effect with a greater breadth of middle tint and a more open | pression of his attitude and countenance finely marked. The head diffusion of light. Of his small landscapes, his cottage near of her mother, bowing in humble gratitude to God, is well conOxford, owing to the breadth of light and local colour, is the most ceived. Her father is seen in profile, and his figure is more a pleasing His three Battles of Waterloo are well conceived vehicle of effect than expression. Susannah's child and the and cleverly painted. His " Ascension of the Prophets" does young kneeling female, who holds her, are well designed: but credit to his genius; but does not sufficiently mark the striking the features of the latter are crowded too close, which, with her features of the story. We see nothing of the yawning earth- very low forehead, gives a French littleness to her character. quake, and but a single fragment to mark the falling city. We The head of the Rabbi behind her, in deep shade, is painted miss the terrible and sublime. The landscape is boldly com- with a strong expression of anxious solicitude and vigor of posed for a general composition, but it is not sufficiently local effect. The five heads on the other side of Daniel, are skilfully for the history, and the general tone is fory. It does not do varied. The figures behind, bearing off the other Elder to exe justice to the Artist's idea of lurid colouring. Of Mr. Collins's cution, are kept in excellent subordination. The mountainous three pictures," An argument at the Spring," was exhibited at distances and sky are in a broad style. The architecture is Somerset House; of the other two, "The preparing for a voy-ponderous, but not devoid of grandeur. The whole composi age," is well coloured and the general execution firm and broad. tion bears evidence of deep thinking, sound taste, science and The scene is picturesque; the shallow water on the fore-powers of invention. The penciling is careful; the drawing ground, the sky and distant vessels, are painted with great truth diligently studied; the colouring sober, and the general effect and spirit. The hull and sails of the vessel, in the middle grave and tranquil. The principle of the light, shadow and ground, form a bold mellow mass. The boy, in the blue frock, colour is just; but perhaps the quantity of cool colours might is in a good taste, and the archness of his companion, well ex-bear some addition: some more deep-toned blue, emerald pressed; but the fore-shortened limb is of an ill form, and the green, and purple, in the draperies, with some diffusive gleams foot, by its ungracious length, offends the eye in a conspicuous of light on the sky, distances and near accessaries, would part of the picture. The model, a couple of hours' work, and heighten the general effect, without disturbing its historical sothe skilful pencil of this improving Artist, will put all to rights briety. The artist does well to consult nature; for without a here. "The young cottager's first purchase," by the same judicious study of nature, there can be no excellence in art. painter, fully maintains the reputation which he obtained by He has been fortunate in his selections; but from his anxious his "Shrimp Boys at Cromer." The penciling, colouring, selec- following of his model, the heads of Daniel and Susannah, altion of objects, composition and drawing, are equally felicitous. though cleverly painted, have not a sufficiency of eastern chaThe playful innocence of the little girl is well marked by her racter. There is an English loveliness in her face, which may action; and the pure taste and feeling of the whole, render this almost excuse a young painter's unwillingness to fall into any specimen an enviable acquisition. In MR. R. T. BONE'S "cot- historical deviation from so attractive a model. tage door in Switzerland," the figure of the young female is designed with simple grace and sensibility: the half shadows on her face are delicately glowing and transparent. The old woman in the interior, the vine, basket of fruit, and child, are introduced with taste; but a touch or two of the pencil are necessary to take off from the width and rotundity of the latter. The carnations in his "Lady with her attendants in the bath," are clear and healthy: the light is of a fine breadth, and the figures well grouped; but some of the naked forms want a graceful flow and roundness; although, altogether, the picture is cleverly composed and richly coloured. THE DRAMA. W.C. As the celebrated Tragedians, Betterton, Garrick, Barry, Mossop, Henderson and Cooke, were, by nature, unfitted for certain characters, Kemble and Kean are, also, subjected to a similar limitation. It is a professional injury to a performer, however eminent, to compliment him with the praise of capabilities, which never fell to the share of any one actor. Doctor Johnson observed that, by placing the merits of Pope's Man of Ross on the basis of truth, he had made his fame more permanent. The "judgment of Daniel," an historical composition, 15 feet We do not conceive that any of our remarks can have a similar 8 inches high by 20 feet 6 inches wide, by W. BROCKEDON. effect on the well-earned