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 MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, Etc. 7 THE LIFE OF SIR HALLIDAY MACART- NEY, K.C.M.G., Commander of Li Hung Chang's trained force in the Taeping Rebellion, founder of the first Chinese Arsenal, Secretary to the first Chinese Embassy to Europe. Secretary and Councillor to the Chinese Legation in London for thirty years. By Demetrius C. Boulger, Author of the « History of China," the " Life of Gordon," etc. With lUus- trations. Demy 8vo. Price zu. net. Daily Graphic. — " It is safe to say that few readers will be able to put down the book with- out feeling the better for having read it. . . not only full of personal interest, but tells us much that we never knew before on some not unimportant details." DEVONSHIRE CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS. By S. Baring-Gould, m.a.. Author of " Yorkshire Oddities," etc. With 58 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 21/. net. Daily News. — "A fascinating series. . . the whole book is rich in human interest. It is by personal touches, drawn from traditions and memories, that the dead men surrounded by the curious panoply of their time, are made to live again in Mr. Baring-Gould's pages. " CORNISH CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS. By S. Baring-Gould. Demy 8vo. zis, net. THE HEART OF GAMBETTA. Translated from the French of Francis Laur by Violette Montagu. With an Introduction by John Macdonald, Portraits and other Illustrations. Demy 8vo. js. 6d. net. Daily Tele^^aph. — " It is Gambetta pouring "out his soul to L6onie Leon, the strange, passionate, masterful demagogue, who wielded the most persuasive oratory of modern times, acknowledging his idol, his inspiration, his Egeria." THE MEMOIRS OF ANN, LADY FANSHAWE. Written by Lady Fanshawe. With Extracts from the Correspon- dence of Sir Richard Fanshawe. Edited by H. C. Fanshawe. With 38 Full-page Illustrations, including four in Photogravure and one in Colour. Demy 8vo. ids. net. ef the Famhaive Fatnily, and Mr. H. C. Fanshawe contributes numerous notes which form a mnning cominentary «n the text. Many famous pictures are reproduced, includ- ing: paintings by Velazquez and Van Dyck.
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