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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-16 00:00:00

THE FIFTH NOI;UME OF

V/ OLONEL NAPIER'S HISTORY or the WAR in the
PENINSULA; with some Remarks upon Robinson's
Life 'of Picton, and upon two Articles in the Quarterly Re-
view, is Now in the Press.—Also,

CAPTAIN JOHN PATTERSON'S ADV TURERS;
with Notices of the 50th or Queen's Owi R tuent, and of the
Officers, kroin 1807 to 1821, in one vol. vo:

Just published,
ADMIRAL NAPIER'S Account of the War in Portugal,
between Don Pedro and Don Miguel ; with Plans of his Actions
off Cape St. Vincent. Two vol. post Bvo. price 20s. boar&
" His unassuming iterative will be very generally read, and
will create a fresh interest in events which, before reading, we
thought impossible."—Nacal and Military Gaztte.

- ",Whe gallant admirals description of the battle o C•+pe Si.
Vincent, is one of the most stirring nautical sketches ►a has
fallen under our observation."—Unzted Service Gazett

" If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common faci-
lities of authorship, he possessed the higher qualities of truth,
discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no slight degree."—Atlas.
" It is Cmsar's Commentaries in the' first person "—Spectator.
GEOFFREY RUDEL, or the PILGRIM of LOVE; a
Poem. By ham GRAHAM, Author of " A Vision of Fair
Spirits," 'and other Poems, Bvo. price ss.

" Narrated in very sweet verse, and we hope will find a de-
served patronage with those who love good poetry."—Metro-
politan.
" In facility of expression, beauty of imagery, and in that
subdued tone of gentle feeling which pervades almost every page
of his productions, he has no superior."—New Monthly May.
" For those who enjoy poetry, in proportion as its texture is
smooth and harmoniously coloured, there is ample store of plea-
sure in the songs and descriptions it contains."—Athenceum.
"It has all the richness and fancy, of the past, mingled with
the polish of the present."—Literary Gazttc,.
" The songs'with whiCh the volume is interwoven are of that
delightful class as to seem like old friends, and though quite
new and original, appear as though we had looked at them be-
fore ; they remind us of feelings that have once existed—and in
this the poet's skill is manifest."—Fraser's Literary Chronicle.

RANDOM SHOTS FROM A RIFLEMAN. By Captain
J. KINCA ID, tat Battalion, Author of " Adventures in the Rifle
Brigade." Bvo. price.los. 6d., beards:
"The present volume is to the full as pleasant, and, what is
still more strange, as original as the last. MI left.for us is to
adMire and rei:muniend. —New Monthly Magazine.

" It is one of the must pithy, witty, soldier-like, and pleasant
books.in existence."—United Service Journal.

" It should generally be purchased as it will not lose by a
second perusal."—Edinburgh Evening Post.

" We have not only obtaMed, through his graphic and truth-
ful pictures, information concerning the camp, the battle, and
the soldier's life ; but we have had ourbeuevolent feelings roused
arid enlarged by the work."—Monthly
" Captain Kincaid's work will be surpassed but by few.—
Court Journal.

. ,•
A NARRATIVE of EVENTS idthe SOUTH of FRANCE,
and of the ATTACK on NEW ORLEANS, in 1814-15. By
Captain JOHN. HENRY COOKE, 43d Regiment. Post Bvo. price
10s. 6d,

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`` H is full of good feeling, and it abounds with sketches of
the service, views of other countries, and anecdotes of our own
troops and the enemy."—Sundity Herald.

" The volume will afford more amusement infinitely, and
peradventure as much real instruction, as ten goodly tomes of
the merely learned. We wish most earnestly to call the Wen,
tion of military men to the campaign hefore'New Orleans. It
is fraught with a fearful interest, and fixes upon the mind reflec-
tions of almost every hue."—Gentleman's:Mayazine.

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