fame of Mr. Kean; but we may hope This is, certainly, one of the most important pictures in the that, by marking his excellences, and the extent of his versatile present exhibition. The single circumstance of an attempt powers, some of those, who go to the Theatre with a prejudice to cover a large canvas, must not be mistaken for a proof of and return with a disposition to cavil, may be induced to judge genius; but under all the grievous discouragement of historical more justly of this admirable performer. No actor, in our painting, it is, in this instance, undeniably a meritorious proof time, has turned to so great an account his share of natural adof courage and disinterested devotion. We never even heard vantages, or more largely compensated by the energies of his the name of this young artist before. This is the first of his mind for the absence of certain requisites. His command over performances, which we have seen; and we congratulate him, our sympathies is less the result of a cast of countenance than and the lovers of the British School, on the success of his re- of a combination of powers. His vigor of expression is genesolute adventure. It is evident, at once, that he has employed rally produced by the pregnant meaning of the whole man; and his Chiaro-Scuro, as a subordinate instrument, to shew his his strong conception of his author. We have had several actors; not grouped his actors in fantastic masses, to shew off portraits of him, but none sufficiently impressive. His features, a striking effect of Chiaro-Scuro. His picture proves, that he singly considered, are not such as an artist would choose for made the sentiment, characters, expression and incidents of an historical agent. But his aspect, especially in a front view, his story, his primary consideration. The figure of Daniel is is peculiarly interesting; and, when seconded by his voice and well introduced, and the folds of his drapery few and simple. action, well adapted, not only to the more violent passions, The action of severe reproof and condemnation is justly mark- but to urbanity, thoughtfulness, and gentle melancholy. The ed by his raised arms, and the expression of his head. The curl of his lip in emotion, is not favorable for tenderness: and back figure, naked to the waist, who, with two more, has his voice is not well suited to the melting accents of love; but it scized one of the elders, is cleverly designed: and the confusion, is capable of much inflection in the lower tones; and clear, rage and despair in the countenance of the condemned criminal, harmonious and solemn in level dialogue or soliloquy. It is are expressed with truth and energy. These four figures are ju- not of a sufficient compass for his fine conceptions or feelings; diciously contrasted and grouped. On the other side of Daniel, and when raised, often falls into hoarseness, early in the course Susannah is in the arins of her husband, and accompanied by of an evening's performance. Although his person is pleasing, her parents and relations. Her figure is graceful and the ex- his want of height and commanding figure, his gait, countepression of her raised eyes and countenance, that of thanks-nance, and familiar modes of expression, render him inferior giving. There is a youthful elegance in the person of her to Kemble in characters of heroism, grandeur and majesty: but husband: his castern costume is tastefully disposed, and the ex- he possesses requisites which, where dignity and grandeur are "Come to me Tyrrel, soon-soon, after supper, not essential, enable him to exercise an astonishing control over an audience. Those, who know him in private life, speak When thou shalt tell me the process of their death."-of him as an affectionate husband and father; and he is so far The repetition of the word "soon" expresses his horrid impafrom being of a close or gloomy disposition, that he has incurred tience for the recital. A lover could not more eagerly press for a charge of imprudent frankness and unreserve in his social the bridal hour with his mistress, than this monster for a tale circle. Notwithstanding these traits of a kindly and open tem- of " hot blood." He procures the death of his consort, Anne, per, he excels in characters of a very opposite description; and by a medical attendant; and pronounces "Off with his head-even surpasses Kemble in the fierce and dark colouring of the so much for Buckingham"-against the obsequious and guilty evil passions. To this we may justly notice an exception in instrument of his own exaltation, with the same remorseless Macbeth, who was not naturally bad or cruel. Ambition, joined dispatch, as he had shewed against Hastings. Shakspeare has to what he deemed the supernatural excitements of the Weird drawn the mind of this sanguinary usurper, the dark counterSisters, and the remorseless goadings of his aspiring consort, part of his deformed body. His shrewd insight into human naproved the temptations, which first led him to step from the ture does not extend beyond a knowledge of its weaknesses path of loyalty and justice, into treason and midnight murder. and evil propensities; and is employed in wading to a throne, His