∵A good sub-title to this book would be "The Grand Tour in the 16th and 17th centuries." We have a series of most interesting extracts from, and comments on, the innumerable little volumes of directions for foreign travellers issued during the 16th and 17th centuries for the guidance of English youths about to venture on the Continent. Miss Howard shows the various purposes which travellers had in their minds in setting out on their journeys in successive generations, how at one time it was mainly in the pursuit of learning, at another the acquirement of the more courtly arts, at another a kind of glorified athleticism, and latest of all a sort of dilettantism. Thus "English Travellers of the Renaissance" is without doubt a pleasing novelty among books.
∵A good sub-title to this book would be "The Grand Tour in the 16th and 17th centuries." We have a series of most interesting extracts from, and comments on, the innumerable little volumes of directions for foreign travellers issued during the 16th and 17th centuries for the guidance of English youths about to venture on the Continent. Miss Howard shows the various purposes which travellers had in their minds in setting out on their journeys in successive generations, how at one time it was mainly in the pursuit of learning, at another the acquirement of the more courtly arts, at another a kind of glorified athleticism, and latest of all a sort of dilettantism. Thus "English Travellers of the Renaissance" is without doubt a pleasing novelty among books.
The Original Memoirs of Elizabeth Baroness Craven, afterwards Margravine of Anspach and Bayreuth and Princess Berkeley of the Holy Roman Empire (1750-1828). Edited, with Notes and a Bibliographical and Historical Introduction containing much unpublished matter, byA. M. BroadleyandLewis Melville. With over 50 Illustrations. In 2 vols. Demy 8vo.25s.net.
∵Elizabeth Berkeley, who was born towards the end of the reign of George II. and lived almost until the end of the reign of George IV., was one of the most beautiful, as well as the cleverest, wittiest, and most versatile woman of the age in which she flourished. She came of an ancient family claiming Royal descent, and, while still a girl, was given in marriage to the sixth Lord Craven. She bore him an heir and several other children. Between 1770 and 1780 she was not only a persona grata at Court, but the friend of Garrick, Johnson, Fox, and all the great political, literary, and social personages of the period. Between 1780 and 1790 came that period of wandering through Europe which enabled her to record personal experiences of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, Frederick the Great, the Empress Catherine, the King and Queen of Naples, and other Royal and illustrious personages.In 1791 she married the Margrave of Anspach and Bayreuth. Returning to London she became at Brandenburgh House and Benham Park, Newbury, the centre of a great social circle. A little later the Emperor Francis II. made her a Princess in her own right of the Holy Roman Empire. For a whole decade the theatricals and concerts at Brandenburgh House were the talk of the town. In the year 1806 her husband died. Some fifteen years later the "Beautiful Lady Craven" settled in Naples, where she built a delightful palace. There she died in 1828. Some four years before her death she published (at the suggestion of Louis XVIII.) her memoirs. Mr. Broadley and Mr. Melville have discovered many new facts, a large number of unpublished letters and MSS. (many of them in Mr. Broadley's collection), which have enabled them to elaborate an historical introduction of extraordinary and fascinating interest.The illustrations have been taken from existing portraits in private and public collections and the contemporary engravings in Mr. Broadley's possession.The authors have received valuable aid from Lady Helen Forbes—herself a great granddaughter of the Margravine of Anspach—and many experts in 18th century history. The book as it now stands forms one of the most lifelike and absorbingly interesting records of high life in Europe between 1770 and 1820, which has appeared during the present century.
∵Elizabeth Berkeley, who was born towards the end of the reign of George II. and lived almost until the end of the reign of George IV., was one of the most beautiful, as well as the cleverest, wittiest, and most versatile woman of the age in which she flourished. She came of an ancient family claiming Royal descent, and, while still a girl, was given in marriage to the sixth Lord Craven. She bore him an heir and several other children. Between 1770 and 1780 she was not only a persona grata at Court, but the friend of Garrick, Johnson, Fox, and all the great political, literary, and social personages of the period. Between 1780 and 1790 came that period of wandering through Europe which enabled her to record personal experiences of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, Frederick the Great, the Empress Catherine, the King and Queen of Naples, and other Royal and illustrious personages.
In 1791 she married the Margrave of Anspach and Bayreuth. Returning to London she became at Brandenburgh House and Benham Park, Newbury, the centre of a great social circle. A little later the Emperor Francis II. made her a Princess in her own right of the Holy Roman Empire. For a whole decade the theatricals and concerts at Brandenburgh House were the talk of the town. In the year 1806 her husband died. Some fifteen years later the "Beautiful Lady Craven" settled in Naples, where she built a delightful palace. There she died in 1828. Some four years before her death she published (at the suggestion of Louis XVIII.) her memoirs. Mr. Broadley and Mr. Melville have discovered many new facts, a large number of unpublished letters and MSS. (many of them in Mr. Broadley's collection), which have enabled them to elaborate an historical introduction of extraordinary and fascinating interest.
The illustrations have been taken from existing portraits in private and public collections and the contemporary engravings in Mr. Broadley's possession.
The authors have received valuable aid from Lady Helen Forbes—herself a great granddaughter of the Margravine of Anspach—and many experts in 18th century history. The book as it now stands forms one of the most lifelike and absorbingly interesting records of high life in Europe between 1770 and 1820, which has appeared during the present century.
ByMarie Catherine Baronne d'Aulnoy. Translated from the original French by Mrs.William Henry Arthur. Edited, Revised, and with Annotations (including an account of Lucy Walter) by GEORGEDavid Gilbert. With Illustrations. Demy 8vo.16s.net.
Daily Telegraph.—"The Editor of this work has unearthed a genuine literary treasure. That it should have lain so long hidden, in its entirety at least, from English eyes is amazing. The narrative is as graceful as it is vivid."
Vanity Fair.—"A splendid piece of work, and one that will take high rank among the best chronicles of the Seventeenth Century."
World.—"One of the sprightliest and most entertaining works of the period that it is possible to read."
ByEsmé C. Wingfield Stratford, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. In 2 vols., with a Frontispiece to each volume (1300 pages). Demy 8vo.25s.net.
Daily Chronicle.—"A book which is designed to be a landmark in historical literature."
Times.—"Mr. Wingfield-Stratford's book is of great and abiding interest."
Outlook.—"A great achievement, nothing less indeed than the rescue of history from the hands of the pedant and the archæologist and its restoration to its true position as a living, emotional art."
Daily Telegraph.—"A work which for fulness at once of range and detail is little short of astounding."