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PUBLISHED FOR HENRY COLBURN.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S CAMPAIGN

IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1815.

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Comprising the Battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo. Illustrated by Official Documents.

By WILLIAM MUDFORD, Esq.

1. vol., 4to, with Thirty Coloured Plates, Portraits, Maps, Plans, &c., bound, 21s.

MEMOIRES DE NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, Par M. DE BOURRIENNE.. 5 vols.,, 8vo, with 17 Plates,, 11 5s. REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA. By IVAN GOLOVINE. 2 vols., 12s.

LIFE AND LETTERS

OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE.

3 vols., small 8vo, 15s. The same in French, 3 vols., 10s. 6d.

LOUIS NAPOLEON'S IDÉES NAPOLEONIENNES.

Price 5s.

MEMOIRES DE LA REINE HORTENSE. Suivies de 12. Romances, mises en Musique, avec Portrait et 12. Gravures, 6s.

MEMOIRS OF MADEMOISELLE DE MONTPENSIER.

Written by HERSELF. 3 vols., post 8vo, with Portrait.

"One of the most delightful and deeply-interesting works we have read for a long time."-Weekly Chronicle.

LADY BLESSINGTON'S JOURNAL

OF

HER CONVERSATIONS WITH LORD BYRON. Cheaper Edition, in 8vo, embellished with

Portraits of Lady Blessington and Lord Byron, price 7s. bound. "The best thing that has been written on Lord Byron."-Spectator. "Universally acknowledged to be delightful."-Athenæum.

MEMOIRS OF EDWARD COSTELLO,

OF THE RIFLE RRIGADE.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

Comprising Narratives of the Campaigns in the Peninsula under the
Duke of Wellington, and the Civil War in Spain.

New and Cheaper Edition, with Portrait of the Author, 3s. 6d. bound.

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INTERESTING WORKS

ANECDOTES OF THE ARISTOCRACY,

AND

EPISODES IN ANCESTRAL STORY.

By J. BERNARD BURKE, Esq.,

Author of "The History of the Landed Gentry," "The Peerage and Baronetage," &c. SECOND AND CHEAPER EDITION, 2 vols., post 8vo, 21s. bound.

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"Mr. Burke has here given us the most curious incidents, the most stirring tales, and the most remarkable circumstances connected with the histories, public and private, noble houses and aristocratic families, and has put them into a shape which will preserve them in the library, and render them the favourite study of those who are interested in the romance of real life. These stories, with all the reality of established fact, read with as much spirit as the tales of Boccacio, and are as full of strange matter for reflection and amazement."-Britannia.

"We cannot estimate too highly the interest of Mr. Burke's entertaining and instructive work. For the curious nature of the details, the extraordinary anecdotes related, the strange scenes described, it would be difficult to find a parallel for it. It will be read by every one."-Sunday Times.

ROMANTIC RECORDS OF DISTINGUISHED FAMILIES.

BEING THE SECOND SERIES OF "ANECDOTES OF THE ARISTOCRACY."

By J. B. BURKE, Esq.

2 vols., post 8vo, 21s. bound.

"From the copious materials afforded by the history of the English Aristocracy, Mr. Burke has made another and a most happy selection, adding a second wing to his interesting picture-gallery. Some of the most striking incidents on record in the annals of high and noble families are here presented to view."-John Bull.

SECRET MEMOIRS OF THE IRISH UNION. By SIR JONAH BARRINGTON.

New and Cheaper Edition. 1 vol., 8vo, with 28 Portraits, bound, 10s. 6d.

PERSONAL SKETCHES OF HIS OWN TIMES. By SIR JONAH BARRINGTON.

New Edition, with considerable Additions. 3 vols. 8vo, 17. 1s.

WORKS OF LADY MORGAN.

1. WOMAN AND HER MASTER. A History of the Female Sex from the earliest Period. 2 vols., 12s.

2. THE BOOK OF THE BOUDOIR. 2 vols., 10s.

3. LIFE AND TIMES OF SALVATOR ROSA. 2 vols., 12s. 4. THE O'BRIENS AND THE O'FLAHERTYS. 4 vols., 14s.

PUBLISHED FOR HENRY COLBURN.

JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE,
Comprising the Narrative of

A THREE YEARS' CAPTIVITY IN JAPAN;
With an Account of British Commercial Intercourse with that Country.
By CAPTAIN GOLOWNIN.

NEW and CHEAPER EDITION. 2 vols. post 8vo, 10s. bound.

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"No European has been able, from personal observation and experience, to communicate a tenth part of the intelligence furnished by this writer."-British Review.

NARRATIVE OF THE

TEN YEARS' VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY ROUND THE WORLD

Of H.M.S. "ADVENTURE" and "BEAGLE," under the command of Captains KING and FITZROY.

