The king remained yet for a moment at the carriage of Her Majesty, but when a blessing had been given him with a cross and with relics by the bishop of Cracow, he rushed at a gallop to the army. The air was rent suddenly by the keen sound of trumpets, while masses of foot and of cavalry stirred, began slowly to lengthen, and finally those masses moved, all of them, westward. In advance were the banners of the light horse, behind them hussars; the dragoons closed the movement. * * * * * The prince bishop of Cracow raised with both hands the cross, holding relics as high above his head as was possible: "O God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, have mercy on Thy people!" * * * * * Just then more than twenty thousand breasts raised the anthem which Pan Kohovski had composed for that moment: "For Thee, O pure Lady, O Mother Immaculate, We go to defend Christ, Our Lord. "For thee, O dear country, For you, O white eagles, We will crush every enemy. ON THE FIELD OF GLORY." FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: Kromer.] [Footnote 2: His pets.] [Footnote 3: On Saint Stephen's day people used to cast various kinds of grain at the priest at the altar in memory of the stoning of that saint.] [Footnote 4: The Elector just mentioned, _i. e_., the Elector of Brandenburg.] [Footnote 4: The Elector just mentioned, _i. e_., the Elector of Brandenburg.] [Footnote 5: Among the Poles and Slavs generally death is represented as a woman.] [Footnote 6: This man is mentioned on page 224.] [Footnote 7: Jewish pronunciation of _vivant_.] [Footnote 8: Carolus Dux Lotharingiae Joanni III, Poloniae Regi, etc. Julius 31, 1683.] _THE ZAGLOBA ROMANCES_ _by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from_ _the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin_. WITH FIRE AND SWORD 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_.