Life of (OLD HICKORY) By Oliver Dyer, Author of "Great Senators of the United States." A Novel. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF MARIAM TENGER BY S. E. BOGGS. Translator of "The Little Countess." WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY WARREN B. DAVIS. Handsomely Bound in Cloth. Price, $1.CO This is a stirring romance of the Hungarian revolution of 1848: It gives a picture of the society and manners of the period. The heroine is allied to a noble family who participated in the gallant struggle for independence of Kossuth and his compatriots. This is incidental. The interest of the story centers in the relations of the heroine to the other characters. These are highly interesting and dramatic, owing to her peculiar character and the circumstances of the time. The illustrations by Warren B. Davis are exceedingly spirited and add much to the beauty of the volume. For sale by all booksellers and newsdealers, or sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, by the publishers, ROBERT BONNER'S SONS, COR. WILLIAM AND SPRUCE STREETS, NEW YORK. LAKE ERIE, AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, BY HON. GEORGE BANCROFT, With a Sketch of the Life and Writings of George Bancroft, BY OLIVER DYER, Author of "Great Senators of the United States," Sketch of Henry W. Grady," "General Andrew Jackson," etc. "Character 18mo. 350 Pages. With Portrait and Numerous Illustrations. Handsomely Bound in Cloth. Uniform with "The New South," By Henry W. Grady. Price, $1.00. Hon. George Bancroft's description of the Battle of Lake Erie is one of the finest specimens of historical writings in all literature. It is elegant, fiery, picturesque, and absorbingly interesting. It brings out the matchless seamanship of the young American commander, Oliver Hazard Perry—as well as his heroic fortitude and dauntless courage, in a manner to excite emotions of sympathy and exultations in every American heart. Every one of Mr. Bancroft's sketches in this volume is written in his best style and with consummate literary art. Mr. Dyer's sketch of "Bancroft's Life and Writings" is a valuable contribution to biography and to literature. While it gives a plain, matter-of-fact account of the great historian's long and useful life, it presents the varied incidents of his unique career in such a vivid and picturesque manner as to invest them with extraordinary attractiveness. Mr. Dyer's analysis of Mr. Bancroft's writings and his presentation of the historian's literary art are accomplished with such felicity that one reads the fascinating pages with unflagging interest and increasing appreciation. For sale by all booksellers and newsdealers, or sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, by the publishers, ROBERT BONNER'S SONS, COR. WILLIAM AND SPRUCE STREETS, New York. |