The Road to Paris: A Story of AdventureStephens, Robert Neilson
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The Road to Paris: A Story of Adventure
Stephens, Robert Neilson
Adventure stories; Historical fiction; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction
Mr. Dole's study of Persian literature and history admirably
equips him to enter into the life and spirit of the time of the
romance, and the hosts of admirers of the inimitable quatrains of
Omar Khayyam, made famous by Fitzgerald, will be deeply
interested in a tale based on authentic facts in the career of
the famous Persian poet. The three chief characters are Omar
Khayyam, Nizam-ul-Mulk, the generous and high-minded Vizier of
the Tartar Sultan Malik Shah of Mero, and Hassan ibu Sabbah, the
ambitious and revengeful founder of the sect of the Assassins.
The scene is laid partly at Naishapur, in the Province of
Khorasan, which about the period of the First Crusade was at its
acme of civilization and refinement, and partly in the mountain
fortress of Alamut, south of the Caspian Sea, where the
Ismailians under Hassan established themselves towards the close
of the 11th century. Human nature is always the same, and the
passions of love and ambition, of religion and fanaticism, of
friendship and jealousy, are admirably contrasted in the fortunes
of these three able and remarkable characters as well as in those
of the minor personages of the story.
=Captain Fracasse.=
A new translation from the French by Gautier. Illustrated by
Victor A. Searles.
1 vol., library 12mo, cloth =$1.25=
This famous romance has been out of print for some time, and a
new translation is sure to appeal to its many admirers, who have
never yet had any edition worthy of the story.
=The Rejuvenation of Miss Semaphore.=
A farcical novel. By HAL GODFREY. Illustrated by Etheldred B.
Barry.
1 vol., library 12mo, cloth =$1.25=
A fanciful, laughable tale of two maiden sisters of uncertain age
who are induced, by their natural longing for a return to youth
and its blessings, to pay a large sum for a mystical water which
possesses the value of setting backwards the hands of time. No
more delightfully fresh and original book has appeared since
"Vice Versa" charmed an amused world. It is well written, drawn
to the life, and full of the most enjoyable humor.
=Midst the Wild Carpathians.=
By MAURUS JOKAI, author of "Black Diamonds," "The Lion of Janina,"
etc. Authorized translation by R. Nisbet Bain. Illustrated by J.
W. Kennedy.
1 vol., library 12mo, cloth =$1.25=
A thrilling, historical, Hungarian novel, in which the
extraordinary dramatic and descriptive powers of the great Magyar
writer have full play. As a picture of feudal life in Hungary it
has never been surpassed for fidelity and vividness. The
translation is exceedingly well done.
=The Golden Dog.=
A Romance of Quebec. By WILLIAM KIRBY. New authorized edition.
Illustrated by J. W. Kennedy.
1 vol., library 12mo, cloth =$1.25=
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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