murders are not committed upon his own kindred; and through an indiscriminate slaughter of King, Prince, Nobles, his worst guilt is followed by some compunctious visitings of and Gentry, without sparing age or sex among his nearest nature. There is also an idea of martial dignity and royalty, kindred. He is destitute of a single good quality; unless a reconnected with his person. Kemble has, from all these circum-lentless hardihood in the perpetration of crimes, and a despestances, the superiority in this character. On the contrary, rate ferocity in risking his life to defend his ill-got crown, can nature had set a stamp of deformity on the person of King be considered virtues. With all its intermixture of treason and Richard III., and, although none of the admirers of mere jesting, murder, feasting and merriment, this, in its class, is cernature, and nature alone, have contended for a crook-backed or tainly one of our immortal Poet's most studied and powerfully mishapen legged representative of his soldierly prowess and marked characters. Quin, Garrick, Barry, Mossop, Sheridan, royalty; they affect a degree of artificial deformity; and, with and Henderson, exerted their whole abilities in the representaperfect propriety, dispense with grandeur of person in his re- tion, and none but an actor of superior energies, vigorous conpresentative. Through all Gloucester's fine-spun hypocrisy, the ception, and profound acquaintance with human nature, can do settled bloodiness of his mind breaks into a cruel and scoffing it justice. But, in the representation of a tyrant, whose mind, alacrity, when gratifying his appetite for blood. The murders motives, and actions, are the opposite of virtue and elevation, of Prince Edward and King Henry are accompanied by cir- it is plain that grandeur of deportment, and an elevated style cumstances of atrocious inhumanity. The mode in which he of expression, if not a departure from historical and dramatic worked up his brother King Edward on his death-bed, to put truth, are, at least, not first essentials, and may, in the opinion their brother, Clarence, to death, was rendered more detcstable of some, be dispensed with, in lieu of more apposite qualities. by his protestations of love and pity to the latter; who tells his The passions of Richard, although so finely marked and varied, are, in all their gradations, of the dark and common class in general life. They lie within daily observation; and, as the virtues and fine qualities of the mind are more rare than the vices or defects, so models of fraud, perfidy, and sanguinary cruelty, are easily found for an actor's study and imitation. A performer, therefore, whose style is formed upon what he sees and hears daily, and who excels in representing the workings of passion in individual nature or real life, is, perhaps, better qualified to give a lively representation of this tyrant, than a performer, whose style is formed, like that of the great poets, painters, and sculptors, upon general nature. In Kemble's Richard there was a certain elevation, which might be con assassins -He bewept my fortune, And hugged me in his urms, and swore with sobs, He sends a jesting annunciation to Hastings, of the intended “Commend me to Lord William—tell him, His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries In a moment after, on a doubt expressed by Buckingham, that sidered, by some, a deviation from dramatic and historical dehis Friend, Hastings, might possibly refuse to join in the mur-scription, and which, by throwing a grandeur over his crimes, der of the two young Princes, he dooms him to death without rendered the criminal less an object of abhorrence. We do not hesitation, in this reply-" Chop off his head-Man."-Imme-mention this noble deviation to condemn it; but Cooke's masdiately after, as if he had gained an appetite by these slaughterly representation of Richard, was, on the whole, more effecterous thoughts, he cries out "Come let us sup betimes, that afterwards We may digest our complots in some form."Hastings' accusation, sentence, and death, are things of a moment; the prologue to another banquet. He gives the bloody order with greedy haste: "Off with his head-now by Saint Paul, I swear, I will not dine, until I see the same Lovel and Catesby look that it be done."— Ilis flagitious instrument, Catesby, eager to gratify the keen-set stomach of his master, cuts short the complaints of Hastings, and brutally hurries him to execution as to a play: "Come, come, dispatch-the Duke would be at dinner : Make a short shrift-he longs to see your head."The same horrid blood-thirstiness, and equal movement of the appetites for murder and feasting, appear in the taking off the two young Princes, his nephews. Before supper, he hires Tyrrel to perpetrate the crime; and after having received from his iniscreant emissary the joyful news that the deed was done, as if still hungering for a detail of the cries, shrieks, and dying struggles of the hapless innocents, as a digester, he eries out, tive in the dark and powerful shades of atrocity than Kemble's. den death of his father and the unnatural marriage of his mother conception of the character; his