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Lately Published in two large Volumes, with all the Illustrations,
STANFIELD HALL,
AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE.

BY J. P. SMITH, Esq.,
Author of the “Jesuit,” “Robin Goodfellow,” & c.

This powerfully written fiction embraces one of the most exciting periods of English History
—the reign of the Royal Bluebeard, Henry VIII. The high dramatic interest of the plot; the
developments of Court intrigues in love and politics; the perils and adventures of the hero and
heroine of the story; the rapid, uninterrupted sweep of the narrative, which seems to bear the
reader with it, and render him an actual spectator of the stormy scenes of that stormy era,
stamp the work as one of the greatest historic and chivalric Romances since the days of Sir
Walter Scott.

The Sunday News says:

“Never have we read a book so replete with incident of the most startling description, and
yet without the slightest shade of exaggeration. Every character is drawn with the strictest
historical accuracy, and still they far exceed in interest any mere creations of the imaginations
of the most skilful writers of fiction. The book is superbly illustrated with sixteen of the
finest engravings we have ever seen, and is altogether got up in a style that reflects much credit
upon its enterprising publisher, W. F. Burgess, 22 Ann st. Short as is the time since it was
published, the sales, we learn, have already surpassed that of any book published in this
country.

The New York Morning Star says:

“Among the multifarious productions of modern Romance writers, this noble work stands
pre-eminently foremost. It is divided into three parts—each portion illustrative of one of the
most marked and famous epochs in the history of England. In the first portion, the author
gives us a series of brilliant pictures descriptive of the peculiar characteristics of the bravo
but rude and stubborn Saxons, and their equally valiant but more polished and chivalrous antagonists,
the haughty Normans. Since the magic wand of Scott has been broken, no writer has
depicted in such powerful and glowing colors the various grades offeudal life.”

“In the second part, the scene shifts to the stirring times of bluff `King Hal,' who `never
spared a man in his anger or a woman in his lust;' and admirably has our author performed
his difficult task. Never were characters more nicely discriminated or more vividly portrayed.
The sensual tyrant, his fair, ill-fated Queens; the astute, ambitious, and indomitable Wolsey,
and his inimitable jester, all seem to live, breathe, and move once more at the potent bidding
of the author.

“The third book contains the most graphic delineations of the peculiar characteristics of
that renowned champion of the people's rights, Oliver Cromwell, and the ill-starred Charles,
that have ever yet been given, either by historian or romancist. All those stirring incidents
are worked up with consummate skill by the author, and make up a most entertaining romance—a
volume that is unparalleled for intense tragic interest by the greatest books of
either Sue, Dumas, Bulwer, or James.

The Albany Knickerbocker says:

“Stanfield Hall.—This intensely intersting historical romance from the press of Messrs.
Burgess & Garrett, No. 22 Ann st., New York, is well worthy the perusal of all, who care
to become acquainted with that era in the English history that marked the reign of the royal
Bluebeard, Henry VIII. The characters are drawn with a vividness of coloring as to make the
reader fancy that he is a witness to the exciting scenes of those troublous times. It is more
exciting than `Monte-Cristo,' and as a historical production, far superior.

The Scientific American says:

“Stanfield Hall, an Historical Romance, by J. P. Smith, Esq., author of `The Jesuit,'
`Robin Goodfellow,' etc.; published by W. F. Burgess, No. 22 Ann street, at 50 cents per
volume, pp. 224 each. This is one of the most powerfully written romances since the days of
Sir Walter Scott. It possesses high dramatic interest, and embraces the exciting period of
English history during the reign of Henry VIII. It is a work of no ordinary brilliancy, and
stamps the author as a man of genius.”

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Published and for sale by

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22 ANN STREET, N. Y.

IN PRESS:

AMY LAWRENCE: or, the Freemason's Daughter.

By the author of “Stanfield Hall.” This work will be published in a short time.