[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.