Cheaper Edition. 2 large vols., 8vo, with Maps, Charts, and upwards of Sixty Illustrations, by Landseer, and other eminent Artists, bound, 17. 11s. 6d.

ADVENTURES IN GEORGIA, CIRCASSIA, & RUSSIA. By Lieutenant-Colonel G. POULETT CAMERON, C.B., K.T.S., &c. 2 vols., post 8vo, bound, 12s.

NARRATIVE OF A TWO YEARS' RESIDENCE AT
NINEVEH;

AND TRAVELS IN MESOPOTAMIA, ASSYRIA, AND SYRIA,
With Remarks on the Chaldeans, Nestorians, Yezidees, &c.
By the Rev. J. P. FLETCHER. Two vols., post 8vo, 21s. bound.

TRAVELS IN ALGERIA.

By VISCOUNT FEILDING and CAPTAIN KENNEDY.
2 vols., post 8vo, with Illustrations, bound, 12s.

NARRATIVE OF A VISIT TO THE

COURTS OF VIENNA, CONSTANTINOPLE,
ATHENS, NAPLES, &c. &c.

By the MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY.
8vo, with Portrait, bound, 10s. 6d.

PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN

BABYLONIA, ASSYRIA, MEDIA, AND SCYTHIA.
By the Hon. COLONEL KEPPEL (now Lord Albemarle).
Third Edition, 2 vols., post 8vo, with Portrait and Plates, 12s.

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INTERESTING WORKS

LORD LINDSAY'S LETTERS ON THE HOLY LAND.

FOURTH EDITION, Revised and Corrected, 1 vol., post 8vo, 6s. bound.

"Lord Lindsay has felt and recorded what he saw with the wisdom of a philosopher, and the faith of an enlightened Christian."-Quarterly Review.

THE SPIRIT OF THE EAST.
By D. URQUHART, Esq., M.P. 2 vols., 165.

SIR HENRY WARD'S ACCOUNT OF MEXICO,
THE MINING COMPANIES, &c.

2 vols., with Plates and Maps, 21s.

THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS;

OR,

ROMANCE AND REALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq.

NINTH AND CHEAPER EDITION, 1 vol., with numerous Illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound.

HOCHELAGA;

OR,

ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD.
Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq.,

Author of "The Crescent and the Cross."

FOURTH AND CHEAPER EDITION, 2 vols., post 8vo, with Illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound. "We recommend Hochelaga' most heartily, in case any of our readers may as yet be unacquainted with it."-Quarterly Review.

COLONEL NAPIER'S

WILD SPORTS IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA.

2 vols., with Plates, bound, 21s.

COLONEL NAPIER'S

SCENES AND SPORTS IN FOREIGN LANDS. 2 vols., with Nineteen Illustrations from original drawings, bound, 21s.

COLONEL NAPIER'S

EXCURSIONS ALONG THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.

2 vols., with Illustrations, bound, 12s.

PUBLISHED FOR HENRY COLBURN.

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LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MILITARY LIFE. Edited by Lieut.-Gen. Sir CHARLES NAPIER, G.C.B., Commander-inChief in India, &c. 1 vol., 8vo, 10s. 6d. bound.

"A narrative of stirring interest, which should be in the hands of every officer in her Majesty's service."-Globe.

SIR JAMES ALEXANDER'S ACADIE;

OR, SEVEN YEARS' EXPLORATION IN CANADA, &c. 2 vols., post 8vo, with numerous Illustrations, 12s. bound.

"Replete with valuable information on Canada for the English settler, the English soldier, and the English Government; with various charms of adventure and description for the desultory reader."-Morning Chronicle.

"No other writer on Canada can compare with the gallant author of the present volumes in the variety and interest of his narrative."-John Bull.

HISTORY OF
OF THE PENINSULAR WAR.

A COMPANION VOLUME TO MR. GLEIG'S

"STORY OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO."
With six Portraits and Map, 5s. bound.

"Every page of this work is fraught with undying interest. We needed such a book as this; one that could give to the rising generation of soldiers a clear notion of the events which led to the expulsion of the French from the Peninsula."-United Service Gazette.

THE NEMESIS IN CHINA;

COMPRISING A COMPLETE

HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THAT COUNTRY; From Notes of Captain W. H. HALL, R.N.

1 vol., Plates, 6s. bound.

"Capt. Hall's narrative of the services of the Nemesis is full of interest, and will, we are sure, be valuable hereafter, as affording most curious materials for the history of steam navigation."-Quarterly Review.

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A work which will take its place beside that of Captain Cook."-Weekly Chronicle.

LEAVES FROM A LADY'S DIARY OF HER TRAVELS IN AFRICA.

2 vols., 10s.

MR. ROSS'S YACHT VOYAGE

TO DENMARK, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN, IN LORD RODNEY'S CUTTER, "THE IRIS."

Second Edition, 6s.

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