'Mrs. Bagot has had all the advantages which a long life and the best
society give to the memoir writer. Add to these an excellent memory,
keen perceptions, and a decided gift of expression, and we have all
the materials for a most pleasant _pot-pourri_.'--_Times_.

'Every one who appreciates a volume of well-bred political and social
gossip ought to read Mrs. Bagot's "Links with the Past."'--_Standard_.

'Rich and suggestive as this entertaining book is, it is clear that
the author is not merely a keen observer of life and manners, but that
she has enjoyed opportunities of the social kind that do not fall to
many.'--_Westminster Gazette_.

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MEMORIALS OF THE VERY REV. W.C. LAKE, D.D.,

DEAN OF DURHAM, 1869-1894.

Edited by his Widow, KATHARINE LAKE.

One volume, 8vo., with Photogravure Portrait, 16s.


At the time of his death in 1897, the late Dean of Durham was engaged
upon his Reminiscences, but they were unfortunately left in a very
fragmentary and incomplete condition. Mrs. Lake has, however, put the
MSS. in order, with the co-operation of Canon Rawlinson, of Canterbury,