NEW AND INTERESTING WORKS, JUST PUBLISHED BY SAUNDERS AND OTLEY, CONDUIT STREET.

I.

In 4to. with Portraits, &c. by the first Artists; dedicated, by Permission, to the Most Noble the Marquesses of Salisbury and Exeter. Price 3l. 3s.

MEMOIRS of the LIFE and ADMINISTRATION of the RIGHT HON. WILLIAM CECIL, LORD BURGHLEY, Secretary of State in the Reign of King Edward VI. and Lord High Treasurer of England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Containing an Historical View of the Times in which he lived, and of the many Eminent and Illustrious Persons with whom he was connected; with Extracts from his Private and Official Correspondence, and other Papers, now first published from the Originals. By the Rev. Dr. Nares, Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford.

“This elaborate Work is of the highest national interest; it embraces and discusses a multitude of great Historical, Biographical, Religious, and Political questions, and throws much light upon an era of almost unparalleled national and universal importance.”—Literary Gazette.

“This Work deserves to find an immediate place in every good Historical Library.”—Athenæum.

II.

In 1 vol. 8vo. with Portrait. Price 14s.

PRIVATE MEMOIRS of SIR KENELM DIGBY, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Charles the First; written by himself, and including an Account of his romantic Attachment to the beautiful but unfortunate Lady Venitia Stanley. Now first published from the original Manuscript, with an Introductory Memoir.

“This is a Work of an extraordinary and most pleasing character. The fervour of imagination, and nobility of sentiment which pervades it, derives an indefinable charm from the elegance and poetry of the diction. Never did the romance of real life present features of more pleasing interest.”—Morning Post.

III.

In 1 vol. post 8vo. with the Crown and Coronets printed in Gold, and beautifully Coloured. Price 15s.

THE MANUAL OF RANK AND NOBILITY, OR, KEY TO THE PEERAGE; Containing the Origin and History of all the various Titles, Orders, and Dignities, Hereditary Honours, Peculiar Privileges, Heraldic Distinctions, Rights of Inheritance, Degrees of Precedence, Court Etiquette, &c. &c. of the British Nobility. With the Origin and History of the Royal Titles, Prerogatives, Ceremonies, Great Officers of State, and of His Majesty’s Household, &c. &c. Collected from the best Authorities.

IV.

In 2 vols. 8vo. Price 25s.

RECOLLECTIONS of ROYALTY, from the Death of WILLIAM RUFUS, in 1100, to that of the CARDINAL YORK, the last lineal descendant of the Stuarts, in 1807. By Charles C. Jones, Esq. of the Middle Temple.

V.

In 1 vol. 8vo. with Portrait. Price 15s.

MEMOIRS of the PUBLIC LIFE and ADMINISTRATION of the Right Hon. the EARL of LIVERPOOL, K. G. &c. &c.

This work presents a condensed view of all the great exertions of Lord Liverpool’s Life, with select Extracts from his Parliamentary Speeches, from the Commencement to the lamented Termination of his brilliant Career.

VI.

Price 14s.

MÉMOIRES D’UNE CONTEMPORAINE; ou, Souvenirs d’une Femme sur les Principaux Personnages de la République, du Consulat, de l’Empire, etc.

These Memoirs present some of those extraordinary adventures which seem rather to belong to the province of Romance than to that of Private History. “But this History,” says Mad. de St. Elme, “however romantic it may appear, is nevertheless the true account of my life;” and she cites as witnesses, all the renowned Characters who figure in her pages, those great Captains, those profound Statesmen, those celebrated Men of Letters and eminent Artists, whom she groups around her person.

VII.

In 1 vol. 8vo. with Portrait. Price 12s.

The LIFE of EDWARD LORD HERBERT, of Cherbury. Written by himself. Fourth Edition, continued till his Death. With LETTERS, written during his Residence at the French Court; now first published from the Originals.

VIII.

In 3 vols. post 8vo. Price 1l. 11s. 6d.

THE ENGLISH IN FRANCE.

By the Author of “The English in Italy.”

“These Volumes comprise short Tales and Sketches of National Character drawn in a most masterly manner. In tact, observation, and that keen perception which makes the merit of the Delineator of Character, the Author is eminently successful, and we do not scruple to say, the Volumes before us give a clearer insight into manners, customs, and the existing state of things in France, than twenty volumes of Travels.”—Literary Gazette.

IX.

In 3 vols. post 8vo. Price 1l. 11s. 6d.

TALES OF THE MUNSTER FESTIVALS.

By the Author of “Holland Tide.”

“For touches of genuine pathos, simplicity, and most highly-wrought interest, we make question if any thing of the kind ever took precedency of these Stories: no, not even excepting those of Scott himself; and their effect must be to raise their young Author high in the rank of illustrious names, now securely established in the records of literature, and highest of all in the annals of precocious genius.”

