[Footnote 1: "Even bird's milk is not lacking," a Polish proverbial expression signifying "abundance," "living in clover."] [Footnote 2: "On the thief's head the cap burns:" a Polish proverb meaning that persons, conscious of guilt, always fear detection.--Translator.] [Footnote 3: "Sprinkled his eyes with poppy:" proverbial expression denoting "lulled to sleep."--Translator.] [Footnote 4: Kilinski was one of the bravest and most popular heroes who fought under Kosciuszko. He was a shoe-maker by trade.--Translator.] [Footnote 5: Bigos: a Polish dish of hashed meat and cabbage.--Translator.] [Footnote 6: Peter Skarga was the most famous pulpit orator in the history of Poland.--Translator.] [Footnote 7: "Poland is not yet lost."] [Footnote 8: Referring to the Sacred Fire of pagan Lithuanians.] [Footnote 9: Mamalyga, a kind of porridge in Bessarabia, made principally of corn.] [Footnote 10: Piast; the name of the first King of Poland, who was a peasant.] [Footnote 11: Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski, the last king of Poland.] [Footnote 12: "Skubanka," a pun upon the word, "skubac," to pluck.] [] THE END _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 _net_. 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 _net_. 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 _net_. The interest of the trilogy, both historical and romantic, is splendidly sustained.--_The Dial_, Chicago. * * * * * LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY, Publishers Boston, Massachusetts QUO VADIS A Narrative of the Time of Nero. By Henryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. $1.50 _net_. One of the greatest books of our day.--_The Bookman_. The book is like a grand historical pageant.--_Literary World_.