411 ページ - of the Men and of the events connected with them. To the Life of each " Hero " will be given one duodecimo volume, handsomely printed in large type, provided with maps and adequately illustrated according to the special requirements of the several subjects. The volumes will be sold separately as follows : Large 12°, cloth extra . . . . . . $i 50 Half morocco, uncut edges, gilt top . , I 75 HEROES OF THE NATIONS.
410 ページ - Rawlinson. THE HANSA TOWNS. Helen Zimmern. EARLY BRITAIN. Prof. Alfred J. Church. THE BARBARY CORSAIRS Stanley Lane-Poole. RUSSIA. WR Morfill. THE JEWS UNDER ROME. WD Morrison. SCOTLAND. John Mackintosh. SWITZERLAND. R. Stead and Mrs. A. Hug. PORTUGAL. H.
412 ページ - FOWLER, MA, Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. John Wyclif, Last of the Schoolmen and First of the English Reformers. By LEWIS SERGEANT, author of " New Greece,
410 ページ - THE CRUSADES. TS Archer and CL Kingsford. VEDIC INDIA. ZA Ragozin. BOHEMIA. CE Maurice. CANADA. JG Bourinot. THE BALKAN STATES. William Miller. BRITISH RULE IN INDIA. R. W. Frazer. MODERN FRANCE. Andre
412 ページ - Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of " The Wreck of the Grosvenor,
411 ページ - A SERIES of biographical studies of the lives and work of a number of representative historical characters about whom have gathered the great traditions of the Nations to which they belonged, and who have been accepted, in many instances, as types of the several National ideals. With the life of each typical character will be presented a picture of the National conditions surrounding him during his career. The narratives are the work of writers who are recognized authorities on their several subjects,...
409 ページ - 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 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...
410 ページ - PERSIA. SGW Benjamin. ANCIENT EGYPT. Prof. Geo. Rawlinson. ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. Prof. JP Mahaffy. 'ASSYRIA. ZA Ragozin. THE GOTHS. Henry Bradley. IRELAND. Hon. Emily Lawless. TURKEY. Stanley Lane-Poole. MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. ZA Ragozin.
139 ページ - Unless I be convinced," he said, "by Scripture and reason, I neither can nor dare retract anything, for my conscience is a captive to God's word, and it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. There I take my stand. I can do no otherwise. So help me, God. Amen.
412 ページ - MA Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. Abraham Lincoln and the Downfall of American Slavery. By NOAH BROOKS. Prince Henry (of Portugal) the Navigator, and the Age of Discovery. By CR BEAZLEY, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. Julian the Philosopher, and the Last Struggle of Paganism against Christianity. By ALICE GARDNER.