“We cannot help saying, that we consider these Tales as among the most deeply interesting of contemporary romances.”

“They place their Author on a level with the most spirited painters of national manners in our language.”—Vide Literary Gazette, Weekly Review, Times, Atlas, Traveller, &c. &c.

X.

Second Edition. Price 9s. 6d.

HOLLAND TIDE; or, Irish Popular Tales.

“We dismiss these Tales with an expression of cordial and unreserved praise; they contain scenes which are hardly surpassed, as to truth and power, by any thing which has yet proceeded from the pen of Sir Walter Scott.”—Monthly Review, &c.

XI.

In 3 vols. post 8vo. Price 1l. 11s. 6d.

ALMACK’S REVISITED.

“We consider Almack’s Revisited to be superior to the first Almack’s, which made so great a noise and became so universally popular.”—Literary Gazette.

XII.

Third Edition, 2 vols. post 8vo. Price 21s.

CROCKFORD’S:

Or, LIFE in the WEST.—Dedicated, by permission, to Mr. Peel.

“This is a work which must inevitably be read everywhere. It contains the most complete exposure of the gambling system that has ever issued from the press.”—Vide Times, Lit. Gazette, Post, Chronicle, &c. &c.

XIII.

In 3 vols. post 8vo. Price 1l. 11s. 6d.

TALES OF CONTINENTAL LIFE.

By the Author of “The English in Italy.”

“The writings of this author are valuable for the shrewd observations they contain on the manners of the Continent, extremely unlike those of English travellers in general, for they are not crude, hasty, and prejudiced, but manifestly the result of an extensive cultivation of foreign society, under very favourable opportunities. The author permits natural objects to have their natural weight with him; his tales are written with great power, and decidedly prove themselves to be the work of a clever man, who knows the Continent, or at least parts of it, thoroughly.”—Atlas.

XIV.

In 3 vols. post 8vo. Price 1l. 11s. 6d.

HIGH LIFE.—A Novel.

By a Lady of Rank.

“The author of this work has here, with the pencil of a finished artist, produced a complete panorama of fashionable society, combining all the gaieties, elegancies, miseries, and vices, which are enclosed within that mysterious circle.”—Traveller.

XV.

In 3 vols. post 8vo. Price 27s.

RECOLLECTIONS OF A PEDESTRIAN.

By the Author of “The Journal of an Exile.”

“The light and lively sketches which fill these volumes, are evidently written by one who has not walked from Dan to Beersheba only to find all barren, but who has certainly made use both of his powers of amusement and information, in his descriptions and animated narrative.”—Literary Gazette.

XVI.

In 3 vols. 12mo. Price 24s.

THE ZENANA; or, A Nuwab’s Leisure Hours.

By the Author of “Pandurang Hari; or, Memoirs of a Hindoo.”

“These volumes contain the stories told to the Nuwab to while away the tedious time previous to his marriage with a certain fair Persian, whose adventures involve a curious and amusing sketch of Asiatic court intrigue. Nothing, since the days of the Arabian Nights, has been so thoroughly Eastern, and no book of Travels can give a more exact and vivid picture of manners and feelings so opposed to our own. We equally advise those who read for amusement, and those who read for information, to peruse these volumes.”—Literary Gazette.

XVII.

In 3 vols. post 8vo. Price 30s.

ALLA GIORNATA; or, To the Day.—A Novel.

By the Author of “Flirtation.”

“There is much, very much, that distinguishes these volumes from their competitors. The interest is well sustained, and the language elegant; and sketches of charming description, and observations, whose truth and beauty must be felt by all, are scattered like flowers over the pages. The book deserves not only to be read, as it will be, but to take a place for future enjoyment on the shelf with those novels which are preserved from the hasty oblivion that closes over so many of their race.”—Literary Gazette.

XVIII.

Second Edition.—In 2 vols. post 8vo. Price 18s.

THE JOURNAL OF AN EXILE.

“In the perusal of these volumes we have frequently been reminded of the style and manner of ‘The Sketch Book;’ the same pathos, the same originality of thought, the same facility of expression. We consider this as a prelude to future excellence.”—Gentleman’s Magazine.

XIX.

Second Edition.—In 3 vols. post 8vo. Price 1l. 7s.

THE AYLMERS.—A Novel.

“This work is from the pen of Mr. Thomas Haynes Bayly, of Bath, a very accomplished Gentleman, perhaps next to Anacreon Moore the best Amatory or sentimental ballad writer of the age; his Novel has a reasonable portion of incident and a due seasoning of description, both of scenery and manners, without being scurrilous or scandalous, or at all departing from that high tone which ought to distinguish the writings of a Scholar and a Gentleman.”—Ackerman’s Repository.

