2 Mr. Edward Arnold’s Autumn Announcements. 
THE REMINISCENCES OF ADMIRAL 
MONTAGU. 
With Illustrations. One Volume. Demy 8vo., cloth. 15s. net. 
The Author of this entertaining book, Admiral the Hon. Victor 
Montagu, has passed a long life divided between the amusements 
of aristocratic society in this country and the duties of naval 
service afloat in many parts of the world. His memory recalls 
many anecdotes of well-known men—among them the famous 
‘Waterloo’ Marquis of Anglesey, who was his grandfather, Lord 
Sydney, Sir Harry Keppel, Sir Edmund Lyons, Hobart Pasha, 
and others. Admiral Montagu was a distinguished yachtsman, 
and a well-known figure at Cowes, which forms the scene of some 
extremely interesting episodes. He was honoured with the 
personal friendship of the late King Edward VII. and of the 
German Emperor, by whom his seamanship, as well as his social 
qualities, was highly esteemed. As a sportsman he has some- 
thing to say about shooting, fishing, hunting, and cricket, and his 
stories of life in the great country houses where he was a frequent 
guest have a flavour of their own. The Admiral had no love for 
‘the City,’ and his denunciation of the pitfalls that await amateur 
‘children in finance’ will have many sympathizers. He is a type 
of the real British sailor, and is at his best in recording naval 
exploits and adventures, of which a goodly number fell to his lot. 
CLARA NOVELLO’S REMINISCENCES. 
With an Introductory Memoir by 
ARTHUR DUKE COLERIDGE. 
Illustrated. One Volume. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net. 
The forthcoming Reminiscences of Clara Novello were compiled by 
her daughter, Contessa Valeria Gigliucci, from the great singer’s manu- 
script notes, They givecharmingly vivid pictures of her early life, when 
Charles Lamb and all manner of distinguished literary and musical 
people were frequent guests at her father’s house. After her mar- 
riage with Count Gigliucci she lived in Italy, and there are various 
interesting side-lights on the stirring times of the Risorgimento and 
the unification of the kingdom of Italy. 
The reminiscences are written in a pleasant, talkative style, with- 
out any great literary pretensions, and are marked by singular 
modesty and refinement. As the writer takes it for granted that the 
surroundings of music in her day are familiar to all her readers, it 
