The Story of the Nations.

Messrs. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS take pleasure in announcing that they have in course of publication, in co-operation with Mr. T. Fisher Unwin, of London, a series of historical studies, intended to present in a graphic manner the stories of the different nations that have attained prominence in history.

In the story form the current of each national life is distinctly indicated, and its picturesque and noteworthy periods and episodes are presented for the reader in their philosophical relation to each other as well as to universal history.

It is the plan of the writers of the different volumes to enter into the real life of the peoples, and to bring them before the reader as they actually lived, labored, and struggled—as they studied and wrote, and as they amused themselves. In carrying out this plan, the myths, with which the history of all lands begins, will not be overlooked, though these will be carefully distinguished from the actual history, so far as the labors of the accepted historical authorities have resulted in definite conclusions.

The subjects of the different volumes have been planned to cover connecting and, as far as possible, consecutive epochs or periods, so that the set when completed will present in a comprehensive narrative the chief events in the great Story of the Nations; but it is, of course, not always practicable to issue the several volumes in their chronological order.

The "Stories" are printed in good readable type, and in handsome 12mo form. They are adequately illustrated and furnished with maps and indexes. Price, per vol., cloth, $1.50. Half morocco, gilt top, $1.75.

The following are now ready:

• GREECE. Prof. Jas. A. Harrison.
• ROME. Arthur Gilman.
• THE JEWS. Prof. James K. Hosmer.
• CHALDEA. Z. A. Ragozin.
• GERMANY. S. Baring-Gould.
• NORWAY. Hjalmar H. Boyesen.
• SPAIN. Rev. E. E. and Susan Hale.
• HUNGARY. Prof. A. Vámbéry.
• CARTHAGE. Prof. Alfred J. Church.
• THE SARACENS. Arthur Gilman.
• THE MOORS IN SPAIN. Stanley Lane-Poole.
• THE NORMANS. Sarah Orne Jewett.
• PERSIA. S. G. W. Benjamin.
• ANCIENT EGYPT. Prof. Geo. Rawlinson.
• ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. Prof. J. P. Mahaffy.
• ASSYRIA. Z. A. Ragozin.
• THE GOTHS. Henry Bradley.
• IRELAND. Hon. Emily Lawless.
• TURKEY. Stanley Lane-Poole.
• MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. Z. A. Ragozin.
• MEDIÆVAL FRANCE. Prof. Gustave Masson.
• HOLLAND. Prof. J. Thorold Rogers.
• MEXICO. Susan Hale.
• PHŒNICIA. Geo. Rawlinson.
• THE HANSA TOWNS. Helen Zimmern.
• EARLY BRITAIN. Prof. Alfree J. Church.
• THE BARBARY CORSAIRS. Stanley Lane-Poole.
• RUSSIA. W. R. Morfill.
• THE JEWS UNDER ROME. W. D. Morrison.
• SCOTLAND. John Mackintosh.
• SWITZERLAND. R. Stead and Mrs. A. Hug.
• PORTUGAL. H. Morse Stephens.
• THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. C. W. C. Oman.
• SICILY. E. A. Freeman.
• THE TUSCAN REPUBLICS. Bella Duffy.
• POLAND. W. R. Morfill.
• PARTHIA. Geo. Rawlinson.
• JAPAN. David Murray.
• THE CHRISTIAN RECOVERY OF SPAIN. H. E. Watts.
• AUSTRALASIA. Greville Tregarthen.
• SOUTHERN AFRICA. Geo. M. Theal.
• VENICE. Alethea Wiel.
• THE CRUSADES. T. S. Archer and C. L. Kingsford.
• VEDIC INDIA. Z. A. Ragozin.
• BOHEMIA. C. E. Maurice.
• CANADA. J. G. Bourinot.
• THE BALKAN STATES. William Miller.
• BRITISH RULE IN INDIA. R. W. Frazer.
• MODERN FRANCE. André Le Bon.
• THE BUILDING OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Alfred T. Story.

