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2 Vols. Demy 8vo, pp. 791, Cloth, price 21 s. 



The White King ; 



Or, Charles the First, 



MEN AND WOMEN, LIFE AND MANNERS, LITERATURE AND ART 

 OF ENGLAND IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE i yTH CENTURY. 



BY W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. I.: Personal History of Charles I. Some of the Royal Children : 

 Princess Elizabeth, Duke of Gloucester, Princess Mary, and Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans 

 The Court of Charles I.: Philip, Earl of Pembroke, The Countess of Carlisle, Sir 

 Kenelm Digby A King's Favourite : George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham Notes 

 A Moderate Statesman : Lucius Gary, Lord Falkland An Absolute Statesman : The 

 Earl of Straffprd A Philosopher of the Reign of Charles I. : Edward, Lord Herbert of 

 Cherbury Glimpses of Life and Manners : The Strafford Letters Appendix Notes and 

 Corrections Index to Vol. I. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. : Three Noble Ladies : Margaret, 

 Duchess of Newcastle, Lady Anne Fanshawe, Mrs Hutchinson The Arts in England 

 during the Reign of Charles I. : i. Music; 2. The Drama; 3. Painting and Architecture 

 Literature in the Reign of Charles I. : i. The Courtly Poets ; 2. The Serious Poets Men 

 of Letters in the Reign of Charles I. Appendix Notes and Corrections Index to Vol. II. 



"These two volumes belong to the gossip of history, they are essentially 

 personal, and throw light upon much that is merely suggested in grave records. 

 Mr Adams relates with vivacity, yet always with a careful regard of historical 

 truth. . . . The scope of Mr Adams's work is comprehensive. He has 

 carried it out with an intelligent thoroughness worthy of praise. Taken 

 all in all, from the point of view of the general reader, his book is a satisfac- 

 tory study in the intimate history of one of the gravest, yet also one of the 

 most romantic cycles of our national life. " Morning Post. 



' ' A peculiarly personal, and therefore interesting and readable book, while 

 many of the pictures of social life and notable people are admirably vivid. 

 Mr Adams has devoted special care to a narrative of the great Trial, and his 

 chapters on the arts in England of that period are full of interest, those on 

 the drama being quite worthy of preservation as a text-book for those seeking 

 information of that particular kind. The author of ' The White King ' has 

 unquestionably done his work with a thoroughness which stamps it as a labour 

 of love, and the two entertaining and instructive volumes are creditable alike 

 to his industry and discrimination." Court Jotirnal. 



" There is both judgment and eloquence in this story of the eventful life of 

 the White King. . . . Like this popular writer's previous publications, this en- 

 tertaining book is not meant to supersede history proper; it is rather an artistic 

 clothing of the skeleton work of others, a graceful investing of dry details 

 with circumstantiality, beauty, and realism. Nowhere is there to be found so 

 ample and so faithful an account of the unfortunate Charles Stuart's doings 

 and principles. ... It needs a master hand, like Mr Davenport Adams, to 

 evolve order from confusion, to define the one central figure, the King, around 

 whom all, friends and foes, consciously or unconsciously revolved, and to 

 demonstrate the influence and counter-influence of himself and his immediate 

 surroundings on all England." Whitehall Review. 



