MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, Etc. 
9 
AN IRISH BEAUTY OF THE REGENCY : By 
Mrs. Warrenne Blake. Author of “ Memoirs of a Vanished 
Generation, 1 8 1 3- 1 8 5 5 .” With a Photogravure Frontispiece and 
other Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 16s. net. 
***The Irish Beauty is the Hon. Mrs. Calvert, daughter of Viscount Pery, 
Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, and wife of Nicholson Calvert, M.P., of 
Hunsdon. Born in 1767, Mrs. Calvert lived to the age of ninety-two, and there 
are many people still living who remember her. In the delightful journals, now 
for the first time published, exciting events are described. 
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE NINETEENTH 
CENTURY. By Stewart Houston Chamberlain. A Translation 
from the German by John Lees. With an Introduction by 
Lord Redesdale. Demy 8vo. 2 vols. 25s. net. Second 
Edition. 
A man who can write such a really beautiful and solemn appreciation of 
true Christianity, of true acceptance of Christ’s teachings and personality, as 
Mr. Chamberlain has done. . . . represents an influence to be reckoned with 
and seriously to be taken into account. —Theodore Roosevelt in the Outlook , New 
York. 
*V* “ It is a masterpiece of really scientific history. It does not make con- 
fusion, it clears it away. He is a great generalizer of thought, as distinguished 
from the crowd of mere specialists. It is certain to stir up thought. Whoever 
has not read it will be rather out of it in political and sociological discussions for 
some time to come.” — George Bernard Shaw in Fabian News. 
*** “This is unquestionably one of the rare books that really matter. His 
judgments of men and things are deeply and indisputably sincere and are based 
on immense reading . . . But even many well-informed people . . . will be 
grateful to Lord Redesdale for the biographical details which he gives them in the 
valuable and illuminating introduction contributed by him to this English 
translation.” — Times. 
THE SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, with 
a Topographical Account of Westminster at Various Epochs, 
Brief Notes on Sittings of Parliament and a Retrospect of 
the principal Constitutional Changes during Seven Centuries. By 
Arthur Irwin Dasent, Author of “The Life and Letters of John 
Delane,” “The History of St. James’s Square,” etc., etc. With 
numerous Portraits, including two in Photogravure and one in 
Colour. Demy 8vo. 21s. net. 
ROMANTIC TRIALS OF THREE CENTU- 
RIES. By Hugh Childers With numerous Illustrations. 
Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net. 
This volume deals with some famous trials, occurring between the years 
1650 and 1850, All of them possess some exceptional interest, or introduce 
historical personages in a fascinating style, peculiarly likely to attract attention. 
The book is written for the general reading public, though in many respects 
it should be of value to lawyers, who will be especially interested in the trials of 
the great William Penn and Elizabeth Canning. The latter case is one of the 
most enthralling interest. 
Twenty-two years later the same kind of excitement was aroused over 
Elizabeth Chudleigh, alias Duchess of Kingston, who attracted more attention in 
1776 than the war of American independence. 
Then the history of the fluent Dr. Dodd, a curiously pathetic one, is related, 
and the inconsistencies of his character very clearly brought out; perhaps now he 
may have a little more sympathy than he has usually received. Several im- 
portant letters of his appear here for the first time in print. 
Among other important trials discussed we find the libel action against 
Disraeli and the story of the Lyons Mail. Our knowledge of the latter is chiefly 
S tthered from the London stage, but there is in it a far greater historical interest 
an would be suspected by those who have only seen the much altered story 
enacted before them. 
