  NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. I. NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. II. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WALCHEREN EXPEDITION. JOURNAL OF A CAMPAIGN AT THE HORSE-GUARDS. NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. III. VOL. I. IN THE PRESS. THE LANCERS. IN THREE VOLUMES LONDON: PRINTED BY S. AND R. BENTLEY, DORSET STREET. THE MILITARY SKETCH-BOOK. REMINISCENCES OF BY AN OFFICER OF THE LINE. “The wight can tell A melancholy and a merry tale Of field, and fight, and chief, and lady gay.” IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1827. In presenting these Sketches to the public, the Author begs leave to say, that although in their production he sometimes indulged his imagination, fancy has only been employed to decorate truth. Facts form the ground-work of his book; and although the ornaments may have been carelessly or tastelessly placed, real incidents have neither been obscured nor distorted. To the gentleman who supplied the Author with the necessary hints for the sketch entitled “Mess Table Chat, (No. IV.)” and also to the gallant officer whose memory and kindness furnished him with the facts relative to the Bush-rangers of Van Diemen's Land, the Author returns his most sincere thanks. |
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