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.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, inHarper’s Magazine, affirms that the Polish author has in Zaglobagiven 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.THE DELUGEAn Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. A Sequel to “With Fire and Sword.” With map. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. $3.00.Marvellous in its grand descriptions.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.Has the humor of a Cervantes and the grim vigor of Defoe.—Boston Gazette.PAN MICHAELAn Historical Novel of Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine. A Sequel to “With Fire and Sword” and “The Deluge.” Crown 8vo. $1.50.The interest of the trilogy, both historical and romantic, is splendidly sustained.—The Dial, Chicago.QUO VADISA Narrative of the Time of Nero. ByHenryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish byJeremiah Curtin. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. $1.50.One of the greatest books of our day.—The Bookman.The book is like a grand historical pageant.—Literary World.Of intense interest to the whole Christian civilization.—Chicago Tribune.Interest never wanes; and the story is carried through its many phases of conflict and terror to a climax that enthralls.—Chicago Record.As a study of the introduction of the gospel of love into the pagan world typified by Rome, it is marvellously fine.—Chicago Interior.The picture here given of life in Rome under the last of the Cæsars is one of unparalleled power and vividness.—Boston Home Journal.One of the most remarkable books of the decade. It burns upon the brain the struggles and triumphs of the early church.—Boston Daily Advertiser.It will become recognized by virtue of its own merits as the one heroic monument built by the modern novelist above the ruins of decadent Rome, and in honor of the blessed martyrs of the early Church.—Brooklyn Eagle.Our debt to Sienkiewicz is not less than our debt to his translator and friend, Jeremiah Curtin. The diversity of the language, the rapid flow of thought, the picturesque imagery of the descriptions are all his.—Boston Transcript.THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSSAn Historical Romance of Poland and Germany. ByHenryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish byJeremiah Curtin. Illustrated. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. $2.00.The greatest work Sienkiewicz has given us.—Buffalo Express.It seems superior even to “Quo Vadis” in strength and realism.—The Churchman.The construction of the story is beyond praise. It is difficult to conceive of any one who will not pick the book up with eagerness.—Chicago Evening Post.There are some scenes in the book that for power and excitement remind one of the great encounter between Ursus and the bull in “Quo Vadis.”—Minneapolis Tribune.Vivid, dramatic, and vigorous.... His imaginative power, his command of language, and the picturesque scenes he sets combine to fascinate the reader.—Philadelphia Bulletin.A book that holds your almost breathless attention as in a vise from the very beginning, for in it love and strife, the most thrilling of all 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 the scene of battle is unfolded by a master artist.—The Hartford Courant.Thrillingly dramatic, full of strange local color and very faithful to its period, besides having that sense of the mysterious and weird that throbs in the Polish blood and infects alike their music and literature.—The St. Paul Globe.OTHER NOVELS AND ROMANCES by Henryk Sienkiewicz.Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin.CHILDREN OF THE SOILCrown 8vo. $1.50.It must be reckoned among the finer fictions of our time, and shows its author to be almost as great a master in the field of the domestic novel as he had previously been shown to be in that of imaginative historical romances.—The Dial, Chicago.HANIA, AND OTHER STORIESWith portrait. Crown 8vo. $1.50.At the highest level of the author’s genius.—The Outlook.SIELANKA, A FOREST PICTUREAnd Other Stories. With frontispiece. Crown 8vo. $1.50.They exhibit the masterly genius of Sienkiewicz even better than his longer romances. They abound in fine character-drawings and beautiful descriptions.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.LIFE AND DEATH AND OTHER LEGENDS AND STORIESIllustrated. 16mo. Decorated cloth, $1.00.WITHOUT DOGMAA Novel of Modern Poland.(Translated from the Polish by Iza Young.)Crown 8vo. $1.50.A human document read in the light of a great imagination.—Boston Beacon.LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY,PublishersBoston, Massachusetts
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.
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, inHarper’s Magazine, affirms that the Polish author has in Zaglobagiven 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.
THE DELUGE
An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. A Sequel to “With Fire and Sword.” With map. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. $3.00.
Marvellous in its grand descriptions.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Has the humor of a Cervantes and the grim vigor of Defoe.—Boston Gazette.
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.
The interest of the trilogy, both historical and romantic, is splendidly sustained.—The Dial, Chicago.
QUO VADIS
A Narrative of the Time of Nero. ByHenryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish byJeremiah Curtin. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. $1.50.
One of the greatest books of our day.—The Bookman.
The book is like a grand historical pageant.—Literary World.
Of intense interest to the whole Christian civilization.—Chicago Tribune.
Interest never wanes; and the story is carried through its many phases of conflict and terror to a climax that enthralls.—Chicago Record.
As a study of the introduction of the gospel of love into the pagan world typified by Rome, it is marvellously fine.—Chicago Interior.
The picture here given of life in Rome under the last of the Cæsars is one of unparalleled power and vividness.—Boston Home Journal.
One of the most remarkable books of the decade. It burns upon the brain the struggles and triumphs of the early church.—Boston Daily Advertiser.
It will become recognized by virtue of its own merits as the one heroic monument built by the modern novelist above the ruins of decadent Rome, and in honor of the blessed martyrs of the early Church.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Our debt to Sienkiewicz is not less than our debt to his translator and friend, Jeremiah Curtin. The diversity of the language, the rapid flow of thought, the picturesque imagery of the descriptions are all his.—Boston Transcript.
THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS
An Historical Romance of Poland and Germany. ByHenryk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish byJeremiah Curtin. Illustrated. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. $2.00.
The greatest work Sienkiewicz has given us.—Buffalo Express.
It seems superior even to “Quo Vadis” in strength and realism.—The Churchman.
The construction of the story is beyond praise. It is difficult to conceive of any one who will not pick the book up with eagerness.—Chicago Evening Post.
There are some scenes in the book that for power and excitement remind one of the great encounter between Ursus and the bull in “Quo Vadis.”—Minneapolis Tribune.
Vivid, dramatic, and vigorous.... His imaginative power, his command of language, and the picturesque scenes he sets combine to fascinate the reader.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
A book that holds your almost breathless attention as in a vise from the very beginning, for in it love and strife, the most thrilling of all 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 the scene of battle is unfolded by a master artist.—The Hartford Courant.
Thrillingly dramatic, full of strange local color and very faithful to its period, besides having that sense of the mysterious and weird that throbs in the Polish blood and infects alike their music and literature.—The St. Paul Globe.
OTHER NOVELS AND ROMANCES by Henryk Sienkiewicz.Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin.
CHILDREN OF THE SOIL
Crown 8vo. $1.50.
It must be reckoned among the finer fictions of our time, and shows its author to be almost as great a master in the field of the domestic novel as he had previously been shown to be in that of imaginative historical romances.—The Dial, Chicago.
HANIA, AND OTHER STORIES
With portrait. Crown 8vo. $1.50.
At the highest level of the author’s genius.—The Outlook.
SIELANKA, A FOREST PICTURE
And Other Stories. With frontispiece. Crown 8vo. $1.50.
They exhibit the masterly genius of Sienkiewicz even better than his longer romances. They abound in fine character-drawings and beautiful descriptions.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
LIFE AND DEATH AND OTHER LEGENDS AND STORIES
Illustrated. 16mo. Decorated cloth, $1.00.
WITHOUT DOGMA
A Novel of Modern Poland.(Translated from the Polish by Iza Young.)Crown 8vo. $1.50.
A human document read in the light of a great imagination.—Boston Beacon.
LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY,PublishersBoston, Massachusetts