A Selection from the Catalogue of
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
❧
Complete Catalogue sent on application
Old
Court Life in Spain
By Frances M. Elliot
Author of “Old Court Life in France,” etc.
2 vols. With 8 Photogravures and 48 Other Illustrations.
$5.00

The author presents a picturesque record of the romantic early days of courtly Spain, concluding her narrative with the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella and the new era of things ushered in by them. There pass before the reader’s gaze the martial figures of the Gothic kings, those barbarians of the North who ruled Spain for two centuries and a half, forgetting, under the spell of its sunny clime, the rugged gods that received the worship of their ancestors. With the downfall of Roderick, the Moors sweep into the country and henceforth the history is that of a divided land, where the Cross is elevated against the Crescent, where clash of sword and scimitar frequently resounds, and Saracen warriors vie in gallantry and skill with those who do battle for the Faith.

Old
Court Life in France
By Frances Elliot
Author of “Old Court Life in Spain,” etc.
Two Volumes. Octavo. With 60 Photogravure and Other Illustrations. Net $5.00. Carriage 50 cents

“Probably the most readable and successful work of the kind ever attempted. It has been through many editions, and its popularity remains unimpaired. The work is charming in manner and carries with it the impress of accuracy and careful investigation.

“Mrs. Elliot’s is an anecdotal history of the French Court from Francis I to Louis XIV. She has conveyed a vivid idea of the personalities touched upon, and her book contains a great deal of genuine vitality.”—Detroit Free Press.

The Crises
in the History of
The Papacy
By
Joseph McCabe
Author of “Peter Abélard,” “A Candid History of the Jesuits,” etc.

This volume comprises a study of twenty of the most famous of the Popes whose careers and whose influence was most important in the development of the Church as it was in the history of the world.

Alfred the Great
Maker of England
848–899 A. D.
By
Beatrice A. Lees
Of Somerville College, Oxford
8vo. $2.50

Few royal lives have been richer in fulfillment and more decisive in their influence upon the course of history than that of Alfred. Under his leadership, Wessex became the nucleus of England’s expansion, the Danish invader was checked, and the first beginnings of a royal navy were made. His is the most important name in English history prior to the coming of the Normans.

New York G. P. Putnam’s Sons London
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
  1. P. 18, corrected "An occasion of" to "On an occasion of".
  2. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
  3. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.