performance was marked by a with his uncle. Shakspeare has placed him in the heart of spirited discrimination, and was received by frequent bursts our sympathies, by exhibiting him without the appendages of of applause. Our want of room, alone, prevents our adverting his high birth, in a private and amiable light, wholly indif- to some of the many passages which produced the most imferent to his own concerns, and oppressed by his sympathies pression upon the audience. We duly appreciate his original and affections. His filial love and sorrow absorb every other powers, but, in this plotting, deliberate character, if his pauses consideration. He is not even moved to notice the usurpation were lengthened and his movement less quick, the impres-of his throne; and although he is supposed to be in love with sion would be still more forcible. We by no means would Ophelia, his love is wholly subordinate to his grief. He does advise this promising young actor to lower his style by imitanot seek an interview with her. She occupies little of his tion, but we may be allowed to observe, that Mr. Kean's exthoughts, and his passion is made known to us by her conver-pressive pauses, like a still back ground to a fine picture, give sations with her father and brother, not by his demeanour to double force to his speech: they are master strokes of nature, her, which is more harsh and repulsive than tender. He ex- which come home to the heart with an irresistible power. pressly says, "Man delights not me, nor woman neither." The affecting state of his mind is early made known by himself: THE ITALIAN OPERA. KING'S THEATRE. THE undiminished attraction of Mozart's beautiful music to Le Nozze di Figaro, affords a flattering proof of the advancement of musical taste among the British public. Some of the finest pieces, including the Overture, are generally repeated, notwithstanding the ears of the audience have become familiarized with every part of this Opera. Madame Fodor, although under the influence of a severe cold for this week past, has shown by her praise-worthy efforts how strongly she feels the excellence of this composition; and Madame Camporese's exertions place her skill and talents in a higher light at every "I have that within, which passeth outward show." After the discovery of the murder, he is still more agitated and depressed; ponders on death, in soliloquy; sinks into a strange and mournful abstraction, and breaks forth into moving complaints, or exclamations of agony and indignation. Earnestly resolved on avenging his father's murder, he becomes incoherent in his discourse, and assumes, or betrays, an appearance of occasional derangement. In representing this gentle and noble nature, divested of all state and form and full of moralizing melancholy, an unstudied negligence of demeanour, suited to private life and the predominance of strong feelings over forms of ceremony constitute the essential grace and pathos of the performance. Kean's youthful and pleasing figure, the pen-recurring performance. sive cast of his countenance, expressive tones and gestures, with his profound discrimination of nature and Shakspeare, qualify him to shine in this interesting character.-We regret that we are under a necessity of postponing the remainder of our observations on this subject, to our next. W.C. Mr. Booth, the young actor of whose second appearance in King Richard, at Covent Garden Theatre, we gave our candid opinion, in our last number, was announced for a third appearance, in that character, on Monday Evening at the same house. But owing to the manager's hesitation to give Mr. Booth an immediate engagement on the terms which he demanded, that gentleman withdrew, and Pizarro was advertised in the morning papers of Monday, for that Evening, without any cause being assigned for the change. The Committee of Drury Lane Theatre in the mean time conveyed proposals to Mr. Booth. When Mr. Kean was informed of this, he called upon the new Richard, and with a frankness which does him lasting honor, took him in his carriage to the Committee; who have engaged Mr. Booth for three years, at eight guineas a week for the first; nine guineas the second; and ten guineas the third. consequence of the absence of Mr. Booth at Covent Garden on Monday, much clamour arose, but the audience were at length appeased by an explanation from Mr. Fawcet; and the whole circumstance directly corroborates our favorable opinion of Mr. Booth's abilities as an actor. In A new ballet by Monsieur Léon was for the first time produced on Tuesday, under the title of L'Amour et la Folie. Although we cannot, in every respect, assign to it a preeminent rank among the ballets exhibited at this theatre, it is but justice to allow it the merit of a pleasing neatness in conception, and, above all, of excellent dancing, both with regard to composition and execution. The slender plot on which it is Folly and Love, divinities, frequently, alas! too nearly akin to reared forms a compound of the pastoral and mythological. each other, find their way to the sequestered vallies of Switzerland or Tyrol, and cause much trouble and mischief among the rural nymphs and swains, who