HISTORI, MYTHOLOGY AND TRADITION,

Alter a Wall Painting in the Congressional Library at

Washingivn, D. C., by Frederick Dielman.

MASTERPIECES

History * Biography Science Philosophy

Poetry on The Drama y Travel

Adventure or Fiction - Etc.

A Record of the Great Things that have been Said and Thought

and Done from the Beginning of History

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, HARRY THURSTON PECK, A.M., Ph.D., L.H.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS, FRANK R. STOCKTON, NATHAN HASKELL DOLE,
JULIAN H A W THORNE, CAROLINE TICKNOR.
INTRODUCTI'N BY JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG, LIDRARIAN or Congress.

Edition de Luxe. Volume XXVIII.

Published by A MERICAN
LITERARY SOCIETY New York