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Travel, Biography, and Essays.
The German Emperor and His Eastern Neighbors.—By Poultney Bigelow. Cable despatches state that Mr. Bigelow has been expelled from Russia for writing this volume. Interesting personal notes of his old playmate’s boyhood and education are given, together with a description of the Emperor’s army, his course and policy since accession, and the condition of affairs on the Russian and Roumanian frontiers. With fine portrait of William II. (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Cloth, 12mo, 75 cents.
“A book to attract immediate and close attention.”—Chicago Times.
“An interesting contribution to evidence concerning Russia.”—Springfield Republican.
“A much-needed correction to the avalanche of abuse heaped upon the German Emperor.”—Philadelphia Inquirer.
“The book should have a place in the library of every student of politics.”—Boston Pilot.
Paddles and Politics Down the Danube.—By Poultney Bigelow. Companion volume to “The German Emperor.” A highly interesting journal of a canoe-voyage down “the Mississippi of Europe” from its source to the Black Sea, with descriptions of the resident nations, and casual discussions of the political situation. Illustrated with numerous offhand sketches made on the spot by Mr. Bigelow. (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Cloth, 12mo, 75 cents.
Writings of Christopher Columbus.—Edited, with an introduction, by Paul Leicester Ford. Mr. Ford has for the first time collected in one handy volume translations of those letters, etc., of Columbus which describe his experiences in the discovery and occupation of the New World. With frontispiece Portrait. (“Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series.”) Cloth, 12mo, 75 cents.
Under Summer Skies.—By Clinton Scollard. A poet’s itinerary. Professor Scollard relates, in his charming literary style, the episodes of a rambling tour through Egypt, Palestine, Italy, and the Alps. The text is interspersed with poetical interludes, suggested by passing events and scenes. Coming nearer home, visits to Arizona and the Bermudas are described in separate chapters. The volume is attractively illustrated by Margaret Landers Randolph, and is most suitable as a traveling companion or as a picture of lands beyond the reach of the reader. Cloth, 8vo, $1.00. (In Preparation.)