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THE STORY OF A THRONE 



(CATHERINE II. OF RUSSIA) 

 By K. WALISZEWSKI 



In One Volume, with Frontispiece, price 6s. 



The Times. — " Readers of M. Waliszewski's former work will not need 

 to be told that the picture he draws is a vivid one, full of intimate touches 

 and accurate detail. . . . The whole story is strange, and in many respects 

 singularly fascinating." 



The World. — " No novel that ever was written could compete with this 

 historical monograph in absorbing interest." 



The Daily Chronicle. — " These two volumes are as good reading as 

 any novel which the publishing season has yet produced, and higher or 

 heartier praise we cannot give them." 



The Daily News. — " The book is, without doubt, one of the most useful 

 contributions recently made to the history of a great reign." 



The Standard. — "The book brings vividly before the reader the 

 entourage of the Empress, and gives passing glimpses of many soldiers, 

 courtiers, diplomatists, and scholars who lent lustre to her court." 



NAPOLEON AND FAIR SEX 



By FREDERIC MASSON 



In One Volume, with Frontispiece, price 6s. 



The Times. — " It is a work of much patient and laborious research." 



Vanity Fair. — "We have here an exceedingly valuable contribution to 

 the Napoleonic literature. ... It must be admitted that the author has 

 done personal history some service and undeniably furnished us with a 

 singularly interesting volume." 



The Court Journal. — " M. Masson traces Napoleon's love affairs 

 through a chequered life ; and he also describes his treatment of those 

 women who befriended and assisted him before he became head of the 

 State. . . . Altogether, M. Masson, though he reveals a seamy and little- 

 known side of Napoleon's character, has nevertheless fairly established 

 that his hero was equal and probably superior to the generality of men in 

 his treatment of women." 



The Birmingham Post. — "M. Masson writes with brightness and 

 vivacity, he shows industry in his research into the scandals of the 

 empire, and he gives enough of them to satisfy the greediest of scandal- 

 mongers." 



The National Observer. — " An interesting addition to Napoleonic 

 literature. . . . Publisher and translator have both done their best to 

 make the English version acceptable." 



London: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 21 Bedford Street, W.C. 



