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Show 8 MR. COLBURN'S LIST OF XXIX. DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT HON. GENERAL LORD HILL, G.C.B., G.C.H., K.C., &c. &c. &c. Now in course of pubh.c atw. u, to b e compI e t e d m. twelve Monthly Parts, at 2s. 6d. each, BEAUTIFULLY EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS, BATTLE SCENES, BY LANDSEER, HEATH, WARREN, LANDELLS, ETC. LIFE OF FIELD MARSHAL, HIS GRACE THE ETC. DUKE OF WELLINGTON, EMBRACING HIS .lflllilitan> lltibil, & ~lllitical <a:aceet, tll tbe pnsent time. ,~~ ~' EDITED BY SIR J. E. ALEXANDER, K.L.S. Captain H. P. 42nd Royal Highlanders. PARTS I., II., III., IV., and V., ARE NOW READY, CONTAINING THE FOLJ,OWING ILLUSTRATIONS:- I. Portt·ait of the Duke of Wellington 2. The Storming of Seringapatam 3. Portrait of the Marquess of Wellesley 4. Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte 5. Large Map of Spain and Portugal, shewing the Seat of War 6. Portrait of Lord Hill 7. The Lines of Torres Vedras 8. Portrait of the Marquess of Anglesey. 9. Plan of the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. OPINIONS OF' THE PRESS. "Sir James Alexander's Life of Wellington has the treble advantage ?f bei~g .the cheapes~-:of inserting a large portion of the original correspondence-and of condensmg w1thm popular lim1ts th~ ~~ ~~~:le1~e~~;:;e~~~~is important and promising publication to our readers."-Naval an_~ .:::;i:~;fe ~:;_e~ecll-selected arrangement of the details of this valuable w?rk !ll'e in ev,~ry respect commensurate with the worth of the noble and gallant hero of wh1ch 1t treats. - W:!~~r~ work is likely to have a prodigious circulation. lt will probably C?~tain the most complete correct, and authentic details of the eventful life of this exalted military hero, profound state~man, and patriotic politician."-Bath Herald. . . . "Sir James Alexander possesses every requisite for this great un.dertakm.g. Bemg hlffiself. a soldier, he can depict graphically the chances and changes of .that life of ~~l.and danger~ ancl m the technical details of military enterprise he is of course supenor to the urumtiated. Havmg had access to many exclusive sources of information, and being honoured, as we understand, by pe~sonal interviews with the noble Duke, whose Memoirs he edits, we naturally conclude th.at h.1q work will be peculiarly attractive. No doubt can be entertained ~hat, when compl~tetl, 1t will obtain a prominent place in the library of those to whose hearts thcrr country's glory IS dear, aud be received as a standard work in all military circles."-Dublin Evening Packet. NEW PUBLICATIONS. 9 XXX, NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS, Now complete, in 2 vols. Svo, bound, or in Six Parts, price 7s. 6d. each, MEMOIRS OF THE BEAUTIES OF THE COURT OF CHARLES II. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY VIEW OF THE STATE OF FEMALE SOCIETY AND ITS INFLUENCE, DURING THAT REMARKABLE REIGN. ' BY MRS. JAMESON, Authoress of" Characteristics of Women," ~c. ~c. COMPRISINO A SERIES OF TWENTY-ONE SPLENDID PORTRAITS, Ill?strating the Diaries of Pepys, Evelyn, Clarendon, and other contemporary wnt.ers of that gay and interesting period,-engraved by the most distinguished Artists, from Drawings made by order of her late Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte. · The following is a brief descriptive List of the Portraits comprised in this Work, which supplies what has long been a desideratum in the Fine Arts, and forms a suitable Companion to" Lodge's Portraits:"- CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA, the unhappy and slighted wife of Charles. LADY CASTLEJ\1AINE, afterwards Duchess of Cleveland, the haughty enslaver of the Monarch. LA BELLE HAMILTON, Countess de Grammont, one of the ancestors of the Jerninghamfamily. The gentle and blameless COUNTESS OF OSSORY, interesting from her beauty, her tenderness, and her feminine virtues. NELL GWYNNE, merry and open-hearted, who, with all her faults, was at least exempt from the courtly vice of hypocrisy. The beautiful and wealthy DUCHESS OF SOMERSET, the wife of three successive husbands, one of whom encountered a tragi cal fate. The noted FRANCES STEWART, Duchess of Richmond, whose marriage was the immediate cause of Lord Clarenqon's disgrace. MISS LAWSON, mild and gentle, yet opposing the fortitude of virtue to the perils of a licentious Court. THE COUNTESS OF CHESTERFIELD, one of the fair principals of De Grammont's celebrated story ofthe " Bas Verts." THE COUNTESS OF SOUTHESK, whose faults, follies, and miseries, constitute a tale well fitted to ""point a moral." The interesting and exemplary COUNTESS OF ROCHESTER. The beauteous and arrogant LADY DENHAM, interesting from the poetical fame of her husband, and her own tragical fate. The magnificent LADY BELLASYS, renowned for her beauty, wit, and spirit. MRS. NOTT, fair, sentimental, and Madonnalike. ANNE DIGBY, Co1mtess of Sutherland, beautiful and blameless, the friend of the angelic Lady Russell, and of the excellent Evelyn. The fair coquette, MRS. MIDDLETON. MISS BAGOT, the irreproachable wife of two libertine Lords. The fair, the elegant, and the fascinating MISS JENNINGS, " who robbed the men of their hearts, the women of their lovers, but never lost herself." THE DUCHESS OF PORTSMOUTH, one of the most absolute of Royal Favowites. THE COUNTESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND, distinguished for her uncommon grace and beauty, and the blameless tenour of her life. And THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE, fair, kind, and true, and wedded to a noble-· man, who, to the valour and bearing of a Paladin of old romance, added the spirit of an ancient Roman. |