XX.

Third Edition.—3 vols. post 8vo. Price 1l. 11s. 6d.

ALMACK’S.—A Novel.

“These volumes present, perhaps, the best picture of the gayest fashionable life that has ever issued from the press.”—Literary Gazette.

“We look upon ‘Almack’s’ as one of the most delightful Novels in our language. It seems to have been the sole object of the writer to give a natural representation of the manners, the conversations, and, in short, the every-day employments of the aristocratic circles; and she has succeeded to the fullest extent.” “The value of a work of this kind is inestimable.”—Monthly Review.

XXI.

In one vol. 8vo. Price 8s.

SUSPIRIUM SANCTORUM; or, Holy Breathings. A Series of Prayers for every Day in the Month. By a Lady.

“The spirit which pervades these solemn addresses to the Almighty, bespeaks such a sense and feeling of the blessed hopes and prospects of pure Christianity, as do great credit to the heart and understanding of the noble Author.”—Quarterly Theological Review.

XXII.

In 1 large vol. 8vo. with Twenty Plates. Price 21s. plain; 30s. Coloured.

FLORAL EMBLEMS. By Henry Phillips, F. L. and F. H. S., Author of “Pomarium Britannicum,” &c. Containing the Art of combining and arranging the most beautiful and intelligible Emblematical Devices, and of Secret Correspondence.

XXIII.

In 3 vols. post 8vo. Price 30s.

THE ENGLISH IN ITALY.

“We have been greatly delighted in the perusal of ‘The English in Italy;’ it contains so much truth and sterling sentiment, delivered in a style so unostentatious, though superior, as at once to account for the extensive reception with which we understand it to be every where meeting; indeed its very rarity, as the first skilful sketch that has been given of Italian society, would have ensured this, had much less talent been employed on the subject than these intelligent pages evidently manifest.”

“We must say that the author has produced a very clever book, and that he has shewn himself an acute observer and powerful satirist. It is evident that the best society has been open to him.”—Times & Chronicle.

XXIV.

In 2 vols. 8vo. Price 28s.

HISTORICAL and LITERARY TOUR of a FOREIGNER in ENGLAND and SCOTLAND. With Anecdotes of celebrated Persons visited by the Author.

“We confidently recommend these two animated and judicious volumes. A more amusing publication has not lately issued from the press. It is full of original and sagacious observations on the manners and customs of England and Scotland. The Author has made his ‘Tour,’ the vehicle of much ingenious criticism on the state of the Arts and Sciences in England; his repeated conversations with Sir Walter Scott, Crabbe, the Scotch Literati, &c. are replete with interest.”—Sunday Times.

XXV.

In one vol. post 8vo. Price 10s. 6d.

CHARACTERS and OPINIONS; or, The Blue Book.

A series of Papers extracted by a Lady from her Album.

“These entertaining papers evince an intimate acquaintance with the usages of fashionable life, which are here discussed with much point, occasionally blended with strokes of elevated satire. A correct moral feeling prevails throughout; and, as emanating from a lady of high connexions, the work will doubtless be considered as possessing peculiar claims on the attention of the superior circles.”

XXVI.

Second Edition. In 1 vol. 8vo. Price 12s.

On the RISE, PROGRESS, and PRESENT STATE of PUBLIC OPINION in Great Britain and other Parts of the World.

By William Alexander Mackinnon, F. R. S.

XXVII.

In 1 vol. royal 8vo. with an Engraving. Price 5s.

NOTICES and EXTRACTS relating to the LION’S HEAD, which was erected at Button’s Coffee House, for receiving Communications for THE SPECTATOR in the Year 1713.

By the present Possessor of the Original.

XXVIII.

In 3 vols. 8vo. Price 1l. 11s. 6d.

HISTOIRE de la REVOLUTION de 1688, en ANGLETERRE. Par F. A. J. Mazure, Inspecteur Général des Etudes.

From the private papers of James II., which the Author has been fortunate enough to discover in the Castle of St. Germains, he has here thrown a new light on some important points relative to this interesting period of British History.

XXIX.

In 3 vols. 12mo. Price 21s.

THE GIL BLAS OF THE REVOLUTION.

By L. B. PICARD.

“The ‘Gil Blas of the Revolution’ is a remarkable production. Its delineations bear the impress of truth and reality. By means of his versatile Hero, the author has been enabled to sketch the physiognomy, both private and public, of the various parties that fought for precedence, and successively devoured each other. This task he has executed with scrupulous exactitude and impartial truth, so that his work may be considered as offering a valuable record of the state of society during the memorable twenty-five years that intervened between the reigns of Louis XVI. and Louis XVIII.”—New Monthly Magazine.

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