Crown 8w, Elegantly Bound in Cloth and Gold, Price 



SWORD AND PEN; 



OR, 



8 in 



Profusely Illustrated. 



BY W. H. DAVENPOBT ADAMS, 



AUTHOR OF "CIRCLE OF THE YEAR," "BEFORE THE CONQUEST," ETC. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



The Morning Advertiser. 



" The handsome and studious volume before us contains memo- 

 rials of the men who fought and wrote and meditated under 

 Elizabeth, that we owe the brightest glories of our literature, the 

 rise and permanence of our power, the world-wide expansion of our 

 commerce, and, as a consequence, our national wealth, which is 

 4 power.' " 



The Dumfries Herald. 



" The biographies of these men, compiled from the best sources, 

 are given in a lively and interesting style, and nothing, we fancy, 

 could be more welcome to the youthful readers, for whom the 

 volume is principally designed, than the gift of such a book." 



The Athenaeum. 



"In the lives of Raleigh and Hawkins, Gilbert, Cavendish, 

 Drake, Philip Sydney, and Shakespeare, a portion of the heroism 

 and intellect of the Elizabethan period is here illustrated. . . . The 



