‘I will a round unvarnish’d tale deliver— Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth ’scapes i’ the imminent deadly breach, And with it all my travel’s history.’ The ensuing narrative was originally published in three successive volumes, entitled respectively,—‘RECOLLECTIONS OF THE EVENTFUL LIFE OF A SOLDIER’—‘THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA’—AND ‘SCENES AND SKETCHES IN IRELAND.’ Although these volumes were eminently successful, the form in which they were brought out rendered them accessible to only a comparatively small portion of the community. They are now collected into one volume, and published at a price which brings the work within the reach of all classes of people.…
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