Western Characters Part 20

The Political and Military History of the Campaign of Waterloo, from the French of Gen. Baron Jomini, by Lieut. S. V. BENET, U. S. Ordnance, with a Map, 12mo, cloth, 75 cents.

"Of great value, both for its historical merit and its acknowledged impartiality."--_Christian Freeman, Boston._

"It has long been regarded in Europe as a work of more than ordinary merit, while to military men his review of the tactics and manoeuvres of the French Emperor during the few days which preceded his final and most disastrous defeat, is considered as instructive, as it is interesting."--_Arthur's Home Gazette._

"It is a standard authority and ill.u.s.trates a subject of permanent interest. With military students, and historical inquirers, it will be a favorite reference, and for the general reader it possesses great value and interest."--_Boston Transcript._

"It throws much light on often mooted points respecting Napoleon's military and political genius. The translation is one of much vigor."--_Boston Commonwealth._

"It supplies an important chapter in the most interesting and eventful period of Napoleon's military career."--_Savannah Daily News._

"It is ably written and skilfully translated."--_Yankee Blade._

_NOTES AND EMENDATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE._

Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays, from the Early Ma.n.u.script Corrections in a copy of the folio of 1632, in the possession of JOHN PAYNE COLLIER, Esq., F.S.A. Third edition, with a facsimile of the Ma.n.u.script Corrections. 1 vol. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

"It is not for a moment to be doubted, we think, that in this volume a contribution has been made to the clearness and accuracy of Shakespeare's text, by far the most important of any offered or attempted since Shakespeare lived and wrote."--_Lond. Exam._

"The corrections which Mr. Collier has here given to the world are, we venture to think, of more value than the labors of nearly all the critics on Shakespeare's text put together."--_London Literary Gazette._

"It is a rare gem in the history of literature, and can not fail to command the attention of all the amateurs of the writings of the immortal dramatic poet."--_Ch'ston Cour._

"It is a book absolutely indispensable to every admirer of Shakespeare who wishes to read him understandingly."--_Louisville Courier._

"It is clear from internal evidence, that for the most part they are genuine restorations of the original plays. They carry conviction with them."--_Home Journal._

"This volume is an almost indispensable companion to any of the editions of Shakespeare, so numerous and often important are many of the corrections."--_Register, Philadelphia._

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_THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES._

By JOSEPH FRANcOIS MICHAUD. Translated by W. Robson, 3 vols. 12mo., maps, $3.75.

"It is comprehensive and accurate in the detail of facts, methodical and lucid in arrangement, with a lively and flowing narrative."--_Journal of Commerce._

"We need not say that the work of Michaud has superseded all other histories of the Crusades. This history has long been the standard work with all who could read it in its original language. Another work on the same subject is as improbable as a new history of the 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'"--_Salem Freeman._

"The most faithful and masterly history ever written of the wild wars for the Holy Land."--_Philadelphia American Courier._

"The ability, diligence, and faithfulness, with which Michaud has executed his great task, are undisputed; and it is to his well-filled volumes that the historical student must now resort for copious and authentic facts, and luminous views respecting this most romantic and wonderful period in the annals of the Old World."--_Boston Daily Courier._

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_MARMADUKE WYVIL._

An Historical Romance of 1651, by HENRY W. HERBERT, author of the "Cavaliers of England," &c., &c. Fourteenth Edition. Revised and Corrected.

"This is one of the best works of the kind we have ever read--full of thrilling incidents and adventures in the stirring times of Cromwell, and in that style which has made the works of Mr. Herbert so popular."--_Christian Freeman, Boston._

"The work is distinguished by the same historical knowledge, thrilling incident, and pictorial beauty of style, which have characterized all Mr. Herbert's fictions and imparted to them such a bewitching interest."--_Yankee Blade._

"The author out of a simple plot and very few characters, has constructed a novel of deep interest and of considerable historical value. It will be found well worth reading."--_National aegis, Worcester._

=Life under an Italian Despotism!=

LORENZO BENONI,

OR

Pa.s.sAGES IN THE LIFE OF AN ITALIAN.

_One Vol., 12mo, Cloth--Price $1.00._

=OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.=

"The author of 'Lorenzo Benoni' is GIOVANNI RUFFINI, a native of Genoa, who effected his escape from his native country after the attempt at revolution in 1833. His book is, in substance, an authentic account of real persons and incidents, though the writer has chosen to adopt fict.i.tious and fantastic designations for himself and his a.s.sociates. Since 1833, Ruffini has resided chiefly (if not wholly) in England and France, where his qualities, we understand, have secured him respect and regard. In 1848, he was selected by Charles Albert to fill the responsible situation of emba.s.sador to Paris, in which city he had long been domesticated as a refugee. He ere long, however, relinquished that office, and again withdrew into private life. He appears to have employed the time of his exile in this country to such advantage as to have acquired a most uncommon mastery over the English language. The present volume (we are informed on good authority) is exclusively his own--and, if so, on the score of style alone it is a remarkable curiosity. But its matter also is curious."--_London Quarterly Review for July._

"A tale of sorrow that has lain long in a rich mind, like a ruin in a fertile country, and is not the less gravely impressive for the grace and beauty of its coverings ... at the same time the most determined novel-reader could desire no work more fascinating over which to forget the flight of time.... No sketch of foreign oppression has ever, we believe, been submitted to the English public by a foreigner, equal or nearly equal to this volume in literary merit. It is not unworthy to be ranked among contemporary works whose season is the century in which their authors live."--_London Examiner._

"The book should be as extensively read as 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,'

inasmuch as it develops the existence of a state of slavery and degradation, worse even than that which Mrs. Beecher Stowe has elucidated with so much pathos and feeling."--_Bell's Weekly Messenger._

"Few works of the season will be read with greater pleasure than this; there is a great charm in the quiet, natural way in which the story is told."--_London Atlas._

"The author's great forte is character-painting. This portraiture is accomplished with remarkable skill, the traits both individual and national being marked with great nicety without obtrusiveness."--_London Spectator._

"Under the modest guise of the biography of an imaginary 'Lorenzo Benoni,' we have here, in fact, the memoir of a man whose name could not be p.r.o.nounced in certain parts of northern Italy without calling up tragic yet n.o.ble historical recollections.... Its merits, simply as a work of literary art, are of a very high order.

The style is really beautiful--easy, sprightly, graceful, and full of the happiest and most ingenious turns of phrase and fancy."--_North British Review._

"This has been not unjustly compared to '_Gil Blas_,' to which it is scarcely inferior in spirited delineations of human character, and in the variety of events which it relates. But as a description of actual occurrences ill.u.s.trating the domestic and political condition of Italy, at a period fraught with interest to all cla.s.ses of readers, it far transcends in importance any work of mere fiction."--_Dublin Evening Mail._

"SHAKESPEARE AS HE WROTE IT."

THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE,

_Reprinted from the newly-discovered copy of the Folio of 1632 in the possession of J. Payne Collier, containing nearly_

=Twenty Thousand Ma.n.u.script Corrections=,

_With a History of the Stage to the Time, an Introduction to each Play, a Life of the Poet, etc._