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Now ready, complete in 1 vol. 8vo. with Plans, 



THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE, 



WITH AN 



ACCOUNT OF THE MILITARY TRANSACTIONS AND BATTLES OF 

 Major-General Sir Charles J. Napier in that Country. 



BY MAJOR-GENERAL W. F. P. NAPIER, 



Author of" History of the War in the Peninsula." 



" We are glad General Napier has found any excuse for presenting the public with 

 his views of the policy adopted in reference to Scinde and Affghanistan, and of the 

 manner in which that policy was carried out. His is no common pen. He adorns and 

 dignifies a good cause, and renders a bad one attractive. As a commentary upon 

 some remarkable political events, and daring military achievements, this volume will 

 rapidly find a place in every soldier's library." — Atlas. 



" The Author is the historian of the Peninsular War, whose connection by blood 

 with the gallant conqueror of Scinde affords a security for the authenticity of his 

 sources of information— some of which are the letters of Sir Charles himself — and 

 whose high character, as an author, as well as a soldier, is a guarantee for his fidelity 

 in the use of his ample materials. We may add to the Author's other qualifications, 

 an unflinching intrepid honesty, which makes him speak out, and utter the plain 

 truth, without considering whether it be unpalatable." — Asiatic Journal. 



In Two Volumes, post 8vo. price 21*. 

 COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S 



ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN PORTUGAL. 

 BETWEEN DON PEDRO AND DON MIGUEL; 



WITH PLANS OP HIS ACTION OFP CAPE ST. VINCENT. 



" If we read the account of that naval action in which, with a force wholly unequal, 

 had it not been directed by the utmost skill and valour, to compete with the enemy — 

 if we read the account of that action in which, in the space of five minutes, a signal 

 victory was achieved, by which the glory of St. Vincent was revived — I say, if we read 

 the records of such an action, we shall find that the commander bore the name of Na- 

 pier." — Speech of Sir Robert Peel. 



"An excellent and spirit-stirring book — plain, honest, and straight-forward — the 

 very stuff of which the web of history alone should be composed. This is indeed an 

 honest, fair, and impartial history." — Morning Chronicle. 



'' In spirit and in keeping, from beginning to end, Admiral Napier's ' War in Por- 

 tugal,' is the happiest picture we could conceive of the battle off Cape St. Vincent — 

 its especial excellence consisting in a regardless bluntness of manner and language 

 that is quite admirable and delightful." — Monthly Review. 



" It is Caesar's Commentaries in the first person." — Spectator. 



" Candid to a degree, and sincere as a sailor's will. This is the very stuff" of which 

 history should be composed." — Bell's Messenger. 



" If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place facilities of author- 

 ship, he possesses the higher qualities of truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no 

 slight degree."— Atlas. 



" In speaking of himself and his deeds, he has hit the just and difficult medium — 

 shewing his real feelings, yet steering clear of affected modesty on the one hand, and of 

 over-weening modesty on the other." — Tait's Magazine. 



" This is a very graphic account of the affairs in which the gallant author figured so 

 nobly, and added fresh lustre to the name of Napier." — Neios. 



