SHORT STUDIES ON GREAT SUBJECTS. 



By James Anthony Froude, M.A. With por- 

 trait. I vol. 



The great historian illuminates these Short Studies 

 as only a master-writer could do it. Not one of 

 the famous essays will ever be forgotten. 



THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF AMERICUS 

 VESPUCIUS. 



By C. Edwards Lester, U. S. Consul to Genoa, 

 1845. With portrait. 1 vol. 



The strange history of the astronomer and navi- 

 gator who gave his name to the New World is not 

 well known to ordinary readers. He seems to 

 have fared but little better than Columbus himself. 

 For instance, he discovered Brazil, but for various 

 reasons Spain made no account of it. 



A HISTORY OF WILLIAM PENN, 

 FOUNDER OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



By W. Hepworth Dixon. 



With portrait. 1 vol. 



This famous book reads more like a romance than 

 credible history. Penn's vicissitudes would have 

 daunted most men. Yet he overcame every ob- 

 stacle, and founded one of the most prosperous of 

 the American Commonwealths. His story is most 

 fascinating. 



SIR WALTER RALEGH. 

 A Biography. By W. Stebbing, M.A. 

 With portrait. 1 vol. 



This is by far the most scholarly life of the 

 famous English navigator. The reader will find a 

 vivid picture of those glorious Elizabethan days, 

 wherein so many gallant figures sacrificed their lives 

 for Empire. 



