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In Royal Octavo. 1600 pages. Cloth gilt. Price ^2 s. The Peerage, or Baronetage, separate, with gilt edges, each 255.

Ci)e ^^eerage, iSaronetage k l^ntgijtage of tl)e ^ritte!) €mptre.

BY JOSEPH FOSTER.

THE work contains upwards of 1,400 woodcuts of Arms of Peers and Baronets, full-page Engrav- ings of the Royal Arms and the Insignia of the various Orders of Knighthood, and numerous other illustrations, drawn by Fr. Anselm, of Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, and Mr. Forbes Nixon, of Barnard's Inn. All the Coats of Arms have been revised and corrected by the records of the College of Arms and the Lyon Office. In the pedigrees the collateral branches are more fully given than in any other work. It contains also a hitherto unpublished list of the Baronets of Nova Scotia, compiled by Robert Milne, of Edinburgh, soon after the Union, and a chapter of Addenda to the Baronetcy, entitled " Chaos," including, among other matters, notes upon all apparently doubtful claims to the title of Baronet which have come to the knowledge of the Editor.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

" It may fairly be presumed, since Mr. Foster has ha.d free access to the records of the Heraldb' College, and the aid of Gcirter and Bluemantle, that thi.i new Peerage i.^ more accurate than those that have preceded it. . Mr. Foster has collected an

immense amount of new matter for this work, as may be seen at once on comparing it with other Peerages and Baronetages, and in mo-^t instances he gives far fuller genealogies of the later generations of titled families than have previously appeared. An attractive feature in this work, and one that seems likely to commend it to the public, is its engraving.*;, and the armorial designs which accompany each article, and are of more artistic merit than those usually supplied in works of the kind. The most original feature, and one which will doubtless attract a good deal of attention, is a section styled ' Chaos,' at the end of the Baronetage, of great novelty and boldness. This portion of the work will probably disgu.-^t those persons whose pretension.-, it calls in question, though, on the other hand, it will certainly please genealogists and all those who do not approve of persons bearing honours to which they are not entitled. . . Mr. Foster is deserving of praise for his courage in scrutinizing the pretensions of self-styled Baronets, and the facts which he has stated may tend to restrain claimanLs of hereditary honours from assuming their titles before having proved their pedigrees." — Athciuruin,

"The labour spent by ]\[r. Foster on this volume must have been immense, for under every title, whether of the Peers or of the Buroncts, he gives not only all the male i.ssue, directly or collaterally related to the title, and in remainder to it, but also the children of all the married female members of the aristocracy. This informa- tion, it is only fair to add, is not to be found in any other existing ' Peerage' or ' Baronetage,' so that the credit of it belongs wholly to Mr, Foster. We can certify to the great care with which the work is edited, the tastefulness of the heraldic illustra- tions, and the excellent typography and binding, which go far to increase its practical value as a book of reference." — Tkc Tivics. " Mr. Foster has given to the world a Peerage which must rank at once as of the very highest class. Independence

of research and of judgment hns conducted the compiler to many discoveries which in the aggregate constitute a virtual

impeachment of other authorities to an extent amply sufficient to warrant the publication of this volume. ^In 'particular,

he challenges the validity of a large number of Baronetcies, and, justly considering

that titles so circumstanced ought not to be mixed up indifferently with those upon

which no doubt hangs, he has collected them in a separate section of his book under

the largely expressive title of ' Chaos.' In many respects ' Chaos ' is as interesting

as it is undoubtedly important. Of this Peerage it may with truth be said that it

will compare in point of magnitude and laborious research with some of the very

greatest literary undertakings of the day. For all purposes of reference the work

will be found to be a comprehensive and accurate record of our titled classes and

their blood relations." — Morning Post.

"We are glad to notice the publication of a new Peerage and Baronetage,

the erudite composer of which — Mr. Joseph Foster — forsaking the too frequently

practised and inveterate fashion of treating uncorroborated statements of private in- dividuals as gospel truths, has boldly stepped into the arena and has searchingly

investigated the true foundation of every claim to dignity. . . . We prefer

this work in every respect to the existing compilations of a similar character, and

we heartily recommend it as a trustworthy book of reference to the two services." —

United Service Gazette,

" We strongly recommend Mr. Foster's ' Peerage ' ; it is lucid, reliable,

admirably arranged, splendidly printed — a volume which must be placed in all

libraries, public as well as private. Moreover, it is a herculean literary task, con- scientiously and thoroughly well performed." — Whitehall Review.

" It might have been thought that books of the Peerage were already sufficiently