Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 [1848], The oak openings, or, The bee-hunter volume 1 (Burgess, Stringer & Co., New York) [word count] [eaf080v1].
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Back matter
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THE BOOK OF THE DAY.
CAMP AND QUARTER-DECK.
A HISTORY
OF THE VARIOUS BATTLES FOUGHT ON LAND AND AT SEA,
FROM THE BREAKING OUT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
TO THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1792-1815.
WITH
OVER ONE HUNDRED ORIGINAL AND COMPLETE BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY AND NAVAL
COMMANDERS SERVING DURING THAT PERIOD.
Accompanicd by Numerous Illustratine Engranings
and Portraits.
The present Work professes to be the first in an English dress, (excepting,
perhaps, the translation from Thiers,) in which justice is done to all
the contending parties. The labors of others, besides the English authorities,
have been consulted; consequently the reader will find very different
relations and facts, in numerous and very important instances, to
those found in works to biassed as the class to which Alison and Scott
belong. It is time we knew better respecting the history of this great
European epoch, than the simple pinning of one's faith upon interested
authorities, that write all on one side.
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
Camp and Quarter-Deck; with numerous battle scenes and portraits. Published
by Burgess and Stringer, New-York, Part I. The design of this work is to present in
a popular form a detail of the military and naval engagements which occurred during
the last great European war. The author has taken as his authorities the most accredited
writers on the subject; and has invested his narratives with all the Interest
which a popular and brilliant style is capable of affording to the stirring events he has
undertaken to delineate. We have no doubt but that the work will become extremely
popular with a large class of readers.
—N. Y. Albian.
Camp and Quarter-Deck.—This is the title of an historical work, of the highest interest,
written and compiled by a gentleman whom we know to be eminently qualified
for giving a concise, vigorous, and faithful account of the scenes and actors of one of
the most eventful periods in the history of the world. This book is rich in its stores
of historical and biographical facts, is handsomely got up, and profusely illustrated.
N. Y. Dispatch.
Highly vigorous descriptions of noted battles, principally fonght in Napoleon's career,
with brief memoirs of various military notabilities, such as Ney, Massena, Wellington,
Napoleon, & c.
N. Y. Com. Adv.
This work will be read with the utmost interest, especially as we do not happen to
live in the “happy times of peace.” It is excellent.
N. Y. Spirit of the Times.
The First Part is now published—Price, 25 cents.
Parts II, and III., which complete the book, will be issued without
unnecessary delay.
BURGESS, STRINGER & CO.,
222 Brondway, corner of Ann st., New-York.
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BURGESS, STRINGER & CO. 'S
BEAUTIFUL EDITION OF
THE SHAKSPEARE NOVELS.
I.
THE YOUTH OF SHAKSPEARE.
II.
SHAKSPEARE AND HIS FRIENDS.
III.
THE SECRET PASSION.
Comprising together nearly One Thousand Pages of Reading—the
cheapest series of Books ever printed.
CRITICAL NOTICES.
We have been better pleased with these works than with any we have met with for
a long time. The ground upon which the author has ventured is fearfully full of difficulties,
but he has threaded his way with most admirable skill.
—London Age.
A raciness and geniality of spirit pervade the scenes, which commend the book to all
who love to look back to the merry days of Old England.
—London Athenæum.—Rev.
of “Youth of Shakspeare”.
It is no slight praise to say, that the romantic portions of the book remind us most
strongly of De Foe's narrations.
—Ibid.—Critique on “Shakspeare and his Friends”.
The Shakspeare novels are now generally known, and justly appreciated. They
are a valuable addition to our literature.
—United Service Journal (Eng.)
The easy buoyancy and untiring vigor of the composition are very remarkable, as
well as the living manners displayed in the books.
—London Spectator.
Novels of rare interest and beauty.
—London Sunday Times.
They are models of elegant and artistic composition—replete with original and striking
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as well as private libraries. We have often recommended these books as being entirely
excellent, and we never knew a person of taste and judgment who was not delighted
with them.
—Park Benjamin's American Mail.
There is in these novels a great deal of kindly wit and humor, and a most pervading
spirit of humanity. Shakspeare and the other favorite characters are represented in a
warm, genial light, and the mind of the reader really gets, through them, a much
broader and sweeter view of that wonderful age.
—Amer. Review.
We commend the whole series to the attention and favor of all our readers. To those
who really love Shakspeare, and do not merely talk of loving him, these books cannot
but be highly interesting, giving an insight, as they do, into the daily life of “Sweet
Will” and his chosen companions. The price of the set is $1.50. It is rare, even in
these days of cheap literature, that so little money will buy the means of so much enjoyment.
—New York Courier and Enquirer.
Have you ever read the series of works called the “Shakspeare novels,” just published
by Messrs. Burgess, Stringer, and Company? If you have not, don't fail to do
so. Charles Lamb has hit off the character of these vivid portraits, which are really
drawn to the very life, and in the very manner of the age in which they lived. The
sweet “Swan of Avon” is not made to “cackle like a goose,” but himself and
“friends” are actual living, breathing people before you.
—Editor's Table—Kniok. Mag.
They are among the few works of fiction that will not perish with the reading; for,
as long as Shakspeare endures, these “Notes” of his times and his contemporaries,
will find readers and admirers.
—Hunt's Magazine.
A short time since, there fell into our hands a Paris copy of this historical series,
and we thought then, and think still, that they formed one of the most delightful productions
we ever read—worthy of their great subject, which is the strongest praise it
is possible to give.
—Sunday Dispatch.
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 [1848], The oak openings, or, The bee-hunter volume 1 (Burgess, Stringer & Co., New York) [word count] [eaf080v1].
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