# The Fall of Maximilan's Empire/end matter

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The narratives are, in many cases, related by the actors.
Flags are captured, wounded comrades are rescued under deadly fire, and curious adventures on the frontier are related in a plain "camp-fire " fashion— principally by men in the ranks.
"The author deserves the thanks of all true Americans. . . His sketches are models of characterization."—Philadelphia Bulletin.
and the True Stories of Sumter and Pickens. By Thomas M. Anderson, Lieut.-Col., U. S. A. Octavo, cloth, 75 cts.
"It is the history of the plots and machinations that preceded the great struggle which give to this volume its special value."—Boston Transcript.
Translated by W. W. Cady, from the Italian of Edmondo de Amicis. Octavo, with eight full-page illustrations $2.00
Contents.—A Midsummer March—The Orderly—The Oflficer of the Guard—The Wounded Sentinel—The Mother—The Son of the Regiment— The Conscript—A Bunch of Flowers—A Nocturnal March—Carmela—That Day—The Sentinel—The Camp—The Disabled Soldier—A Medal—An Original Orderly—At Twenty—Departure and Return—Reminiscences of the Campaign of 1866—Dead on the Field of Battle—The Cholera Season.
By Anton Gindely, Professor of German History in the University of Prague. Translated by A. Ten Brook. With twenty-eight illustrations and two maps. Two volumes octavo$4.00
"It is singular that the literature of history should have been obliged to wait two hundred years and more for a satisfactory account of that strange compound of political, religious, and military events known as the Thirty Years' War. And yet the explanation is not far to seek.,. Until within the present century the secrets of the war were locked up in the archives of the states and the muniment rooms of the old German nobility. It is only very recently, therefore, that any thing like a genuine history has been possible. . . and such a work has now been given to us by Prof. Gindely."—N, Y. Nation.
By Col. C. B. Brackenbury, of the British Army. 16mo, $1.00
"It is written in a very interesting style, and shows good judgment in the selection of materials, and a clear conception of the relation of Frederick to general history."—Nation.
Reminiscences of the "Filibuster" War in Nicaragua.
By Col. C. W. Doubelday. Octavo, cloth$1.25
THE TRAVELLERS' SERIES.
SKETCHES OF PEOPLE AND PLACES. 16mo, paper, per volume, 50 cts.
or. Sketches of Life in the Hud son Bay Territory. By H. M. Robinson. With numerous illustrations from designs by Charles Gasche.
"Mr. Robinson's narratives exhibit a freshness and glow of delineation founded on a certain novelty of adventure which commands the attention of the reader and makes his story as attractive as a romance."—N. Y. Tribune.
By James Jackson Jarves, author of "The Art Ideal," "Italian Sights," etc.
"Picturesque and v
By Edmondo de Amicis, author of "Constantinople," "Holland and Its People," "Spain and the Spaniards," etc.
"De Amicis has comprehended the manifold amazement, the potent charm of Paris as no writer before him has done."—Press, Portland.
Observations of a tour from Chinese Thibet to the valleys of the Himalayas. . By Andrew Wilson. 8vo, with map.
"Worthy of the highest praise. There is not a page in the handsome volume of nearly 500 pages which will not repay perusal. * * * He describes all he meets with on his way with inimitable spirit."—London Athenaeum.
By Isabella Bird, author of "Six Months in the Sandwich Islands," "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan," etc.
"Miss Bird is an ideal writer.* * * She has regard to the essentials of a scene or episode, and describes these with a simplicity that is as effective as it is artless."—London Spectator.
6 TENT LIFE IN SIBERIA, AND ADVENTURES AMONG THE KORAKS AND OTHER TRIBES IN KAMTCHATKA AND NORTHERN ASIA. By George Kennan. Seventh edition.
"the London Athenaeum says: "We strongly recommend this book as one of the most entertaining volumes of travel that have appeared for some years."
By Clarence Deming. A series of essays covering a wide variety of topics.
"These letters are characterized by all the grace, elegance, and feeling which made Matthew Arnold name Newman as the first of living writers of English prose."—Critic. "Fresh, vigorous, and always interesting."—Westminster Review.
8 CUBAN SKETCHES. By James W. Steele. "The book gives a well-written tale of topics which are of interest both to tourists and to those who enjoy travelling at their own firesides."—Christian Register. "Well-written, vivacious, and realistic pictures."— "One of the brightest and cleverest of the many books which have been written about Cuba."—Boston Transcript.
By Thos. W. Hood. With two steel engrav ings, and with the author's original illustrations on wood.
By Thos. W. Hood. Illustrated.
The Haps and Mishaps on Sea and Shore of the Statesman, the Editor, the Artist, and the Scribbler. By C. L. Norton and John Habberton. Very fully illustrated. Second edition, with supplementary chapter, being details of canoes constructed down to 1886.
"A more enjoyable book cannot well be imagined. It makes one think of summer, of rest, of recreation, of unpremeditated and unrestricted fun."—Albany Argus.
By Katherine S. and Thomas Macquoid. With thirty-four illustrations.
The well-known author of "Patty" has interwoven with some fascinating narratives. of travel a selection of Norman and Breton stories and legends which are very quaint and characteristic, and her husband and fellow-traveller has contributed a series of charming pencil sketches of the scenery and the people.
By Hon. Charles K. Tuckerman, late Minister Resident of the United States at Athens. Third edition.
"No one can read this book without having his interest greatly increased in the brave, brilliant, and in every way remarkable people."—N. Y. Times.
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