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CATALOGUE OF BOOKS.
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N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1896 $1
Description of an old city buried in A. D. 79, and of what Pompeii was like when it was a live and bustling place.

The Story of the Nations.

N. Y., Putnam's Sons $1.50

A series of historical studies intended to present in graphic narratives 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 relations to each other as well as to universal history.

The following is a list of the subjects thus far published:

Alexander's Empire. Prof. J. P. Mahaffy.
Ancient Egypt. Prof. George Rawlinson.
Assyria. Z. A. Ragozin.
Australasia. Greville Tregarthen.
Austria. Sidney Whitman.
Balkan States. Henry Miller.
Barbary Corsairs. Stanley Lane-Poole.
Bohemia. C. Edmund Maurice.
British Rule in India. R. W. Frazer.
Building of the British Empire. 2 vols. Alfred T. Story.
Byzantine Empire. C. W. C. Oman.
Canada. J. G. Bourinot.
Carthage. Prof. A. J. Church.
Chaldea. Z. A. Ragozin.
China. Robert K. Douglas.
Christian recovery of Spain. H. E. Watts.
Crusades, The. T. S. Archer and C. L. Kingsford.
Early Britain. Prof. A. J. Church.
Franks, The. Lewis Sergeant.
Germany. S. Baring-Gould.
Goths, The. Henry Bradley.
Greece. Prof. Jas. A. Harrison.
Hansa Towns. Helen Zimmern.
Holland. Prof. J. E.Thorold Rogers.
Hungary. Prof. Vámbéry.
Ireland. Hon. Emily Lawless.
Japan. David Murray.
Jews, The. Prof. James K. Hosmer.
Jews under Rome. W. Douglass Morrison.
Media, Babylon and Persia. Z. A. Ragozin.
Mediæval France. Prof. Gustave Masson.
Mexico. Susan Hale.
Modern France. Andre Lebon.
Modern Italy. Pietro Orsi.
Modern Spain. M. A. S. Hume.
Moors in Spain. Stanley Lane-Poole.
Normans, The. Sarah Orne Jewett.
Norway. Hjalmar H. Boyesen.
Parthia. George Rawlinson.
People of England in the 19th century; 2 vols. Justin McCarthy.
Persia, S. G. W. Benjamin.
Phoenicia. Prof. Geo. Rawlinson.
Poland. W.R. Morfill.
Portugal. H. Morse Stephens.
Rome. Arthur Gilman.
Russia. W. R. Morfill.