Here we have one of those audacious stories which Frenchmen alone seem to have enough originality to invent. Captain Mago is sent by Hiram King of Tyre, on a voyage to Tarshish (Spain) to procure a supply of silver and other treasure with which to embellish the temple of David, King of the Jews, which was to be erected at Jerusalem. During his absence of several years, he met with innumerable strange and perilous adventures by land and sea. In itself the narrative of his exploits is of thrilling interest, but the real value of the book consists in the graphic and accurate picture which it gives of the world as it was a thousand years before the Christian Era. King David, King Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, and even Homer are among the characters Captain Mago meets in his journeys and adventures.
A TALE OF THE INDIAN MUTINY;
OR, THE SERPENT-CHARMER.
BY LOUIS ROUSSELET.
New Edition, Fully Illustrated. One Volume, 12mo, $1.50
A book of exciting adventures, the scene being laid in India during the Mutiny of 1857, and the story describing the fortunes of a Franco-Indian family.
"The book, the plot of which appears to be founded on fact, is rather a boy's book than a novel, and is filled with an uninterrupted series of wild adventures, told in an agreeable and interesting way." —The Nation.
"Besides the interest in the romance, much information is conveyed concerning Indian manners and customs, as well as delightful descriptions of the wild country and the animals that abound there." —Providence Journal.
WILD MEN AND WILD BEASTS;