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not always prove practicable to issue the several volumes in their chronological order.

The "Stories" are printed in good readable type, and in handsome 12mo form. They are adequately illustrated and furnished with maps and indexes. They are sold separately at a price of $1.50 each.

The following is a partial list of the subjects thus far determined upon:

THE STORY OF *ANCIENT EGYPT. Prof. George Rawlinson.
" " " *CHALDEA. Z. A. Ragozin
" " " *GREECE. Prof. James A. Harrison,
Washington and Lee University.
" " " *ROME. Arthur Gilman
" " " *THE JEWS. Prof. Jas. K. Hosmer
Washington University of St. Louis.
" " " *CARTHAGE. Prof. Alfred J. Church.
University College, London.
" " " BYZANTIUM.
" " " *THE GOTHS. Henry Bradley.
" " " *THE NORMANS. Sarah O. Jewett
" " " *PERSIA. S. G. W. Benjamin
" " " *SPAIN. Rev. E. E. and Susan Hale.
" " " *GERMANY. S. Baring-Gould.
" " " THE ITALIAN REPUBLICS.
" " " *HOLLAND. Prof. C. E. Thorold Rogers.
" " " *NORWAY. Hjalmar H. Bovesen.
" " " *THE MOORS IN SPAIN. Stanley Lane-Poole.
" " " *HUNGARY. Prof. A. Vámbéry
" " " THE ITALIAN KINGDOM. W. L. Alden.
" " " *MEDIÆVAL FRANCE. Prof. Gustave Masson.
" " " *ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. Prof. J.P. Mahaffy.
" " " THE HANSE TOWNS. Helen Zimmern.
" " " *ASSYRIA. Z. A. Ragozin.
" " " *THE SARACENS. Arthur Gilman.
" " " *TURKEY. Stanley Lane-Poole.
" " " PORTUGAL. H. Morse Stephens.
" " " *MEXICO. Susan Hale.
" " " *IRELAND. Hon. Emily Lawless.
" " " PHŒNICIA.
" " " SWITZERLAND.
" " " RUSSIA.
" " " WALES.
" " " SCOTLAND.
" " " MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.
Z. A. Ragozin

* (The volumes starred are now ready, November, 1888.)

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