MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, Etc. 5 

 RALPH HEATHCOTE. Letters of a Diplomatist 



During the Time of Napoleon, Giving an Account of the Dispute 

 between the Emperor and the Elector of Hesse. By Countess 

 Gunther Groben. With Numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo 

 (9 x 5 1 inches), lzs. 6d. net. 



~. + Ralph Heaihcote, the son of an English father and an Alsatian mother, was for 

 some time in the English diplomatic service as first secretary to Mr. Brook Tavlor, minister 

 at the Court of Hesse, and on one occasion found himself very near to making history. 

 Napoleon became persuaded that Taylor tuas implicated in a plot to procure his assassina- 

 tion, and insisted on his dismissal from the Hessian Court. As Taylor refused to be 

 dismissed, the incident at one time seemed likely to result to the Elector in the loss of his 

 throne. Heathcote came into contact with a number of notable people, including the Miss 

 Berrys, with whom lie assures his mother he is not in love. On the whole, there is much 

 interesting material for lovers of old letters and journals. 



MEMOIRS OF THE COUNT DE CARTRIE. 



A record of the extraordinary events in the life of a French 

 Royalist during the war in La Vendee, and of his flight to South- 

 ampton, where he followed the humble occupation of gardener. 

 With an introduction by Frederic Masson, Appendices and Notes 

 by Pierre Amedee Pichot, and other hands, and numerous Illustra- 

 tions, including a Photogravure Portrait of the Author. Demy 8vo. 

 1 is. 6d. net. 



Daily News. — "We have seldom met with a human document which has interested us so 



much." 

 Dundee Advertiser. — "The identification and publication of the Memoirs of Count de 



Cartrie are due to as smart a piece of literary detective work as has been reported for 



many years." 

 Liverpool Courier. — "Mr. Lane and his French coadjutors are entitled to the utmost 



credit for the pains which they have taken to reconstruct and publish in such complete 



form the recollections of an eyewitness of important events concerning which even now 



no little dubiety exists." 

 Athenteum. — "As a record of personal suffering and indomitable perseverance against 



opposing circumstances the narrative of De Cartrie's escape to the Eastern frontier, in 



the disguise of a master-gunner, could not easily be surpassed." 

 World. — "The book is very entertaining, and will be read with pleasure by all who delight 



in the byways of history." 



WOMEN OF THE SECOND EMPIRE. 



Chronicles of the Court of Napoleon III. By Frederic Loliee. 

 With an introduction by Richard Whiteing and 53 full-page 

 Illustrations, 3 in Photogravure. Demy Svo. z\s. net. 



Standard. — " M. Frederic Loliee has written a remarkable book, vivid and pitiless in its 

 description of the intrigue and dare-devil spirit which flourished unchecked at the French 

 Court. . . . Mr. Richard Whiteing's introduction is written with restraint and dignity." 



Mr. James Douglas in the Star. — "At a moment when most novels send you to sleep, let 

 me whisper the name of a book which will amuse you in most melancholy mood. One 

 of the freshest, gayest, and wittiest volumes of gossip and anecdote I have ever read." 



Sunday Times. — "A delicious banquet of scandal, contributions to which have been secured 

 by the artful device of persuading ladies not so much to make their own confessions as 

 to talk about their friends. . . . The illustrations present us with a veritable galaxy 

 of beauty." 



Daily Telegraph. — " It is a really fascinating story, or series of stories, set forth in this 

 volume. . . . Here are anecdotes innumerable of the brilliant women of the Second Em- 

 pire, so that in reading the book we are not only dazzled by the beauty and gorgeousness 

 of everything, but we are entertained by the record of things said and done, and through 

 all we are conscious of the coming 'gloom and doom' so soon to overtake the Court. 

 Few novels possess the fascination of this spirited work, and many readers will hope that 

 the author will carry out his proposal of giving us a further series of memories of the 

 'Women of the Second Empire.'" 



