A CATALOGUE OF 



TAPESTRIES : THEIR ORIGIN, HISTORY, 



AND RENAISSANCE. By George Leland Hunter. With 

 four full-page Plates in Colour, and 147 Half-tone Engravings, 

 lare 8vo. Cloth. 165. net. 



Squ£ 



%* This is a fascinating book on a fascinating subject. It is written by a 

 scholar whose passion for accuracy and original research did not prevent him 

 from making a story easy to read. It answers the questions people are always 

 asking as to how tapestries differ from paintings, and good tapestries from bad 

 tapestries. It will interest lovers of paintings and rugs and history and fiction, 

 for it shows how tapestries compare with paintings in picture interest, with rugs 

 in texture interest, and with historic and other novels in romantic interest; 

 presenting on a magnificent scale the stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the 

 ./Eneid and the Metamorphoses, the Bible and the Saints, Ancient and Medieval 

 History and Romance. In a word, the book is indispensable t® lovers of art and 

 literature in general, as well as to tapestry amateurs, owners and dealers. 



FROM STUDIO TO STAGE. By Weedon 



Grossmith. With 32 full-page Illustrations. Demy 8yo. 

 168. net. 



%* Justly famous as a comedian of unique gifts, Mr. Weedon Grossmith is 

 nevertheless an extremely versatile personality, whose interests are by no means 

 confined to the theatre. These qualities have enabled him to write a most 

 entertaining book. He gives an interesting account of his early ambitions and 

 exploits as an artist, which career he abandoned for that of an actor. He goes on 

 to describe some of his most notable roles, and lets us in to little intimate 

 glimpses "behind the scenes," chats pleasantly about all manner of celebrities in 

 the land of Bohemia and out of it, tells many amusing anecdotes, and like a true 

 comedian is not bashful when the laugh is against himself. The book is well 

 supplied with interesting illustrations, some of them reproductions of the 

 author's own work. 



FANNY BURNEY AT THE COURT OF 



QUEEN CHARLOTTE. By Constance Hill. Author of 

 " The House in St. Martin Street," " Juniper Hall," etc. With 

 numerous Illustrations by Ellen G. Hill and reproductions of 

 contemporary Portraits, etc. Demy 8vo. i6s.net. 



%* This book deals with the Court life of Fanny Burney covering the years 

 1786-91, and therefore forms a link between the two former works on Fanny 

 Burney by the same writer, viz. "The House in St. Martin Street," and 

 "Juniper Hall." The writer has been fortunate in obtaining much unpublished 

 material from members of the Burney farailj' as well as interesting contemporary 

 portraits and relics. The scene of action in this work is constantly shifting — 

 now at Windsor, now at Kew, now sea-girt at Weymouth, and now in London ; 

 and the figures that pass before our eyes are endowed with a marvellous vitality 

 by the pen of Fanny Bnrney. When the court was at St. James's the Keeper of 

 the Robes had opportunities of visiting her own family in St. Martin Street, and 

 also of meeting at the house of her friend Mrs. Ord "eveiything delectable in the 

 blue way." Thither Horace Walpole would come in all haste from Strawberry 

 Hill for the sole pleasure of spending an evening in her society. After such a 

 meeting Fanny writes— " he was in high spirits, polite, ingenious, entertaining, 

 quaint and original." A striking account of the Kings illness in the winter of 

 1788-9 is given, followed by the widespread rejoicings for his recovery ; when 

 London was ablaze with illuminations that extended for many miles around, and 

 when "even the humblest dwelling exhibited its rush-light." The author and the 

 illustrator of this work have visited the various places, where King George and 



8ueen Charlotte stayed when accompanied by Fanny Burney. Among these are 

 xford, Cheltenham, Worcester, Weymouth and Dorchester ; where sketches 

 have been made, or old prints discovered, illustrative of those towns in the late 

 i8th century savours of Georgian days. There the national flag may still be seen 

 as it appeared before the union. 



MEMORIES OF SIXTY YEARS AT ETON, 



CAMBRIDGE AND ELSEWHERE. By Oscar Browning. 

 Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 14s. net. 



