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BEN HUR. A Tale of the Christ. By General Lew Wallace
This famous Religious-Historical Romance with its mighty story, brilliantpageantry, thrilling action and deep religious reverence, hardlyrequires an outline. The whole world has placed "Ben Hur" on aheight of pre-eminence which no other novel of its time has reached.The clashing of rivalry and the deepest human passions, the perfectreproduction of brilliant Roman life, and the tense, fierce atmosphere ofthe arena have kept their deep fascination.
THE PRINCE OE INDIA. By General Lew Wallace
A glowing romance of the Byzantine Empire, showing, with vividimagination, the possible forces behind the internal decay of theEmpire that hastened the fall of Constantinople.
The foreground figure is the person known to all as the Wandering Jew, atthis time appearing as the Prince of India, with vast stores of wealth,and is supposed to have instigated many wars and fomented the Crusades.
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 dazzling pictureof 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 George Croly.
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 destructionof Jerusalem.
The book, as a story, is replete with Oriental charm and richness,and the character drawing is marvelous. No other novel ever writtenhas portrayed with such vividness the events that convulsed Rome anddestroyed Jerusalem in the early days of Christianity.
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