IO A CATALOGUE OF 
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WILLIAM 
COBBETT IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. By Lewis 
Melville. Author of “ William Makepeace Thackeray.” With 
two Photogravures and numerous other Illustrations. 2 vols. 
Demy 8vo. 32s. net. 
THE LETTER-BAG OF LADY ELIZABETH 
SPENCER STANHOPE. By A. M. W. Stirling. Author 
of “ Coke of Norfolk,” and “ Annals of a Yorkshire House.” 
With a Colour Plate, 3 in Photogravure, and 27 other 
Illustrations. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. 32s. net. 
Extracts might be multiplied indefinitely, but we have given enough to 
show the richness of the mine. We have nothing but praise for the editor’s 
work, and can conscientiously commend this book equally to the student of 
manners and the lover of lively anecdote.” — Standard. 
MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND 
IN 1675, By Marie Catherine Comtesse d’Aulnoy. Trans- 
lated from the original French by Mrs. William Henry Arthur. 
Edited, Revised, and with Annotations (including an account of 
Lucy Walter) by George David Gilbert. With Illustrations. 
Demy 8vo. 16s. net. 
%* When the Comte de Gramont went back to France and Mr. Pepys 
decided that to save his eyesight it was essential that he should suspend his 
Diary, the records of delectable gossip of the ever interesting Restoration Court 
became, of necessity, sadly curtailed. Indeed, of the second decade of the 
Golden Days the sedate Evelyn has hitherto been almost the only source of 
information available to the public. Though the Memoirs of the Countess 
d’Aulnoy have always been known to students, they have never received the 
respect they undoubtedly merit, for until Mr. Gilbert, whose hobby is the social 
history of this period, took the matter in hand, no-one had succeeded in either 
deciphering the identity of the leading characters of the Memoirs or in verifying 
the statements made therein. To achieve this has been for some years his labour 
of love and an unique contribution to Court and Domestic history is the crown of 
his labours. The Memoirs, which have only to be known to rank with the 
sparkling “ Comte de Gramont” (which they much resemble), contain amusing 
anecdotes and vivid portraits of King Charles II., his son the Duke of Monmouth, 
Prince Rupert, Buckingham, and other ruffling “Hectors” of those romantic 
days. Among the ladies we notice the Queen, the Duchess of Norfolk and 
Richmond, and the lively and vivacious Maids of Honour. The new Nell Gwynn 
matter is of particular interest. The Memoirs are fully illustrated with portraits, 
not reproduced before, from the collection of the Duke of Portland and others. 
AUSTRIA : HER PEOPLE AND THEIR 
HOMELANDS. By James Baker, F.R.G.S. With 48 Pictures 
in Colour by Donald Maxwell. Demy 8vo. 21s. net. 
*** The Empire of Austria with its strangely diversified population of many 
tongues is but little known to English readers. The Capital and a few famous 
interesting places, such as Carlsbad, Marienbad, the glorious Tyrol, and such 
cities as Golden Prague and Innsbruck are known to the English and Americans ; 
but the remarkable scenery of the Upper Elbe, the Ultava or Moldau and the 
Danube, the interesting peasantry in their brilliant costumes, the wild mountain 
gorges, are quite outside the ken of the ordinary traveller. The volume is 
written by one who since 1873 has continually visited various parts of the Empire 
and has already written much upon Austria and her people. Mr. Baker was 
lately decorated by the Emperor Francis Joseph for his literary work and was 
also voted the Great Silver Medal by the Prague Senate. The volume is 
illustrated with 48 beautiful water-colour pictures by Mr. Donald Maxwell, the 
well-known artist of the Graphic , who has made several journeys to Austria for 
studies for this volume. 