Heroes of the Nations.

EDITED BY

EVELYN ABBOTT, M.A.,

Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

A series of biographical studies of the lives and work of a number of representative historical characters about whom have gathered the great traditions of the Nations to which they belonged, and who have been accepted, in many instances, as types of the several National ideals. With the life of each typical character will be presented a picture of the National conditions surrounding him during his career.

The narratives are the work of writers who are recognized authorities on their several subjects, and, while thoroughly trustworthy as history, will present picturesque and dramatic "stories" of the Men and of the events connected with them.

To the Life of each "Hero" will be given one duodecimo volume, handsomely printed in large type, provided with maps and adequately illustrated according to the special requirements of the several subjects. The volumes will be sold separately as follows:

The following are now ready:

• Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England. By W. Clark Russell, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," etc.
• Gustavus Adolphus and the Struggle of Protestantism for Existence. By C. R. L. Fletcher, M.A., late Fellow of All Souls College.
• Pericles, and the Golden Age of Athens. By Evelyn Abbott, M.A.
• Theodoric the Goth, the Barbarian Champion of Civilisation. By Thomas Hodgkin, author of "Italy and Her Invaders," etc.
• Sir Philip Sidney, and the Chivalry of England. By H. R. Fox Bourne, author of "The Life of John Locke," etc.
• Julius Cæsar, and the Organisation of the Roman Empire. By W. Ward Fowler, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
• John Wyclif, Last of the Schoolmen and First of the English Reformers. By Lewis Sergeant, author of "New Greece," etc.
• Napoleon, Warrior and Ruler, and the Military Supremacy of Revolutionary France. By W. O'Connor Morris.
• Henry of Navarre, and the Huguenots of France. By P. F. Willert, M.A., Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.
• Cicero, and the Fall of the Roman Republic. By J. L. Strachan-Davidson, M.A., Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
• Abraham Lincoln, and the Downfall of American Slavery. By Noah Brooks.
• Prince Henry (of Portugal) the Navigator, and the Age of Discovery. By C. R. Beazley, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
• Julian the Philosopher, and the Last Struggle of Paganism against Christianity. By Alice Gardner.
• Louis XIV., and the Zenith of the French Monarchy. By Arthur Hassall, M.A., Senior Student of Christ Church College, Oxford.
• Charles XII., and the Collapse of the Swedish Empire, 1682-1719. By R. Nisbet Bain.
• Lorenzo de' Medici, and Florence in the 15th Century. By Edward Armstrong, M.A., Fellow of Queens's College, Oxford.
• Jeanne d'Arc. Her Life and Death. By Mrs. Oliphant.
• Christopher Columbus. His Life and Voyages. By Washington Irving.
• Robert the Bruce, and the Struggle for Scottish Independence. By Sir Herbert Maxwell, M.P.
• Hannibal, Soldier, Statesman. Patriot; and the Crisis of the Struggle between Carthage and Rome. By W. O'Connor Morris, Sometime Scholar of Oriel College, Oxford.
• Ulysses S. Grant, and the Period of National Preservation and Reconstruction, 1822-1885. By Lieut.-Col. William Conant Church.
• Robert E. Lee, and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870. By Prof. Henry Alexander White, of the Washington and Lee University.
• The Cid Campeador, and the Waning of the Crescent in the West. By H. Butler Clarke, Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford.

To be followed by:

• Moltke, and the Military Supremacy of Germany. By Spencer Wilkinson, London University.
• Bismarck. The New German Empire, How it Arose and What it Displaced. By W. J. Headlam, M.A., Fellow of King's Collage.
• Judas Maccabæus, the Conflict between Hellenism and Hebraism. By Israel Abrahams, author of the "Jews of the Middle Ages."
• Henry V., the English Hero King. By Charles L. Kingsford, joint-author of the "Story of the Crusades."

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS. New York and London.