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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,

manner the

intended to present

stories of the different

in a

graphic

nations that have

attained prominence in history.

In the story form the current of each national distinctly indicated,

and

its

life is

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

The

have resulted

in definite conclusions.

subjects of the different volumes have been planned

to cover connecting and, as far as possible, consecutive

epochs or periods, so that the set v/hen 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.