Palestine_ (N. Y., 1907, Pott, $2.50).
Dwight, H. G. _Constantinople, Old and New_ (N. Y., 1915, Scribner,
$5.00).
Edwards, Amelia B. A Thousand Miles up the Nile (2d ed., N. Y., 1888,
Dutton, $2.50).
Forman, H. J. The Ideal Italian Tour (Boston, 1911, Houghton Mifflin
Co., $1.50). A brief and attractive volume covering all Italy.
Hay, John. Castilian Days (Boston, 1871, Houghton Mifflin Co.,
$1.25).
Hutton, Edward, Rome (N. Y., 1909, Macmillan, $2.00).
Jackson, A. V. W. _Persia, Past and Present_ (N. Y., 1906, Macmillan,
$4.00).
Lucas, E. V. A Wanderer in Florence (N. Y., 1912, Macmillan, $1.75).
Manatt, J. I. Aegean Days (Boston, 1913, Houghton Mifflin Co., $3.00).
Describes the most important islands of the Aegean.
Marden, P. S. Greece and the Aegean Islands (Boston, 1907, Houghton
Mifflin Co., $3.00).
Paton, W. A. Picturesque Sicily (2d ed., N. Y., 1902, Harper, $2.50).
Richardson, R. B. Vacation Days in Greece (N. Y., 1903, Scribner,
$2.00).
Warner, C. D. In the Levant (N. Y., 1876, Harper, $2.00).
HISTORICAL FICTION
The following works of historical fiction comprise only a selection
from a very large number of books suitable for supplementary reading.
For extended bibliographies see E. A. Baker, A Guide to Historical
Fiction (new ed., N. Y., 1914, Macmillan, $6.00) and Jonathan Nield, A
Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales (3d ed., N. Y., 1904,
Putnam, $1.75). An excellent list of historical stories, especially
designed for children, will be found in the _Bibliography of History for
Schools and Libraries_, parts viii-ix.
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. The Last Days of Pompeii (Boston, 1834,
Little, Brown, and Co., $1.25).
Champney, Elizabeth W. The Romance of Imperial Rome (N. Y., 1910,
Putnam, $3.50).
Church, A. J. Roman Life in the Days of Cicero (N. Y., 1883,
Macmillan, 50 cents).
------ Stories of Charlemagne and the Twelve Peers of France (N. Y.,
1902, Macmillan, $1.75).
Cox, G. W. Tales of Ancient Greece (Chicago, 1868, McClurg, $1.00).
Dahn, Felix, Felicitas (Chicago, 1883, McClurg, 75 cents). Rome, 476
A.D.
Doyle, A. C. The White Company (Boston, 1890, Caldwell, 75 cents).
The English in France and Castile, 1366-1367 A.D.
Ebers, Georg, Uarda (N. Y., 1877, Appleton, 2 vols., $1.50). Egypt,
fourteenth century B.C.
Eliot, George. Romola (N. Y., 1863, Dutton, 35 cents). Florence and
Savonarola in the latter part of the fifteenth century.
Fénelon, François. _Adventures of Telemachus_, translated by Dr.
Hawkesworth (Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., $2.25).
Hale, E. E. In His Name (Boston, 1873, Little, Brown, and Co., $1.00).
The Waldenses about 1179 A.D.
Hardy, A. S. Passe Rose (Boston, 1889, Houghton Mifflin Co., $1.25).
Franks and Saxons of Charlemagne's time.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter (N. Y., 1850, Dutton, 35
cents). Massachusetts in the seventeenth century.
Henty, G. A. The Young Carthaginian (N. Y., 1886, Scribner, $1.50).
Second Punic War.
Hugo, Victor. Notre Dame (N. Y. 1831, Dutton, 35 cents). Paris, late
fifteenth century.
Irving, Washington. The Alhambra (N. Y., 1832, Putnam, $1.00).
Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards.
Jacobs, Joseph (editor). The Most Delectable History of Reynard the
Fox (N. Y., 1895, Macmillan, $1.50).
Kingsley, Charles S. Hypatia (N. Y., 1853, Macmillan, $1.25).
Alexandria, 391 A.D.
------ _Westward Ho!_ (N. Y., 1855, Button, 35 Cents). Voyages of
Elizabethan seamen and the struggle with Spain.
Kipling, Rudyard. Puck of Pooks Hill (N. Y., 1906, Doubleday, Page,
and Co., $1.50). Roman occupation of Britain.
Lang, Andrew. The Monk of Fife (N. Y., 1895, Longmans, Green, and
Co., $1.25). The Maid of Orleans and the Hundred Years' War.
Lane, E. W. (translator). _The Arabian Nights' Entertainments_ (2d ed.,
N. Y., 1859, Macmillan, 35 cents).
London, Jack. Before Adam (N. Y., 1907, Macmillan, $1.50).
Prehistoric life.
Manzoni, Alessandro. The Betrothed (N. Y., 1825, Macmillan, 2 vols.,
70 cents). Milan under Spanish rule, 1628-1630 A.D.
Mason, Eugene (translator). _Aucassin and Nicolette and other
Medieval Romances, and Legends_ (N. Y., 1910, Dutton, 35 cents).
Newman, J. H. Callista (N. Y., 1856, Longmans, Green, and Co.,
$1.25). Persecution of Christians in North Africa, 250 A.D.
Reade, Charles. The Cloister and the Hearth (N. Y., 1861, Dutton, 35
cents). Eve of the Reformation.
Scheffel, J. Von. _Ekkehard_, translated by Helena Easson (N. Y.,
1857, Dutton, 35 cents). Germany in the tenth century.
Scott, (Sir) Walter. The Talisman (N. Y., 1825, Dutton, 35 cents).
Reign of Richard I, 1193 A.D.
------ Ivanhoe (N. Y., Heath, 50 cents). Richard I, 1194 A.D.
Sienkiewicz, Henryk. _Quo Vadis?_ (Boston, 1896, Little, Brown, and
Co., $2.00). Reign of Nero.
Stevenson, R. L. The Black Arrow (N. Y., 1888, Scribner, $1.00). War
of the Roses.
"Twain, Mark." A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur (N.
Y., 1889, Harper, $1.75).
Wallace, Lew. _Ben-Hur; a Tale of the Christ_ (N. Y., 1880, Harper,
$1.50).
Waterloo, Stanley. The Story of Ab (2d ed., N. Y., 1905, Doubleday,
Page, and Co., $1.50). Prehistoric life.
HISTORICAL POETRY
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