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 this plan, the myths, with which the history of all lands begins, will not be overlooked, though these will be carefully distinguished from the actual history, so far as the labors of the accepted historical authorities have resulted in definite conclusions.

The subjects of the different volumes have been planned to cover connecting and, as far as possible, consecutive epochs or periods, so that the set when completed will present in a comprehensive narrative the chief events in the great STORY OF THE NATIONS; but it is, of course, not always practicable to issue the several volumes in their chronological order.

THE STORY OF THE NATIONS.

The “Stories” are printed in good readable type, and in handsome 12mo form.  They are adequately illustrated and furnished with maps and indexes.  Price per vol., cloth, $1.50; half morocco, gilt top, $1.75.

The following are now ready: 

GREECE.  Prof.  Jas. A. Harrison. 
ROME.  Arthur Gilman. 
THE JEWS.  Prof.  James K. Hosmer. 
CHALDEA.  Z.A.  Ragozin. 
GERMANY.  S. Baring-Gould. 
NORWAY.  Hjalmar H. Boyesen. 
SPAIN.  Rev. E.E. and Susan Hale. 
HUNGARY.  Prof.  A. Vambery. 
CARTHAGE.  Prof.  Alfred J. Church. 
THE SARACENS.  Arthur Gilman. 
THE MOORS IN SPAIN.  Stanley Lane-Poole. 
THE NORMANS.  Sarah Orne Jewett. 
PERSIA.  S.G.W.  Benjamin. 
ANCIENT EGYPT.  Prof.  Geo. Rawlinson. 
ALEXANDER’S EMPIRE.  Prof.  J.P.  Mahaffy. 
ASSYRIA.  Z.A.  Ragozin. 
THE GOTHS.  Henry Bradley. 
IRELAND.  Hon. Emily Lawless. 
TURKEY.  Stanley Lane-Poole. 
MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.  Z.A.  Ragozin. 
MEDIAEVAL FRANCE.  Prof.  Gustave Masson. 
HOLLAND.  Prof.  J. Thorold Rogers. 
MEXICO.  Susan Hale. 
PHOENICIA.  Geo. Rawlinson. 
THE HANSA TOWNS.  Helen Zimmern. 
EARLY BRITAIN.  Prof.  Alfred J. Church. 
THE BARBARY CORSAIRS.  Stanley Lane-Pool. 
RUSSIA.  W.R.  Morfill. 
THE JEWS UNDER ROME.  W.D.  Morrison. 
SCOTLAND.  John Mackintosh. 
SWITZERLAND.  R. Stead and Mrs. A. Hug. 
PORTUGAL.  H. Morse-Stephens. 
THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE.  C.W.C.  Oman. 
SICILY.  E.A.  Freeman. 
THE TUSCAN REPUBLICS.  Bella Duffy. 
POLAND.  W.R.  Morfill. 
PARTHIA.  Geo. Rawlinson. 
JAPAN.  David Murray. 
THE CHRISTIAN RECOVERY OF SPAIN.  H.E.  Watts. 
AUSTRALASIA.  Greville Tregarthen. 
SOUTHERN AFRICA.  Geo. M. Theal. 
VENICE.  Alethea Wiel. 
THE CRUSADES.  T.S.  Archer and C.L.  Kingsford. 
VEDIC INDIA.  Z.A.  Ragozin. 
BOHEMIA.  C.E.  Maurice. 
CANADA.  J.G.  Bourinot. 
THE BALKAN STATES.  William Miller.