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 THE HISTORICAL ROMANCES OF HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ.

I. With Fire and Sword.

II. The Deluge.

III. Pan Michael.

An historical Novel of Poland and Russia.

By Henrtk Sienkiewicz. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. One volume, crown 8vo, cloth, $2.00. Library edition, two volumes, crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, $3.00.

WHAT IS SAID OF THIS REMARKABLE ROMANCE BY LEADING CRITICS.

A capital story. The only modern romance with which It can be compared for lire, sprightlhiess,- rapidity of action, swift changes, and absorbing interest is " The Three Mus- keteers " of Dumas. — New York Tribune.

A great novel. He exhibits the sustained power and sweep of narrative of Waiter Scott, and the humor of Cervantes. A greater novelist than Tolstoi. — Philadelphia Inquirer.

Altogether uncommon. one of the noblest works of historical romance ever written in any language ; and it has been done into English by the hand of a master. — The Pilot.

One of the most brilliant historical novels ever written. . . A story of chivalry, of hero- ism, of romance, and of devotion. — Christian Union.

A tremendous work in subject, size, and treatment. It Is refreshing, in these days of pastels in prose and novels without incident, to come upon one so full of life and vigor, where man, like Nature, is on a great and wide scale, and where the passions are as frank as they are fresh. — Providence Journal.

The setting of the story Is wonderful in its strength and picturesqueness. . . The char- acter-drawing is admirable — Boston Courier.

The first of Polish novelists, past or present, and second to none now living in England France, or Germany. He has Dumas' s facility for conceiving and carrying out a com plicated historical romance ; he has much of Bret Harte's dry humor and Isconic pathos, and s good deal of TurgenieflTs melancholy suggestiveness, with some of his delicacy of touch. — Blackwood's Magazine.

There is not a tedious page In the entire magnificent story. — Boston Home Journal.

He handles his wraith of incidents with a picturesque skill that holds the attention at every strp. . . . Thoee who di*nire a novel that like Thackeray's "Henry Esmond" or Scott's "Iranhoe" can be returned to again and again with pleasure and profit should by all mean? procure "With Fire and Sword." — Boston Gazette.

The romance is one for which to be heartily thankful, so thoroughly enchanting is it. It ix one of the few which is worthy to stand on. the same shelf with the romances of Dumas. — Boston Courier.

A romance which once read is not easily forgotten. — Literary World.

The volume is one of the most remarkable which the English-reading public has had laid before it in a long time. — Congregationalist.

A battle piece, painted with the minuteness of a Meissonier and the breadth of a Verestchagin. — Chicago Post.

A great book. ... A down reviews could not do justice to this story unless they were columns in length. — Pittsburgh Bulletin.

The force of the work recalls certain elements of Wallenstein. —Boston Journal