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The Forgery, or Best Intentions was first published in three volumes in 1849 and is reprinted from the Simms & M'Intyre edition of 1853.

An historical novel first published in thee volumes in 1838.

A Romance of Old Times. This historical novel was first published in three volumes in 1843.

An historical novel set during the English Civil War, first published in three volumes in 1845. Reprinted from the Routledge edition of 1903.

A Romance from English History, first published in 3 volumes in 1844. James was an English novelist and historical writer who held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.

Excerpt from Memoirs of Celebrated Women, Vol. 2 of 2 After passing a life, distinguished alike by the display of literary, as well as military talents, Theodore Agrippa d'Aubigne died at Geneva in 1630, leaving a son. Constant, father of Frances, afterwards Marchioness de Maintenon. As his conduct and vicious propensities induced the unfortunate train of misery and wretchedness, in the midst of which our heroine was brought into existence, a...

Excerpt from The Gipsy, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale At that time in the world's history when watches, in their decline from the fat comeliness of the turnip to the scanty meagreness of the half-crown, had arrived at the intermediate form of a biffin - when the last remnant of a chivalrous spirit instigated men to wear swords every day, and to take purses on horseback - when quadrupeds were preferred to steam, and sails were necessary to a ship - when...

Excerpt from Richelieu a Tale of France in the Reign of King Louis XIII Although I call the following pages mine, and upon the strength of them write myself author, yet I must in truth confess, that I have very little to do with them, and still less to do with the story they record, and therefore I am fain to treat the world with something of my own exclusive composition, in the shape of a preface. The facts of the case are as follow I one da...

Excerpt from The Fate, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale of Stirring TimesBut, while writing about plagiarism, I have been myself a plagiarist and it shall not remain without acknowledgment, since I have suffered somewhat in that sort my self. Hear, my excellent friend, Leigh Hunt, soul of mild goodness, honest truth, and gentle brightness! I acknowledge that I stole from you the defensive image of Wouvermans' white horse, which you in cautiously put within...

Excerpt from The Robber, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale The world we live in is full of beautiful sights and sweet sounds' it is a treasure-house of loveliness and of melody. Whether the eye ranges over the face of nature at large, and marks all the varied, the magnificent, the sweet, the bright, the gentle, in wood, and mountain, and valleys, and stream, or rests, wondering and admiring, on the bright delicate fabric of a flower, the rich hues of the b...

Excerpt from The History of Chivalry Guibert of N ogent did not visit the Holy Land but he lived during the first crusade, and, in com mon with all Europe, felt deeply interested in the fate of that expedition. He examined and noted with accuracy all the anecdotes which reached Europe, and painted, with great vivacity, scenes that he had not himself witnessed. In his account of the crusade many circumstances, evincing strongly the spirit of t...

Excerpt from The Gentleman of the Old School, Vol. 1: A Tale The relation between the moral and physical universe is so close, man's being and his fate are so linked to all the material objects that surround him, that, when I re-member one of the speculative visions of my youth, which I looked upon in after years as nothing but an idle folly, I find that it may be true as an image, though it be false as a fact. The fancy I allude to was, that...

Excerpt from The Man at Arms: Or Henri De Cerons, A Romance It is difficult to discover what are the exact sources from which spring the thrilling feelings of joy and satisfaction with which we look back to the days of our early youth, and to the scenes in which our infancy was passed. It matters not, or at least very little, what are the pleasures which we have enjoyed in after years, what are the delights that surround us, what are the bles...

Excerpt from The Old Oak Chest, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale of Domestic Life When Sir Walter Scott wrote his first great romance, called "Waverley, " he added to the title, as has been common in title pages and police reports, what is called an alias, saying, "Or, 'Tis sixty years since." The words were very significant even then, but they imply much more at present. Within the sixty years then just gone past, many vast changes had taken place in the...

Excerpt from The Old Oak Chest, Vol. 3 of 3: A Tale of Domestic Life Sir William Haldimand walked up and down the drawing-room with a heavy and not very regular step. His face showed the traces of many emotions: his eyes glanced restlessly from side to side: Phis very limbs displayed the agitation of his mind, for the arms and hands were hardly ever still. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and class...

Excerpt from A History of the Life of Richard Coeur-De-Lion, King of England, Vol. 1 of 2 Robinson crusoe, winding his further Adventures, with Life Of I Ne. (is-curb d 601i: Wooden, from (league by Harvey and Whimper.' is. 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-...

Excerpt from Heidelberg, Vol. 2 of 3: A Romance In a large and stately chamber of one of the older parts of the castle at Heidelberg sat a lady of the middle age, about half an hour after Algernon Grey had been removed from the presence of the Elector. The room was a long parallelogram, tapestried all round with richly worked hangings, representing, in glowing colours and somewhat warm designs, the loves of Vertumnus and Pomona. Few specimens...

Excerpt from The Works, Vol. 8: Revised Corrected by the Author, With an Introductory Preface It was in the olden time of merry England - not at that far removed period when our native land first received its jocund name from the bowmen of Sherwood, and when the yeoman or the franklin, who had wandered after some knightly banner to the plains of the Holy Land, looked back upon the little island of his birth with forgetfulness of all but its c...

Excerpt from The Fate: A Tale of Stirring Times 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...

Excerpt from Heidelberg, Vol. 3 of 3: A Romance There were a few murmured words at the door of that large room where Algernon Grey had waited to know the pleasure of the Queen of Bohemia, there was a soft pressure of the hand, and then, by an irresistible impulse, which mastered forethought, reason, and resolution, he drew the sweet girl, who stood beside him gently towards him, and pressed his lips upon hers. No human form was seen in the co...