It is romance of the strongest type. Many pages fairly glow with
color, as the author in his enthusiasm portrays the natural
beauties of the Holy Land.—_Public Opinion._
The hero of “Hassan, a Fellah.” will be a revelation even to
those who carry their ethnological studies beyond the realm of
fiction.—_N. Y. Times._
=“QUO VADIS.”= A Narrative of the Time of Nero. By HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ.
Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Library Edition. With map
and photogravure plates. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00.
Popular Edition. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
_Of intense interest to the whole Christian
civilization._—Chicago Tribune.
With him we view, appalled, Rome, grand and awful, in her last
throes. The picture of the giant Ursus struggling with the wild
animal is one that will always hold place with such literary
triumphs as that of the chariot race in “Ben Hur.”—_Boston
Courier._
Mr. Curtin’s English is so limpid and fluent that one
finds it difficult to realize that he is reading a
translation.—_Philadelphia Church Standard._
=“QUO VADIS.”= ILLUSTRATED HOLIDAY EDITION. With maps and plans of
Ancient Rome, and twenty-seven photogravure plates from pictures by
Howard Pyle, Edmund H. Garrett, E. Van Muyden, and other artists. 2 vols.
8vo. Cloth, extra, gilt top, in box, $6.00.
Half crushed Levant morocco, extra, gilt top, $12.00.
=WITH FIRE AND SWORD.= An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. By
HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. With
portrait of the author, plates, and map. Library Editions. Crown 8vo.
Cloth, $2.00.
Popular Edition. 12mo. Cloth. $1.00.
_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.
“With Fire and Sword” is the first of a trilogy of historical romances
of Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Their publication has been received
throughout the United States by readers and critics as an event in
literature. Action in the field has never before been described in any
language so briefly, so vividly, and with such a marvellous expression of
energy. The famous character of Zagloba has been described as “a curious
and fascinating combination of Falstaff and Ulysses.” Charles Dudley
Warner, in “Harper’s Magazine,” affirms that the Polish author has in
Zagloba _given a new creation to literature_.
=THE DELUGE.= An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. By
HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. A
sequel to “With Fire and Sword.” With a map of the country at the period
in which the events of “The Deluge” and “With Fire and Sword” take place.
Library Edition. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $3.00.
Popular Edition. 2 vols. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
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