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 BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST.

By Lew. Wallace. 16mo, Cloth, $1 50. Garfield Edition. Two Volumes. Twenty Full -page Pho- togravures. Over 1000 Illustrations as Marginal Drawings by William Martin Johnson. Crown 8vo, Printed on Fine Super-calendered Plate-paper, Uncut Edges and Gilt Tops, Bound in Silk and Gold, $7 00. {In a Gladstone Box)

Anything so startling, new, and distinctive as the leading feature ot this romance does not often appear in works of fiction. . . . Some of Mr. Wallace's writing is remarkable for its pathetic eloquence. The scenes described in the New Testament are rewritten with the power and skill of an accomplished master of style. — N. Y. Times.

Its real basis is a description of the life of the Jews and Romans at the beginning of the Christian era, and this is both forcible and briUiant. . . . We are carried through a surprising variety of scenes ; we witness a sea- fight, a chariot-race, the internal economy of a Roman galley, domestic in- teriors at Antioch, at Jerusalem, and among the tribes of the desert; pal- aces, prisons, the haunts of dissipated Roman youth, the houses of pious families of Israel. There is plenty of exciting incident ; everything is ani, mated, vivid and glowing. — N. Y. Tribune.

From the opening of the volume to the very close the reader's interest will be kept at the highest pitch, and the novel will be pronounced by all one of the greatest novels of the ^SlJ.— Boston Post.

" Ben Hur " is interesting, and its characterization is fine and strong. Meanwhile it evinces careful study of the period in which the scene is laid, and will help those who read it with reasonable attention to realize the nature and conditions of Hebrew life in Jerusalem and Roman life at Antioch at the time of our Saviour's advent. — Examiner^ N. Y.

The book is one of unquestionable power, and will be read with un- wonted interest by many readers who are weary of the conventional novel and romance. — Boston Journal.

One of th most remarkable and delightful books. It is as real and warm as life itself, and as attractive as the grandest and most heroic chapters of hir.tory. — Indianapolis Journal.

Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

JIS' The above work will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the UniieA StateH, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price.