be found to consist in anecdotes and recollections relating to individual members of that society. Colonel Landmann writes so agreeably that we have little doubt that his volumes will be acceptable. They partake, to some extent, both of the good and bad qualities of Horace Walpole and of Wraxall.”--_Athenaeum._
THE ROMANCE OF THE FORUM; OR, NARRATIVES, SCENES, AND ANECDOTES FROM COURTS OF JUSTICE.
BY PETER BURKE, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW. 2 v. 21s.
”These attractive volumes will be perused with much interest. They contain a great variety of singular and highly romantic stories.”--_John Bull._
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”Nothing can be more deeply interesting or affecting than many of these narratives.”--_Observer._
DARIEN; OR, THE MERCHANT PRINCE.
BY ELIOT WARBURTON.
Author of ”THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS,” &c.,
SECOND EDITION. 3 V.