are alternately led by the opposite influence of these two intruders. Perceiving at length that business might be carried on much more profitably by partnership, a sort of broad-bottomed administration is formed between the two Deities; the happiness of the valley is for ever secured; and the fortunate union is duly celebrated in a temple consecrated to Love and Folly. the inscription, "Point de bonheur sans l'amour et suns la How far the moral of the piece, unequivocally proclaimed by folie," may be acquiesced in, on this side of the channel-but we are wandering from our brief in moralizing upon the moral" of a ballet! A word or two rather of its "physique." rantes, and the different pas sculs, pas de deux, &c. do Mr. Leon The arrangement of the dances, the agroupemens of the figu On Monday Evening, after Kean's affecting performance of the whole proceeds, keep the attention alive and unwearied to great credit; their continued variety, and the spirit with which Hamlet, at Drury Lane Theatre, the very unexpected annun- the last. Madame Léon, in the character of Cupid, not only ciation of Othello for Thursday Evening; Othello by Kean, looks charmingly," just like love," but by her elegant action and Iago by Booth; was received with repeated shouts of ap-and dancing constitutes, together with Madame Baptiste, the probation. Places for the boxes were secured early the next principal support of the piece: the pas de deur of these two day; at four o'clock on Thursday Evening, crowds began to ladies, towards the conclusion, combines every thing that can assemble at the pit doors, and their opening was followed by a be wished for in point of graceful attitude and accomplished dangerous rush and struggle for admission. The appearance skill, and was deservedly received with great applause. Nor of Booth in the first scene, and in the fourth with Kean, pro- ought we to omit the fine pas de trois of Milanie, Narcisse, and duced a tumult of welcome, which prevented their speaking Monsieur Baptiste, danced to the well-known beautiful Tyrofor some time. Little circumstances often paint the heart bet-lese Air. ter than professions; and when Kean spontaneously took Booth The new scenery in this ballet bears marks of the painter's by the hand, the applause was loudly renewed. Mr. Kean ex-taste: it represents first an Alpine view, and finally the Temple erted his whole powers, and the strong sensation produced by of Love and Folly. The music, of course, is not altogether his Othello can only die with the audience. His performance original; but it is well adapted to the action, and especially to was almost wholly free from those false transitions, which, in avoiding the monotonous coldness of declamation, he used sometimes to fall into, Mr. Booth, in Iago, evinced a strong the dances. FRENCH DRAMA. THEATRE DU VAUDEVILLE. to do.-Matheson's Review of African Report-Elements of Universal Geography-Introduction to Increments-Infancy—Letters on Impressment-Stenography. BRITISH CRITIC-James's Tour to Germany, &c.-Malcolm's Persia-Forsyth's Italy-Phillips's Speech-Heber's Bampton Lectures-Tales of my Landlord-Hogg's Mador of the Moor-Bishop of Gloucester's charge-Blakeway's Sermon-House of Romanof, &c. MONTHLY MAGAZINE.-COX's Lives of the Fathers-The Cor FIRST REPRESENTATION OF THE TWO GASPARDS." THOUGU Continuations of dramatical pieces are seldom fortunate, the "Two Gaspards," which may be considered as the sequel to" Gaspard the prudent," (Gaspard l'Avisé) has completely succeeded. M. Bourdon, a wine-merchant in a little village in Normandy, and Madame Julienne his sister, a miller's pretty widow who has already buried two husbands and has the air respondent-Mitchel's Tour in Belgium-Neele's Odes, &c.— of being nothing the worse for it, have a niece for whom each Miss Porter's Pastor's Fire-side-Roune's Village Conversaof them has made choice of a husband. These two worthy relations-Urquhart's Letters on Impressment. tives, who have never yet agreed on any point, think that they A Translation of the Pastor's Fire Side, is announced at Paris, do so this time, for they have both cast their eyes on a person« Par miss Saneporter." If the translation equals the anof the name of Gaspard; but they are agreed only in the name nouncement, it will be a literary curiosity. and not in the thing. In fact, two suitors soon make their ap- The sales of the Mac Carthy library still find high prices. pearance. The first Gaspard is a good-humoured, jolly peasant,« La Bible historicé," in four volumes, folio, each 410 small surnamed Simplet, whose pleasant and frank appearance is plates, was knocked down at 1,202 francs. Speculum Huperfectly well calculated to make dupes; the other is the fa-mana Salvationis," which cost 1,600 francs at Gaignat's sale, mous Gaspard the prudent, who has returned from Westphalia. for 1,320. A history of the Virgin Mary, in Latin, with plates, The brother and sister cannot agree, and leave the two rivals which at Gaignat's sale only brought 351 livres, was now sold together. Two diplomatists would not employ more address for 1,560 francs: the Rationale of the mass by Durand, Mayin sounding each other's intentions than is