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COLONEL NAPIER'S
HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA,
AND IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE;
From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814.
With Plates. Four Volumes 8vo. price £4; or, sold separately, 20s. each.

In One Volume, post 8vo. price 10s. 6d. boards,
A NARRATIVE OF EVENTS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE,
And of the ATTACK ON NEW ORLEANS, in 1814 & 1815.
By CAPT. S. H. COOKE, 43d Regt.

"This clever and fearless account of the attack on New Orleans is penned by one of the "occupation;" whose soldier-like view and keen observation during the period of the stirring events he so well relates, has enabled him to bring before the public the ablest account that has yet been given of that ill-fated and disgraceful expedition, and also to rescue the troops who were employed on it from those degrading reflections which have hitherto unjustly been insinuated against them. The admirable conduct of the navy throughout this campaign it is impossible too highly to extol."—Gentleman's Magazine.

"We like this sort of thing extremely, and we say unhesitatingly, that the work before us makes its entrée in that easy off-hand manner, which makes us friends with the author at once, and the volume will afford more amusement infinitely, and peradventure as much real instruction, as ten goodly tomes of the merely learned. We wish earnestly to call the attention of military men to the campaign before New Orleans. It is fraught with a fearful interest, and fixes upon the mind reflections of almost every hue. Captain Cooke's relation is vivid; every evolution is made as clear to the eye as if we had been present, and the remarks, we think, are eminently judicious. The book must be generally read," &c.—Metropolitan.

"It is full of good feeling, and it abounds with sketches of the service, views of other countries, and anecdotes of our own troops and of the enemy, which are many of them striking and few of them uninteresting. Much that he narrates is amusing, and there is a point in many of his stories that tells effectively."—Sunday Herald.

AN ESSAY
ON THE
PRINCIPLES AND CONSTRUCTION
OF
MILITARY BRIDGES,
AND THE PASSAGE OF RIVERS IN MILITARY OPERATIONS,
BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS, BART.
K.S.C., D.C.L., F.R.S., &c. &c.
The Second Edition, containing much additional Matter and Plates,
8vo. price 20s. boards.

COLONIZATION;
PARTICULARLY
IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA:
WITH SOME REMARKS ON
SMALL FARMS AND OVER POPULATION.

By COLONEL CHARLES JAMES NAPIER, C.B.

Author of "The Colonies; particularly the Ionian Islands."
In 1 vol. 8vo. price 9s. boards.

"I have never persuaded, or endeavoured to persuade, any one to quit England with the view of exchanging it for another country; and I have always had great reluctance to do any thing having that tendency."—Cobbett's Guide to Emigrants, Letter I. paragraph 1.

"I have always, hitherto, advised Englishmen not to emigrate, even to the United States of America; but to remain at home, in the hope that some change for the better would come in the course of a few years. It is now eleven years since I, in my Years' Residence, deliberately gave that advice. Not only has there, since 1818, when the Year's Residence was written, been no change for the better, but things have gradually become worse and worse, in short, things have now taken that turn, and they present such a prospect for the future, that I not only think it advisable for many good people to emigrate, but I think it my duty to give them all the information I can to serve them as a guide in that very important enterprize."—Cobbett's Guide to Emigrants, Letter I. paragraph 2.

Just Published, in foolscap 8vo. price 1s.
THE NURSERY GOVERNESS.
BY ELIZABETH NAPIER;
Published after her Death by her Husband, Col. Charles James Napier, C.B.

"Hear the instructions of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother."—Proverbs, ch. i. v. 8.

"This is an admirable little book."—True Sun.

"The excellent instructions laid down by Mrs. Napier will, we have no doubt, prove a 'rich legacy' not only to her own children, but to those in many a nursery."—Liverpool Chronicle.

"Not only the nursery-governess, but the mother and daughter, especially in the higher walks of life, may read it with advantage."—Atlas.

"We are so convinced of its utility, that we would strongly recommend it to the diligent study of every female who has the care of a family, either as a mother or governess."—Sun.

Just Published, in post 8vo. price 5s.
RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
Relative of the Duties of Troops composing the advanced Corps of an Army.

By LIEUTENANT COLONEL I. LEACH, C.B.
Late of the Rifle Brigade.
Author of "Rough Sketches of the Life of an Old Soldier."

In 8vo. price 2s.
PRUSSIA IN 1833;
ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF PRUSSIA, AND HER CIVIL INSTITUTIONS.

