Excerpt from The Life of Charles Lever As regards Lever's letters, I have read piles of them without being tempted to make many notes. Every point, however, marked by Wit, or as furnishing fact for his Life, I duly welded into the text. Some suggestions offered by reviewers have been followed in this carefully revised edition. For its shortcomings the readers' indulgence is asked. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Life of Charles Lever, Vol. 1 of 2 It will be Observed that this book largely embraces the earlier period Of Lever's life - the period involved in most Obsetu'ity - and requiring more than ordinary labour to unfold and explore. In pursuing this course I have followed the subjoined prescription Of Lever himself in a paper on Grattan's Life by His Son, written when Lever was a practising physician at Brussels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Life of Charles Lever, Vol. 2 of 2 Off to the Continent - Lever as a Journalist - Excites a sensation at Carlsruhe - Loss at the Baden tables - Collapse of a projected Novel - Rents the Reider-Schloss - "The Knight of Gwynne" - Phiz - Como - Venice - Rome - His papers seized by the Austrian authorities; Florence - Lever on the Cascine - The observed of all observers - Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany - Mrs. Trollope - The Bagni di Lucca - Roland Cashel - Declines to write his own life - Maurice Tierney - Anster - Heavy pecuniary losses - Florence like a slumbering Volcano - Flight to Spezia - Stung by an electric fish - Eliot Warburton - Lever summoned to London as Director of the Conservative Press - Collapse of the negotiation with Lord Lyndhurst - Lord Normanby; "Con Cregan" - "Sir Jasper Carew" - Baron Ward's Reprise - Proposal of office from America - Alarming Accidents - Swell Guests - Visit of the Duke of Wellington and Thiers - "The Day's Ride" - Thackeray prescribes thrift for Lever - "The Dodd Family Abroad" - Parallel between Lever and Smollett - His dislike of Revision - The guest of Lord St. Germans in Dublin - The Career and Death of Charles Lever, Junior - Described by his Brother Officers - The Father's strong Sense of Manly Rectitude - His love of Display - Prompt to resent and to be reconciled; "The Fortunes of Glencore" - Startling change observed in Lever's style - Wreck of a Mentor's mind - Spezzia - Death of McGlashan - Lever wishes to return to Ireland - "The Martins of CroMartins' - Appointed Vice-Consul at Spezzia - "The Daltons" - "Sir Jasper Carew" - Major D - 's recollections resumed - Objections to the three-volume novel - Comical speeches About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Charles Lever, Vol. 1 of 2: His Life in His Letters Messrs T. And A. Constable for their permission to avail myself of the autobiographical prefaces which Lever wrote during the last year of his life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Charles Lever, Vol. 2 of 2: His Life in His Letters He was fortunate, however, to go down in the full blaze of his genius - as so few do. The fate of most is to go on pouring water on the lees, that people at last come to suspect they never got honest liquor from the tap at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Novels of Charles Lever, Vol. 1 of 2: One of Them; To Which Is Added, a Day's Ride: A Life's Romance Find out these thieves for me, said the Caliph, or with vour own head pay the penalty of their crime. Grant me but forty days, 0 king, cried he, and I will bring them all before you. So saying. He went away, but was no sooner at home and in the solitude of his own house than he tore his beard. Beat his breast. And, humbling his head to the ground, cried out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.