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A CATALOGUE OF
THE BOYHOOD & YOUTH OF NAPOLEON, 1769-1793. Some Chapters on the early life of Bonaparte. By Oscar Browning, M.A. With numerous Illustrations, Portraits, etc. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
Daily News.―"Mr. Browning has with patience, labour, careful study, and excellent taste given us a very valuable work, which will add materially to the literature on this most fascinating of human personalities."
Literary World.―"…Mr. Browning has examined all the available sources of information and carefully weighed his historical evidence. His discriminating treatment has resulted in a book that is…one that arrests attention by the conviction its reasoned conclusions carry."
World.―"The story of Napoleon's childhood could not have had an abler or more sympathetic narrator than the author of this very fascinating work."
THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT (NAPOLEON II.) By Edward de Wertheimer. Translated from the German. With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 21s. net. (Second Edition.)
Times.―"A most careful and interesting work which presents the first complete and authoritative account of the life of this unfortunate Prince."
Westminster Gazette.―"This book, admirably produced, reinforced by many additional portraits, is a solid contribution to history and a monument of patient, well-applied research."
Public Opinion.―"No student of Napoleon's life can afford to miss this book, which tells the story of his son, who was variously known as King of Rome, the Duke of Parma, Napoleon II, and the Duke of Reichstadt.…The story of his life is admirably told."
Bookman.―"This is the first authoritative book on the subject of the Duke of Reichstadt (Napoleon II) and his short, dramatic life. The present biography is full of fresh interest, and is exceptionally valuable owing to the numerous portraits which are included."
NAPOLEON'S CONQUEST OF PRUSSIA, 1806. By F. Loraine Petre, Author of "Napoleon's Campaign in Poland, 1806-7." With an Introduction by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, V.C., K.G., etc. With Maps, Battle Plans, Portraits, and 16 Full-page Illustrations. Demy 8vo (9 x 5¾ inches), 12s. 6d. net.
Scotsman.―"Neither too concise, nor too diffuse, the book is eminently readable. It is the best work in English on a somewhat circumscribed subject."
Outlook.―"Mr. Petre has visited the battlefields and read everything, and his monograph is a model of what military history, handled with enthusiasm and literary ability, can be."
NAPOLEON'S CAMPAIGN IN POLAND, 1806-1807. A Military History of Napoleon's First War with Russia, verified from unpublished official documents. By F. Loraine Petre. With 16 Full-page Illustrations, Maps, and Plans. New Edition. Demy 8vo (9 x 5¾ inches). 12s. 6d. net.
Army and Navy Chronicle.―"We welcome a second edition of this valuable work.…Mr. Loraine Petre is an authority on the wars of the great Napoleon, and has brought the greatest care and energy into his studies of the subject."
