In Blue Creek Canon Part 29

"One of the strongest books of the year."--_Buffalo Express._

JULIUS WOLFF'S NOVELS.

Delightful stories of old-time life in Germany.

The Saltmaster of Luneburg.

The Robber Count.

Fifty Years, Three Months, Two Days.

TENNYSON'S GREATER POEMS.

Volumes are sold separately or in sets, and comprise the following: "Idylls of the King," "In Memoriam," "The Princess."

THE ALHAMBRA SERIES OF NOTABLE BOOKS.

The Alhambra, by Irving Romola, by Eliot Lorna Doone, by Blackmore Scottish Chiefs, by Porter Notre-Dame, by Hugo Sketch Book, by Irving

THE LOTUS SERIES OF POETS.

Robert Browning's Poems Lalla Rookh, by Moore Mrs. Browning's Poems Lucile, by Meredith Lady of the Lake, by Scott Tennyson's Poems

THE FOUNDING OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE

BY WILLIAM I.

Based chiefly upon Prussian State Doc.u.ments.

Translated from the German of HEINRICH VON SYBEL by Professor MARSHALL LIVINGSTON PERRIN, of the Boston University

The welding together into a mighty united nation of the petty dukedoms and princ.i.p.alities which fifty years ago made up the heterogeniety of Germany was the greatest political feat of this century. Dr. Von Sybel, pre-eminently fitted by nature and training to be the historian of this tremendous creation, had the additional advantage of access to original sources of information in the archives of Prussia, Hanover, Hesse Ca.s.sel, and Na.s.sau, and the State papers and diplomatic correspondence preserved in the foreign office at Berlin. His history, therefore, may be accepted as _absolutely authentic_, and that it has been so accepted is shown by the universal chorus of praise from German critics which greeted its first appearance, and by the fact that within two months of publication fifty thousand copies were sold. Sybel's style is remarkably smooth and attractive, full of vigor, life, and movement, and it has been admirably rendered into idiomatic English by Professor Perrin, whose long residence in Germany made the language like his mother tongue to him. Finely engraved portraits of the Emperors William I., Frederick, and William II., and of Bismarck and Moltke, give additional value to the volumes.

"Since the death of Ranke, Von Sybel has occupied unquestionably the first rank among German historians."--_American Hebrew._

"The translation of this admirable history is very well done indeed. It reflects few of the German involutions, and reads smoothly and flowingly. Of the history itself, it must be said that nothing comparable to it in fulness, clearness, trustworthiness, and vigor, has been written concerning the great events of which it treats."--_N. Y. Tribune._

"No reason to believe that it will be superseded during the present generation."--_N. Y. Sun._

"_No more important historical work has appeared in the last decade._"--Nation.