displayed by our ence edition of 1450, was knocked down at 2,000 francs: and two Normans: they agree at last to play a game at cards for the Planudis Rhetoris Anthologia Græca, Florence edition, 4to, their mistress. Both cheat, and though they play at marriages, of 1494, printed in small capitals upon vellum, only fetched there would at the end be none in the piece, had not the niece half that sum. The Florence edition, 1494, of the Argonauprovided herself a lover, who, more prudent than Gaspard, ticon, the princeps, also, in small capitals, was sold for 1715 fr. hides himself in his cart loaded with faggots, and publishes the means of conciliation to which he has had recourse. This third suitor is a young cooper, whom Bourdon, the father, never could bear, because he had nothing but empty casks; but he has happily just become the heir of one of his relations, a winemerchant at Paris, who has left him fifty full casks. This plot is agreeable, but perhaps a little too slight. We expect to see the two Gaspards show more cunning and address. Gaspard the prudent possesses a little casket, from which perhaps more advantage might have been drawn. For the rest it was a very delicate thing to touch between two Normans. Mess. Capelle and Gabriel were proclaimed amidst a tumult of applause, the authors of this little Vaudeville, together with a third person whose name was not mentioned, but which may be easily guessed from several pretty couplets scattered in the performance. INTELLIGENCE, LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. LIST OF BOOKS REVIEWED IN THE CURRENT JOURNALS. (Concluded.) 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"This is a production of much ingenuity, and is marked with the same elegance of imagination and liveliness of style which have recommended the former productions of this Author to public favor." – Augustan Rev. 1. An HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the BATTLES of WATERLOO, LIGNY, QUATRE BRAS, &c. written from the first Authority, and illustrated with all the OFFICIAL DOCU MENTS, Private Communications of various Commanders, &c. By W. MUDFORD, Esq. Accompanied by a series of splendidly coloured Engravings, Plans, &c. from Drawings taken on the spot, by James Rouse, Esq. In this important undertaking no exertion has been spared to produce a memorial of the exploits of our gallant countrymen truly worthy of them; to transmit to posterity a record, which may be consulted with conscious exultation-which the future historian, 2. RECOLLECTIONS of ITALY, ENGLAND, and AMEwho shall recount these immortal deeds, may examine with confi- RICA, 2 vols. 188. dence and which the living, who partook of all the toils, the dan"We recognise in these Recollections,' the elegant and regers, and the glories of them, may turn to as the authentic monu-mantic Author of Atala,' his fervid imagination and vivid descripment of their own exploits. tions." The Plates illustrate not merely the field of battle, but all the intermediate country from Brussels to Charleroi, proceeding in regular succession: so that the reader will, as it were, actually walk over the ground which our army trod, from the moment it quitted Brussels till the Battle of Waterloo was fought. They will form in a manner one vast picture, so concatenated throughout, that what appears in perspective in the first Plate will be represented in the foreground of the second, and so through the whole series. To military men, and especially to those who were in the battle, these Graphic Illustrations must be peculiarly valuable and interesting, as they will be enabled to ascertain almost the very spots where themselves stood-where their brave comrades were killed or wounded-where they sustained the shock of the enemy-where they repelled his onset-and where at last they so gloriously conquered. Orders received by Colburn, Conduit Street; Egerton, Whitehall; Ackerman, Strand; of whom and all Booksellers may be had, lately published, 2. An AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of the INVASIONS of FRANCE in 1814 and 1815. By M. DE BEAUCHAMP, Author of "The History of the War of la Vendée." The Second These works form together a desirable accompaniment to Labaume's Russian Campaign. 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Officers, from their various memorandas at the moment, and which till now were unpublished, and are not to be found elsewhere; being collectively a mass of information on this memorable event. by those who were actually eyewitnesses and sharers in the glory of the operations, thus forming an indubitable Historical Record of this signal event. A Register of the Officers employed, with their rank and casualties is subjoined, and every authentic information and document relating thereto. The work is illustrated with 34 Etchings from the spirited and correct Sketches of Captain Jones; several Maps and an enlarged Plan of the Field on the scale of five inches to a mile. Sold by I. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place; and T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall." London: Printed by A. J. 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