POPULAR NOVELS AND ROMANCES 



JUST PUBLISHED BY 



HENRY COLBURN, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 



I. 



LIGHTS AND SHADOWS 

 OF IRISH LIFE. 



By Mrs S. C. HALL, 



Author ot the " Buccaneer," " Uncle Horace," &c. 



In 3 vols. post 8vo. 



" Erin ! the tear and the*milein thine eyes, 

 Blend like the rainbow that hangs in thy 

 skies." Moore. 



II. 

 Companion to Mr. Gleiff's " Chelsea 



Pensioners." 

 In 3 vols. post 8vo. 



THE GREENWICH 

 PENSIONERS. 



By Lieut. HATCHWAY, R. N. 



" We'll gar the eallants a' look blue, 



And sing anither tune ; 

 They're bleezing aye o' what they'll do, 



We'll tell them what we've dune !" 



III. 



NOURMAHAL, 

 THE LIGHT OF THE HAREM; 



AX ORIENTAL ROMANCE. 



By M. J. QU1N, Esq. 

 Author of" A Steam Voyage down the Danube, &c. 



In 3 vols. post 8vo. 



" True to the characterhe assumes that 

 of a Cashmere story-teller Mr. Quin hur- 

 ries onward from one point of interest to 

 another, pausing only at times to describe, 

 in fervent and glowing language, the beau- 

 ties of the country through which he is 

 passing, the pastoral simplicity of a wan- 

 dering tribe, the gold and purple pomp of 

 an imperial procession, the gloomy cell of 

 a devotee, the stately march of an army, 

 or the embowered retreat of the ' Light of 

 the Harem.' ' Nourmahal ' will greatly in- 

 crease the author's reputation. "-Clu-oniclc. 

 IV. 



OUTWARD BOUND; 



OR, A MERCHANT'S ADVENTURES. 



By the Author of 

 " Rattlin the Reefer," ' The Old Commodore," &c. 



In 3 vols. post 8vo. 



" This is by far the best written and most 

 interesting of the novels this author has 

 produced. It is replete with graphic des- 

 cription and well-portrayed characters, as 

 well as highly exciting as a tale of the 

 sea." Courier. 



V. 

 THE 



COURTIER'S DAUGHTER, 



By LADY STEPNEY. 



3 vols. post 8vo. 



"A charming specimen of Lady Stepney's 

 powers in the world of fiction. Her ' Cour- 

 tier's Daughter' mingles enough of romance 

 with the realities of modern life to astonish 

 as well as interest the reader." John Bull. 



VI. 



SHAKSPEARE AND HIS 

 FRIENDS ; 



Or, The Golden Age of Merry England. 

 3 vols. post 8vo. 



VII. 

 RAFF HALL. 



By ROBERT SULIVAN, Esq. 3 vols. 



"A singular work ; full of merit and 

 amusement." Dispatch . 



' A very lively, pleasant book. We have 

 pleasure in doing justice to Mr. Sulivan's 

 wit, and to the good feeling which animates 

 his work ; it is humorous without being 

 gross, and sensible without conceit or pre- 

 tence." Atlas. 



VIII. 



LOVE; A NOVEL. 



By LADY CHARLOTTE BURY- 



Author of " The Divorced," " Flirtation," &c. 

 3 Vols. 



" Oh love ! what is it in this world of ours 

 Which makes it fatal to be loved ? Ah ! 



why 

 With cypress branches hast thou wreathed 



thy bowers, 

 And made thy best interpreter a sigh ?" 



IX. 



MEN OF CHARACTER. 



By DOUGLAS JERROLD, Esq. 

 3 vols. post 8vo., with numerous Character- 

 istic Illustrations after Thackeray. 



"We must admonish thee, my worthy 

 friend (for perhaps thy heart may be better 

 than thy head), not to condemn a character 

 as a bad one because it is not perfectly a 

 good one. If thou dost delight in these 

 models of perfection, there are books enow 

 written to gratify thy taste ; but as we have 

 never happened to meet with any such per- 

 son, we have not chosen to introduce any 

 such here." Fielding. 



