Mistress Nell: A Merry Tale of a Merry Time

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by George Cochrane Hazelton


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  BEN HUR. A Tale of the Christ. By General Lew Wallace

  This famous Religious-Historical Romance with its mighty story,brilliant pageantry, thrilling action and deep religious reverence,hardly requires an outline. The whole world has placed "Ben-Hur" on aheight of pre-eminence which no other novel of its time has reached. Theclashing of rivalry and the deepest human passions, the perfectreproduction of brilliant Roman life, and the tense, fierce atmosphereof the arena have kept their deep fascination.

  THE PRINCE OF INDIA. By General Lew Wallace

  A glowing romance of the Byzantine Empire, showing, with vividimagination, the possible forces behind the internal decay of the Empirethat hastened the fall of Constantinople.

  The foreground figure is the person known to all as the Wandering Jew,at this time appearing as the Prince of India, with vast stores ofwealth, and is supposed to have instigated many wars and fomented theCrusades.

  Mohammed's love for the Princess Irene is beautifully wrought into thestory, and the book as a whole is a marvelous work both historically andromantically.

  THE FAIR GOD. By General Lew Wallace. A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico.With Eight Illustrations by Eric Pape.

  All the annals of conquest have nothing more brilliantly daring anddramatic than the drama played in Mexico by Cortes. As a dazzlingpicture of Mexico and the Montezumas it leaves nothing to be desired.

  The artist has caught with rare enthusiasm the spirit of the Spanishconquerors of Mexico, its beauty and glory and romance.

  TARRY THOU TILL I COME or, Salathiel, the Wandering Jew. By GeorgeCroly. With twenty illustrations by T. de Thulstrup

  A historical novel, dealing with the momentous events that occurred,chiefly in Palestine, from the time of the Crucifixion to the,destruction of Jerusalem.

  The book, as a story, is replete with Oriental charm and richness andthe character drawing is marvelous. No other novel ever written hasportrayed with such vividness the events that convulsed Rome anddestroyed Jerusalem in the early days of Christanity.

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