The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 2 (of 2)
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_THE ZAGLOBA ROMANCES_ _by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin_.
WITH FIRE AND SWORDAn 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 inliterature. Charles Dudley Warner, in _Harper's Magazine_, affirmsthat the Polish author has in Zagloba _given a new creation toliterature_.
_A capital story_. The only modern romance with which it can becompared for fire, sprightliness, rapidity of action, swift changes,and absorbing interest is "The Three Musketeers" of Dumas.--_New YorkTribune_.
THE DELUGE
An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. A Sequel to "WithFire 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.--_BostonGazette_.
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, issplendidly sustained.--_The Dial_, Chicago.
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QUO VADIS
A Narrative of the Time of Nero. By Henryk Sienkiewicz. Translated fromthe Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. $1.50 _net_.
One of the most remarkable books of the decade. It burns upon the brainthe struggles and triumphs of the early Church.--_Boston DailyAdvertiser_.
It will become recognized by virtue of its own merits as the one heroicmonument built by the modern novelist above the ruins of decadent Rome,and in honor of the blessed martyrs of the early Church.--_BrooklynEagle_.
Our debt to Sienkiewicz is not less than our debt to his translatorand friend, Jeremiah Curtin. The diversity of the language, the rapidflow of thought, the picturesque imagery of the descriptions are allhis.--_Boston Transcript_.
_By the same Author_
THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS
An Historical Romance of Poland and Germany. Translated from the Polishby Jeremiah Curtin. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. $1.75 _net_.
The construction of the story is beyond praise. It is difficultto conceive of any one who will not pick the book up witheagerness.--_Chicago Evening Post_.
A book that holds your almost breathless attention as in a vise fromthe very beginning, for in it love and strife, the most thrilling ofall worldly subjects, are described masterfully.--_The Boston Journal_.
Another remarkable book. His descriptions are tremendously effective;one can almost hear the sound of the carnage; to the mind's eye thescene of battle is unfolded by a master artist.--_The HartfordCourant_.
Thrillingly dramatic, full of strange local color and very faithful toits period, besides having that sense of the mysterious and weird thatthrobs in the Polish blood and infects alike their music andliterature.--_The St. Paul Globe_.
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