"This is at once a most valuable biography of the most celebrated wit of the times, and one of the most entertaining works of its gifted author."--_Springfield Republican._
"The Life of Sheridan, the wit, contains as much food for serious thought as the best sermon that was ever penned."--_Arthur's Home Gazette._
"The sketch of such a character and career as Sheridan's by such a hand as Moore's, can never cease to be attractive."--_N. Y. Courier and Enquirer._
"The work is instructive and full of interest."--_Christian Intelligencer._
"It is a gem of biography; full of incident, elegantly written, warmly appreciative, and on the whole candid and just. Sheridan was a rare and wonderful genius, and has in this work justice done to his surpassing merits."--_N. Y. Evangelist._
Personal Sketches of his own Time, by SIR JONAH BARRINGTON, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty in Ireland, with Illustrations by Darley. Third Edition, 12mo, cloth, $1.25.
"A more entertaining book than this is not often thrown in our way. His sketches of character are inimitable; and many of the prominent men of his time are hit off in the most striking and graceful outline."--_Albany Argus._
"He was a very shrewd observer and eccentric writer, and his narrative of his own life, and sketches of society in Ireland during his times, are exceedingly humorous and interesting."--_N. Y. Commercial Advertiser._
"It is one of those works which are conceived and written in so hearty a view, and brings before the reader so many palpable and amusing characters, that the entertainment and information are equally balanced."--_Boston Transcript._
"This is one of the most entertaining books of the season."--_N. Y. Recorder._
"It portrays in life-like colors the characters and daily habits of nearly all the English and Irish celebrities of that period."--_N. Y. Courier and Enquirer._
The Political and Military History of the Campaign of Waterloo, from the French of Gen. Baron Jomini, by Lieut. S. V. BENET, U. S. Ordnance, with a Map, 12mo, cloth, 75 cents.
"Of great value, both for its historical merit and its acknowledged impartiality."--_Christian Freeman, Boston._
"It has long been regarded in Europe as a work of more than ordinary merit, while to military men his review of the tactics and manoeuvres of the French Emperor during the few days which preceded his final and most disastrous defeat, is considered as instructive, as it is interesting."--_Arthur's Home Gazette._