"A lucid sketch, at once popular and learned, of daily life in Egypt in the time of Rameses II, and of Assyria in that of Assurbanipal.... As an Orientalist, M. Maspéro stands in the front rank, and his learning is so well digested and so admirably subdued to the service of popular exposition, that it nowhere overwhelms and always interests the reader."--London Times. "Only a writer who had distinguished himself as a student of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities could have produced this work, which has none of the features of a modern book of travels in the East, but is an attempt to deal with ancient life as if one had been a contemporary with the people whose civilization and social usages are very largely restored."--Boston Herald. "The ancient artists are copied with the utmost fidelity, and verify the narrative so attractively presented."--Cincinnati Times-Star. THE THREE PROPHETS: Chinese Gordon; Mohammed-Ahmed; Araby Pasha. Events before, during, and after the Bombardment of Alexandria. By Colonel Chaille-Long, ex-Chief of Staff to Gordon in Africa, ex-United States Consular Agent in Alexandria, etc. With Portraits. 16mo. Paper, 50 cents. "Comprises the observations of a man who, by reason of his own military experience in Egypt, ought to know whereof he speaks."--Washington Post. "Throws an entirely new light upon the troubles which have so long agitated Egypt, and upon their real significance."--Chicago Times. THE MEMOIRS OF AN ARABIAN PRINCESS. By Emily Ruete, née Princess of Oman and Zanzibar. Translated from the German. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents. "A remarkably interesting little volume.... As a picture of Oriental court life, and manners and customs in the Orient, by one who is to the manner born, the book is prolific in entertainment and edification."--Boston Gazette. "The interest of the book centers chiefly in its minute description of the daily life of the household from the time of rising until the time of retiring, giving the most complete details of dress, meals, ceremonies, feasts, weddings, funerals, education, slave service, amusements, in fact everything connected with the daily and yearly routine of life."--Utica (N. Y.) Herald. THE SOVEREIGNS AND COURTS OF EUROPE. The Home and Court Life and Characteristics of the Reigning Families. By "Politikos." With many Portraits. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. "A remarkably able book.... A great deal of the inner history of Europe is to be found in the work, and it is illustrated by admirable portraits."--The Athenæum. "Its chief merit is that it gives a new view of several sovereigns.... The anonymous author seems to have sources of information that are not open to the foreign correspondents who generally try to convey the impression that they are on terms of intimacy with royalty."--San Francisco Chronicle.