In Square Crown 8vo. Printed on Light Paper, with Decided Edges, 

 and bound in Buckram. Price 6s. 



A PRISONER OF FRANCE 



BEING THE REMINISCENCES OF THE LATE 



CAPTAIN CHARLES BOOTHBY, R.E. 



Containing a Frontispiece Portrait of the Author, and several small 



Illustrations from Pen-and-ink Sketches 



in the Author's Journals. 



"We cordially recommend thi.s charming bit of autobiography. " Daily 

 News. 



" Exceptionally interesting on account of the details which it supplies 

 concerning the manner in which he was treated." Glasgow Herald. 



" A very vivid picture of military life in the Peninsula." Speaker. ' 



" It is impossible to read his diary without liking a man who made so 

 light of trouble, and who bore himself so gallantly in captivity." Standard. 



' ' The cheerfulness with which he writes throughout is singularly 

 refreshing. "Academy. 



" '-A Prisoner of France ' should be in the hands of all young soldiers, 

 for it is a manual of soldierly kindness and fine humanity." Vanity Fair. 



In Square Crown 8vo. Printed on Light Paper, with Deckled Edges, 

 Price lO.s. 6(/. 



A BRITISH RIFLE MAN 



THE JOURNALS AND 



CORRESPONDENCE OF MAJOR GEORGE SIMMONS, 



RIFLE BRIGADE, DURING THE PENINSULAR 



WAR AND THE CAMPAIGN OF 



WATERLOO 

 Containing 3 Sketch Maps. 



' ' A most attractive book, bringing back vividly to the memory one of 

 the most brilliant periods of English military history, and giving a pleasant, 

 because unintentional, picture of a gallant soldier and gentleman." 

 Standard. 



"It will be long invaluable as a record of the heroism, the occasional, 

 though exceptional, excesses, and the wondrous endurance of the British 

 soldier." Daily Chronicle. 



"This book is certainly one that all riflemen will value, and which all 

 who are interested in the Peninsular War will enjoy. . . . The author 

 belonged to a regiment that saw more fighting than any other in the 

 Peninsula, and certainly Major Simmons was a remarkable man. " The Army 

 and Navy Gazette. 



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