MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, Etc. 9 



AN IRISH BEAUTY OF THE REGENCY : By 



Mrs. Warrenne Blake. Author of " Memoirs of a Vanished 

 Generation, i 813-1855." With a Photogravure Frontispiece and 

 other Illustrations. Demy 8vo. i6s. net. 



*^*The Irish Brauty is the Hon. Mrs. Calvert, daughter of Viscount Pery, 

 Speaker of the Irisli House of Commons, and wile of Nicholson Calvert, M.P., of 

 Hunsdon. Born in 1767, Mrs. Calvert lived to the ape of ninety-two, and there 

 are many people still living who reiriember her. In ilie delightful journals, now 

 for the first time published, exciting events are described. 



THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE NINETEENTH 



CENTURY. By Stewart Houston Chamberlain. A Translation 

 from the German by John Lees. With an Introduction by 

 Lord Redesdale. Demy 8vo. 2 vols. 25s. net. Second 

 Edition. 



%* A man who can write sucli a really beautiful and solemn appreciation of 

 true Christianity, of true acceptance of Christ's teachings and personality, as 

 Mr. Chamberlain has done. . . . represents an influence to be reckoned with 

 and seriously to be taken into account.' —Theodore Roosevelt tn the Outlook, New 

 Yotk. 



%* •' It is a masterpiece of really scientific history. It does not make con- 

 fusion, it clears it away. He is a great generalizer of thought, as distinguished 

 from the crowd of mere specialists. It is certain to stir up thought. Whoever 

 has not read it will be rather out of it in political and sociological discussions for 

 some time to come.' — George Bernard Shaw in Fabian News. 



%* "This is unquestionably one of the rare books that really matter. His 

 judgments of men and things are deeply and indisputably sincere and are based 

 on immense reading . . . But even many well-informed people . . . will be 

 grateful to Lord Redesdale for the biographical details which he gives them in the 

 valuable and illuminating introduction contributed by him to this English 

 translation." — Txrnes. 



THE SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF 



COMMONS from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, with 

 a Topographical Account of Westminster at Various Epochs, 

 Brief Notes on Sittings of Parliament and a Retrospect of 

 the principal Constitutional Changes during Seven Centuries. By 

 Arthur Irwin Dasent, Author of "The Life and Letters of John 

 Delane," "The History of St. James's Square," etc., etc. With 

 numerous Portraits, including two in Photogravure and one in 

 Colour. Demy 8vo. 21s. net. 



ROMANTIC TRIALS OF THREE CENTU- 

 RIES. By Hugh Childers With numerous Illustrations. 

 Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net. 



%* This volume deals with some famous trials, occurring between the years 

 1650 and 1850, All of them possess some exceptional interest, or introduce 

 historical personages in a fascinating style, peculiarly likely to attract attention. 



The book is written for the general reading public, though in many respects 

 it should be of value to lawyers, who will be especially interested in the trials of 

 the great William Penn and Elizabeth Canning. The latter case is one of the 

 most enthralling interest. 



Twenty-two years later the same kind of excitement was aroused over 

 Elizabeth Chudleigh. alias Duchess of Kingston, who attracted more attention in 

 1776 than the war of American independence. 



Then the history of the fluent Dr. Dodd, a curiously pathetic one, is related, 

 and the inconsistencies of his character ver^' clearly brought out; perhaps now he 

 may have a little more sympathy than he has usually received. Several im- 

 portant letters of his appear here for the first time in print. 



Among other important trials discussed we find the libel action aeainst 

 Disraeli and the story of the Lyons Mail. Our knowledge of the latter is chiefly 

 gahered from the London stage, but there is in it a far greater historical interest 

 than would be suspected by those who have only seen the much altered story 

 enacted before them. 



