Life and Death, and Other Legends and StoriesSienkiewicz, Henryk
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Life and Death, and Other Legends and Stories
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Polish fiction -- Translations into English
An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. $1.50.
The first of the famous trilogy of historical romances of Poland, Russia,
and Sweden. Their publication has been received as an event in literature.
Charles Dudley Warner, in _Harper's Magazine_, affirms that the Polish
author has in Zagloba _given a new creation to literature_.
_A capital story._ The only modern romance with which it can be compared
for fire, sprightliness, rapidity of action, swift changes, and absorbing
interest is "The Three Musketeers" of Dumas.--_New York Tribune._
THE DELUGE
An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. A Sequel to "With Fire
and Sword." With map. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. $3.00.
Marvellous in its grand descriptions.--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
Has the humor of a Cervantes and the grim vigor of Defoe.--_Boston
Gazette._
PAN MICHAEL
An Historical Novel of Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine. A Sequel to "With
Fire and Sword" and "The Deluge." Crown 8vo. $1.50.
The interest of the trilogy, both historical and romantic, is splendidly
sustained.--_The Dial_, Chicago.
QUO VADIS
A Narrative of the Time of Nero. By HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ. Translated from
the Polish by JEREMIAH CURTIN. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. $1.50.
One of the greatest books of our day.--_The Bookman._
The book is like a grand historical pageant.--_Literary World._
Of intense interest to the whole Christian civilization.--_Chicago
Tribune._
Interest never wanes; and the story is carried through its many phases of
conflict and terror to a climax that enthralls.--_Chicago Record._
As a study of the introduction of the gospel of love into the pagan world
typified by Rome, it is marvellously fine.--_Chicago Interior._
The picture here given of life in Rome under the last of the Cæsars is one
of unparalleled power and vividness.--_Boston Home Journal._
One of the most remarkable books of the decade. It burns upon the brain
the struggles and triumphs of the early church.--_Boston Daily
Advertiser._
It will become recognized by virtue of its own merits as the one heroic
monument built by the modern novelist above the ruins of decadent Rome,
and in honor of the blessed martyrs of the early Church.--_Brooklyn
Eagle._
Our debt to Sienkiewicz is not less than our debt to his translator and
friend, Jeremiah Curtin. The diversity of the language, the rapid flow of
thought, the picturesque imagery of the descriptions are all his.--_Boston
Transcript._
THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS
An Historical Romance of Poland and Germany. By HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ.
Translated from the Polish by JEREMIAH CURTIN. Illustrated. 2 vols. Crown
8vo. $2.00.
The greatest work Sienkiewicz has given us.--_Buffalo Express._
It seems superior even to "Quo Vadis" in strength and realism.--_The
Churchman._
The construction of the story is beyond praise. It is difficult to
conceive of any one who will not pick the book up with
eagerness.--_Chicago Evening Post._
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