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Memoirs of the Late War, Vol 1 (of 2)

NAVAL AND MILITARY TALES, LATELY PUBLISHED BY MESSRS. COLBURN AND BENTLEY.

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1. TALES OF A TAR. By one of the Authors of "The Naval Sketch Book." In 1 vol. post 8vo.

Contents:—The Breeze at Spithead—Jack a Biographer—Kind Inquiries—Command O'Mind—Sailor Sal—Dreams at Sea—A Brush in the Boats—A "Call" for the Cat.

2. SAILORS AND SAINTS. By the Authors of "The Naval Sketch Book." In 3 vols. post 8vo.

"While reading 'Sailors and Saints,' the floor of our room has seemed to reel; we have fancied we have felt the salt spray of the sea on our face—so completely have we been absorbed in the graphic descriptions and living presentments before us."

United Service Journal.

3. The NAVAL SKETCH BOOK; or, Service Afloat and Ashore, with Characteristic Reminiscences, Fragments, and Opinions. By an Officer. Second Edition, with considerable Additions. In 2 vols. post 8vo. 18s.

Contents:—Middy's First Day at Sea—Naval Discipline—Sketches of Naval Society—Club-House Mania—Naval Anomalies—Coast Blockade—Jack a Statesman—Naval Judges—Benbow on the Bench—Royal Marines; their services—Galley Stories—First of June—Cornwallis's Retreat—Saints at Sea—Voice from the Deep—Vagaries at Newfoundland—Press—Levee-day at the Admiralty—Port-Admiral's Dinner—Jack's Eccentricities—Glory, or Glauber Salts—Epicures at Sea—Jack a leg—Naval Authors—Admiral Ekins—Captains Parry, Franklin, Lyon, Smith, Cochrane, Hall, Heywood, Heathcott, Brenton, and Goldsmith—The Man-of-War's Man—Naval Tactics and Battles, &c. &c.

4. The MILITARY SKETCH-BOOK, or Reminiscences of Seventeen Years in the Service, Abroad and at Home. By an Officer of the Line. 2 vols. post 8vo. Uniform with the Naval Sketch-Book. 21s.

5. The CHELSEA PENSIONERS. A Series of Tales. By the Author of "The Subaltern." In 3 vols. post 8vo. 1l. 11s. 6d.

Contents:—The Gentle Recruit—A Day on Neutral Ground—Saratoga—Maida—A Pyrenean Adventure—The Rivals.

"These volumes well sustain the reputation of their Author; being full of the same vivid delineations which make his narrations seem so actual; the same picturesque description, and the same soldier-like spirit which embodies the best remains of chivalry."—Edinburgh Literary Gazette.

6. TALES of MILITARY LIFE. By the Author of the "Military Sketch-Book." Containing Vandeleur and Gentleman Gray. In 3 vols. post 8vo. 31s. 6d.

"The military are bivouacked in the heart of society; they are constantly in the centre of its gaieties; the sharers alike of the joys and perils of life. Their progress is full of diversity, and their adventures are equally tinged with the marvellous, the pathetic, and the humorous. Our author has profited by his opportunities, and seems as much at his ease among the Guerillas and spoliated vineyards of Spain, as when he sketches the domestic doings in the pleasant summer-quarters at Bath."—Atlas.

7. The LIFE of a MIDSHIPMAN. A Tale founded on Facts, and intended to correct an injudicious predilection in Boys for the Life of a Sailor. In 1 vol. 8vo. with Engravings, 9s. 6d.

8. STORIES of WATERLOO. In 3 vols. post 8vo. 28s. 6d.

9. The KING'S OWN. A Tale of the Sea. By the Author of "The Naval Officer." In 3 vols. post 8vo.

"A more vigorous, original, and characteristic performance has not appeared in our time."—United Services Journal.

10. The NAVAL OFFICER; or, Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Frank Mildmay. In 3 vols. post 8vo. 28s. 6d.

"This is the most seaman-like composition that has yet issued from the press. We recommend it to all who 'live at home at ease,' and need scarcely say that no man-of-war's man should remain an hour without it."—Atlas.

11. The NIGHT-WATCH, or TALES of the SEA. 2 vols. post 8vo. 18s.

"As sketches of nautical life, these Tales are admirable for their spirit, originality, and truth."—Monthly Review.

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