ROMANTIC INCIDENTS 



IN THE LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. 



By J. F. SMITH, 



AUTHOR OF "STANFIELD HALL," "AMY LAWRENCE, 1 



HOWARD," ETC. 



12mo. Beautiful Illustrations. Extra Cloth, gilt, Sl.OO. 



This is a beautiful volume of 350 pages, elegantly illustrated. It contains truthful 

 and admirably drawn literary portraits of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort of 

 Edward IV., Eleanora of Aquitaine, Queen Consort of Henry II., Matilda of Flanders, 

 Queen Consort of William the Conqueror, and Matilda Atheling, Queen Consort of 

 Henry I. The writer, in giving us the history of these eminent women, has remark- 

 ably exemplified the old adage that " truth is stranger than fiction ;" for no pure 

 romance could excel it in stirring incident, and the various vicissitudes of love, 

 pleasure, sorrow and suffering, which form the staple of all works of fiction. Each 

 sketch is a complete narrative in itself, possessing all the charms of a novel, with 

 the additional value and merit of historical truth. The book may be read with equal 

 entertainment and profit. 



Portraits of my Married Friends; 



OR, 



A PEEP INTO HYMEN'S KINGDOM. 



BY UNCLE BEN. 



BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED FROM DESIGNS BY BARLEY AND OTHER 

 EMINENT AUTISTS. 



Large ISnao. Cloth, $1.^5. 



These sketches are six in number. The first is that of "Alice," whose husband, 

 resisting her gentle influence in the commencement of their married life, falls into 

 the hands of a gambler, who first ruins his fortune, and then induces him to commit 

 forgery. He is arrested and imprisoned, while she dies broken-hearted. 



The second is that of " Harry Weatherall," who spends the best part of his life in 

 attendance upon a nervous, selfish wife, and is killed just as she has determined 

 to reform. 



The third is that of " Sam Percival and the Widow," who both marry for money, 

 and both find themselves dsceived in their expectations. 



The fourth is that of " Jerome and Susan Daly," honest, industrious, and ultimately 

 successful people. 



The fifth is that of " Ringold Hopkins." who is very exacting and very jealous. 

 His wife, who is young enough to be his daughter, is totally unfit to superin- 

 tend a family, and not finding himself entirely comfortable at home, he tries board- 

 ing at a hotel. There he suffers from a severe attack of the " green-eyed monster," 

 and concludes to recommence house-keeping. 



The sixth is that of " Kate Kearney," a beautiful but uneducated Irish girl. Sho 

 marries a French emigrant, who is ashamed of and neglects her. He dying, she 

 goes to live with his father, in France, and by incredible exertions fits herself to 

 teach English, and thus supports herself. 



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