_It even surpasses in interest and power the same author’s
romance, “With Fire and Sword.” … The whole story swarms with
brilliant pictures of war, and with personal episodes of battle
and adventure._—New York Tribune.
Marvellous in its grand descriptions.—_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
One of the direct anointed line of the kings of
story-telling.—_Literary World._
_A really great novelist_ … To match this story one must turn to
the masterpieces of Scott and Dumas.—_Philadelphia Press._
=PAN MICHAEL.= An Historical Novel of Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine.
By HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. A
sequel to “With Fire and Sword” and “The Deluge.” Library Edition. Crown
8vo. Cloth, $2.00.
Popular Edition. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
This work completes the great Polish trilogy. The period of the story is
1668-1674, and the principal historical event is the Turkish invasion of
1672. Pan Michael, a favorite character in the preceding stories, and
the incomparable Zagloba figure throughout the novel. The most important
historical character introduced is Sobieski, who was elected king in 1674.
_No word less than “Excelsior” will justly describe the
achievement of the trilogy of novels of which “Pan Michael” is
the last._—Baltimore American.
There is no falling off in interest in this third and last book
of the series; again Sienkiewicz looms as one of the great novel
writers of the world.—_The Nation._
From the artistic standpoint, to have created the character of
Zagloba was a feat comparable with Shakespeare’s creation of
Falstaff and Goethe’s creation of Mephistopheles.—_The Dial._
=ANDRONIKE.= The Heroine of the Greek Revolution. Translated from the
Greek of STEPHANOS THEODONUS XENOS by Edwin A. Grosvenor, Professor of
European History in Amherst College, and author of “Constantinople.”
12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
Modern Greece may be proud of having given the world an historical
romance like this. Viewed merely as a story, it is a work of absorbing
interest in its plot and execution. At the same time, no other book,
whether description, travels, or pure romance, offers so faithful
and complete a picture of Greek life to-day. The reader follows the
vicissitudes of hero and heroine with rapt attention, and all the time
seems breathing Greek air under a Greek sky and living among the Greeks.
A book well worth reading, because it is a story of thrilling
interest and it presents the best description of a memorable
conflict for national liberty.—_Detroit Tribune._
A book which is drama and action from one end to the other.
Altogether a most fascinating work.—_New York Home Journal._
=I AM THE KING.= Being the Account of some Happenings in the Life of
Godfrey de Bersac, Crusader Knight. By SHEPPARD STEVENS. 16mo. Cloth,
$1.25.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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