With him we view, appalled, Rome, grand and awful, in her last throes. The picture of the giant Ursus struggling with the wild animal is one that will always hold place with such literary triumphs as that of the chariot race in “Ben Hur.”—Boston Courier.
Mr. Curtin’s English is so limpid and fluent that one finds it difficult to realize that he is reading a translation.—Philadelphia Church Standard.
“QUO VADIS.” Illustrated Holiday Edition. With maps and plans of Ancient Rome, and twenty-seven photogravure plates from pictures by Howard Pyle, Edmund H. Garrett, E. Van Muyden, and other artists. 2 vols. 8vo. Cloth, extra, gilt top, in box, $6.00.
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WITH FIRE AND SWORD. An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. By Henryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. With portrait of the author, plates, and map. Library Editions. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00.
Popular Edition. 12mo. Cloth. $1.00.
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.
“With Fire and Sword” is the first of a trilogy of historical romances of Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Their publication has been received throughout the United States by readers and critics as an event in literature. Action in the field has never before been described in any language so briefly, so vividly, and with such a marvellous expression of energy. The famous character of Zagloba has been described as “a curious and fascinating combination of Falstaff and Ulysses.” Charles Dudley Warner, in “Harper’s Magazine,” affirms that the Polish author has in Zagloba given a new creation to literature.
THE DELUGE. An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. By Henryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. A sequel to “With Fire and Sword.” With a map of the country at the period in which the events of “The Deluge” and “With Fire and Sword” take place. Library Edition. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $3.00.