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 A CATALOGUE OF THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT (NAPOLEON II.) By Edward de Wertheimer. Translated from the German. With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 21s. net. (Second Edition.) Titnes. — "A most careful and interesting work which presents the first complete and authoritative account of the life of this unfortunate Prince." Wesiiizinsier Gazette. — "This book, admirably produced, reinforced by many additional portraits, is a solid contribution to history and a monument of patient, well-applied research." NAPOLEON'S CONQUEST OF PRUSSIA, 1806. By F. LoRAiNE Petre. With an Introduction by Field- Marshal Earl Roberts, V.C, K.G., etc. With Maps, Battle Plans, Portraits, and i6 Full-page Illustrations. Demy 8vo (9 X 5|- inches), izs. 6d. net. Scotsman. — " Neither too concise, nor too diffuse, the book is eminently readable. It is the best work in English on a somewhat circumscribed subject." Outlook.—" Mr. Petre has visited the battlefields and read everything, and his monograph is a model of what military history, handled with enthusiasm and literary ability, can be. " NAPOLEON'S CAMPAIGN IN POLAND, 1806- 1807. A Military History of Napoleon's First War with Russia, verified from unpublished official documents. By F. Loraine Petre. With i6 Full-page Illustrations, Maps, and Plans. New Edition. Demy 8vo (9 x 5I inches), izs. 6d. net. A f^ny and Navy Chronicle. — "We welcome a second edition of this valuable work. . . . Mr. Loraine Petre is an authority on the wars of the great Napoleon, and has brought the greatest care and energy into his studies of the subject." NAPOLEON AND THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES. A History of the Franco- Austrian Campaign in the Valley of the Danube in 1809. By F. Loraine Petre. With 8 Illustrations and 6 sheets of Maps and Plans. Demy 8vo (9 X 5I inches), izs. 6d. net. RALPH HEATHCOTE. Letters of a Diplomatist During the Time of Napoleon, Giving an Account of the Dispute between the Emperor and the Elector of Hesse. By Countess Gunther Groben. With Numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo (9 X 5 1 inches). 1 2j. 6^^'. net. some time in the English diplomatic service as first secretary to Mr. Brook Taylor, minister at the Court of Hesse, and on one occasion found himself z'cry near to making history. Napoleon became persuaded that Taylor was i>npHcated in a plot to procure his assassina- tion, ajid insisted on his dismissal from the Hessian Court. As Taylor refused to be dismissed, the incident at one time seemed likely to result to tlte Elector in the loss of his throne. Heat/uote came into contact with a nuinber of notable people, including the Miss Berrys, with whom he assures his mother he is not in lo7'e. On the whole, there is much interesting vtaterialfor lovers of old letters and journals.
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