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ADVERTISEMENTS. numerous, but Mr. Joseph Foster shows good cause to the contrary. He has approached his subject from the point of view of the scientific genealogist and student of heraldry — a circumstance which at once places his work in another category from any of the ordinary Peerages." — The Scotsman. ^ " The pedigrees have been considerably amplified, and contain more biographical information than is usually to be found in other Peerages ; and this applies not only to the lineal, but also to the collateral descents, more especially those of the Baronets. Much of the detail connected therewith l<5 now published for the first time, and has been collected from private sources. Of the various Orders of Knighthood and the shields of the English Sovereigns, both have ■ been well cared for ; and the ^ood engraving of the one and the accurate treatment of the other leave nothing more to be desired." — Spectator. "This is quite a notable book. The coats of arms are bravely and handsomely drawn. The work is a laborious and conscientious compilation, a valuable record, and a fine handsome volume." — Vanity Fair. " This is the first issue of a new Peerage, which surpasses all others in the splendour of its get-up, and which joins issue with Lodge, Uebrett, and Burke in a way which is likely to excite something more than mere curiosity, for everything which the Editor considers 'sham,' either title, arms, or pedigree, he unhesitatingly sets down as such. Each page of the work has evidently been made a study. The heraldic illustrations are all new in design, quaint, effective, and well executed, and iNIr. Foster has followed a mode of printing the pedigrees by which their perplexing details can be easily understood and traced with less trouble, as it appears to us, than in any existing publi- cations of a similar kind. . . . Ijut the most important part of the work, genea- logically, is the Baronetage, which has a special department named ' Chaos.' We will merely remark on this head that the Editor is evidently a courageous man, as well as an honest one, and we hope that his labour of five years may be rewarded by all the success it merits. . The volume is altogether one of the most attractive we have ever seen, and on account of its many special features is certain to become a popular one." — Dublin Daily Express. " Mr. Foster's method of separating the Peerages which have descended through heiresses or which have been revived in favour of co-heirs from the paternal descent of the present holders of them is a great and manifest improvement. Mr. Foster's is an ampler record of the Knights and their immediate families than is to be met with anywhere else ; and he adds a full and useful catalogue of the Companions of all the various Knightly Orders of the Empire." — Pall Mall Gazette. "A handsome volume of ambitious design. iIr. Foster has devoted the last five years to the production of a trust- worthy book of reference. . The whole work has been prepared with great care and taste, and gives promise of taking its place in the foremost rank of such publications." — The Globe. "The amount of work expended in the collection of the details contained in this book is something appalling to the ordinary mind. These facts require study before they can be estimated or criticised, but there is one feature -of the book which will be apparent to the most casual turner-over of the leaves. We all know the trim arms usual in Peerages where all the coats are at first sight as much alike as two peas. But here all is different. The supporters look as if they were supporting something, and many of the shields would evidently fall into space without their assistance. All is life and action, so that these woodcuts, which are all drawn from authentic sources, give a liveliness to the volume which it would not otherwise possess." — Temple Bar. " Sir. Foster, as the result of most arduous labours, has succeeded in compiling a woxV containing in all its several parts a vast amount of ut-eful and much novel information, and has done this in a manner that deserves high praise." — Lami and Water. "Mr. Joseph Foster, than whom no man is better qualified for the task, has, in the sumptuous, the regal volume before us, produced, assuredly", the finest, the most masterly, the most carefully arranged and best thought-out Peerage and Baronetage of the age. Those who know (and what genealogist does woV.) his important volumes of county pedigrees, which have been favourably noticed in these pages, must have been struck with the admirable manner in which they were prepared, and have felt how thoroughly competent the compiler was for the task. The present work, gigantic in its proportions, is a fitting con- tinuation of his labours, and will remain a lasting monument to his judgment and skill. Considerable pains appears to have been taken to weed out 'doubtfjls' among the Baronets, and these, with many spurious claims, are thrown by Mr. Foster Into 'chaos,' from which, we opine, it will be almost a hopeless task even for the Heralds' Col- lege itself to extricate them. His avowed object has been 'to pro- duce a useful and trustworthy book of reference, such a hookas will supply, in a condensed form, the genealogical as well as biographical history of the principal personages of the present day, including the near blood relations of every Peer and Baronet' ; and to this end he has certainly, and with admirable results, ' worked up, to an in- finitely greater extent than has hitherto been attempted, the very numerous, and for the most part uncollected, accounts of collateral descents' especially relating to the Baronets; and thus a vastly augmented value is given to his work over others. We are not, after a careful examination of Mr. Foster's volume, going to affirm that it is faultless, for it would be utterly impossible to produce a work of its kind that should in every case be free from error ; but this we will say; that it seems to us to be far more accurate even in the smallest details than others, and bears evidence of scrupulous care in the verifying of dates, and in other particulars. The engravings, several hundred in number, are deserving of all praise. Drawn in the true spirit of the early heralds, and executed with strict fidelity to heraldic details, they form a feature of Mr. Foster's work that is eminently attractive, and give it a tone of originality and of pure artistic feeling that is quite refreshing." — The Reliquary. NICHOLS & SONS, 25, PARLIAMENT STREET, WESTMINSTER.