A CATALOGUE OF 



MEMOIRS, "BIOGRAPHIES, ETC. 



WO%,KS UPON ZNIAPOLEON 

 NAPOLEON drTHE INVASION OF ENGLAND : 



The Story of the Great Terror, 1 797-1 805. By H, F. B. 

 Wheeler and A. M. Broadley. With upwards of 100 Full- 

 page Illustrations reproduced from Contemporary Portraits, Prints, 

 etc. ; eight in Colour. Two Volumes. 32J. net. 



'.* Hitherto no look dealing exhaustively with Napoleon s colossal plans for invading 

 the United Kingdom, and our own strenuous measures to resist his coming, has appeared 

 in the English language. This work, which has been in preparation for several years, is 

 a careful study of this neglected phase of Napoleonic history. It not only deals with the 

 military and naval preparations made by both nations, but 'with the more picturesque 

 side of their campaign. While Napoleon was riding along Hie sands of Boulogne 

 encouraging the shipbuilders and organising the Army of England — which was to conquer 

 half Europe as the Grand Army — Pitt was drilling Volunteers at H'almer Castle, Fox 

 was exercising as a private in the Chertsey Volunteers, and the peace-loving Addington 

 appeared in the House of Commons in military uniform. The churches were storeit with 

 arms, and two hours' drilling was undergone every Sunday, to say nothing of "week-days. 

 Never before or since has the pencil of the cartoonist played so important a part in the 

 formation of public opinion. Patriotism on paper was rampant. From 179S till 1805, 

 when Trafalgar lifted the war-cloud which hung over the Kingdom, pen and press were 

 turning out history in pictures by hundreds, as well as popular songs. Caricatures, 

 squibs, and broadsides against Napoleon and the threatened invasion did inuch to 

 encourage the population to prepare to resist the legions of France. The facile pencils of 

 Gillray, the Cruickshanks, Ansell, Rowlandson, West, Woodzuard, and a score of lesser 

 lights, were never idle. Many unique cartoons and other illustrations appear in these 

 volumes, which also include important letters, never before published, of George III, the 

 Duke of Buckingham, Lord Brougham. Decies, RicJiard Cumberland, Thomas Order 

 Powlett, Mrs. Piozzi, and other celebrities. 



THE FALL OF NAPOLEON. By Oscar 



Browning, m. a., Author of "The Boyhood and Youth of Napoleon." 

 With numerous Full-page Illustrations. Demy Svo (9 x 5f inches). 

 1 2/. 6d. net. 



*»* The story of the fall of Napoleon has never been adequately written for English 

 readers, and great misconception still exists in this country even with regard to the most 

 material facts. The present volume a: tempts to supply this omission, and makes use of 

 the copious recent literature on this portion of Napoleon's life, which adds so largely to our 

 knowledge of the subject. The narrative begins with Napoleon's return to Paris after the 

 Russian disaster. It gives a complete account of the campaigns of 1S13 and 1814, based 

 very largely upon personal knowledge of the battlefields. The events connected with the 

 abdication at Fontainebleau are carefully described. The life in Elba is painted, and 

 the marvellous march to Paris dealt with in detail. In treating of the Hundred Days 

 the attitude of the English Government has received much attention, and tlie Waterloo 

 campaign has been dealt with from the point of view of the best and most recent authori- 

 ties. The book concludes with a minute account of Napoleon's surrender at Aix, which 

 has never before been properly presented in an English dress, and leaves Napoleon on board 

 the "Northumberland." The book 'will form a companion volume to " The Boyhood and 

 Youth of Napoleon," by the same author. 