Translated from the French of M. de Chambray. With an Appendix by
General de Caraman.

"We would recommend to military readers in general, and especially to the authorities who have the destiny of the army in their hands, an attentive perusal of this work. The public will learn from it that the army of Prussia, hitherto supposed to be the worst paid force, is, in fact, better dealt with than is the case 'with the best paid army in Europe.'"—United Service Journal.

THE HISTORY
OF THE
KING'S GERMAN LEGION,
FROM THE PERIOD OF ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1803, TO THAT OF ITS
DISSOLUTION IN 1816.
Compiled from Manuscript Documents.
By N. LUDLOW BEAMISH, Esq. F.R.S. late Major unattached.
Vol. I. 8vo. with coloured plates; price 20s. boards; to be completed in two volumes.

"Of the late war we have had histories, partial or complete, in countless abundance; but we have not seen one, displaying more moderation, more diligence in investigating the truth, or more shrewdness in deciding between conflicting statements. Though professedly merely a history of the services of the German Legion, it is, in fact, a history of the entire war; for, from 'what glorious and well-foughten field' can we record the absence of German chivalry? The work is not like others we could name—a mere compilation from newspapers and magazines. Major Beamish has left no source of information unexplored; and the access he obtained to manuscript journals has enabled him to intersperse his general narrative with interesting personal anecdotes, that render this volume as delightful for those who read for amusement, as those who read for profit."—Athenæum.

A TREATISE ON THE GAME OF WHIST;

BY THE LATE
ADMIRAL CHARLES BURNEY,
Author of Voyages and Discoveries in the Pacific, &c.
Second Edition. 18mo. boards, price 2s.

"The kind of play recommended in this Treatise is on the most plain, and what the Author considers the most safe principles. I have limited my endeavours to the most necessary instructions, classing them as much as the subject enabled me, under separate heads, to facilitate their being rightly comprehended and easily remembered. For the greater encouragement of the learner, I have studied brevity; but not in a degree to have prevented my endeavouring more to make the principles of the game, and the rationality of them intelligible, than to furnish a young player with a set of rules to get by rote, that he might go blindly right."

In 8vo. price 5s.

SKETCHES IN SPAIN,
During the Years 1829–30–31 and 32;

Containing Notices of some Districts very little known; of the Manners of
the People, Government, Recent Changes, Commerce, Fine Arts,
and Natural History.

BY CAPTAIN S. E. COOK, R.N. K.T.S. F.G.S.
Two vol. 8vo. price 21s.

"Volumes of great value and attraction; we would say, in a word, they afford us the most complete account of Spain in every respect which has issued from the press."—Literary Gazette.

"The value of the book is in its matter and its facts. If written upon any country it would have been useful, but treating of one like Spain, about which we know almost nothing, but of which it is desirable to know so much, Captain Cook's Sketches must be considered an acquisition to the library."—Spectator.

"These volumes, the work of a gentleman of high and varied accomplishments, whose opportunities of observation have been unusually extensive and well-improved, will command and repay attention. They contain by far the best account of Spain that has yet issued from the press.

"These volumes comprize every point worthy of notice, and the whole is so interspersed with lively adventure and description; so imbued with a kindly spirit of good-nature, courting and acknowledging attention, as to render it attractive reading."—United Service Gazette.

"Approbation can be the only sentiment which this well-written and deeply-searching book must elicit. No one could either pretend to write or converse upon this country without preparing himself by a previous perusal of this instructive work."—Metropolitan.

To be completed in Four Volumes,
THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON,

With an Appendix; containing an Examination of Sir Walter Scott's "Life of Napoleon Bonaparte:" and a Notice of the principal Errors of other Writers, respecting his Character and Conduct.

BY H. LEE.

"Quelques parcelles de tant de gloire parviendront-elles aux siècles à venir, ou, le mensonge, la calomnie, le crime, prévaudront-ils?"—Napoleon à Ste. Hélène.

Vol. I. with a Portrait of Napoleon, price 18s.

"It is exceedingly curious and interesting. It has been much less talked of than it deserves to be. He has produced a portion of a singularly interesting work. As soon as another volume appears, we propose to give our readers a fuller account of this new Life. In the meanwhile, we recommend this one to notice."—Tait's Magazine.

"The life of Bonaparte now reads like a connected story, where we can trace each successive step. We shall be glad to see the future volumes."—Spectator.