Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09

Great French Painters {The)
and the Evolution OF
French Painting from 1880
to the Present Day. BY
Camille Mauclair. Printed
In large type at the CHS
wick Press and embellished
with q series OF liz beau
tifuf Illustrations, includ-
ing photogrAvure frontis-
piece. 06 fuli-page plates In
half-tone and 45 engrav-
ings in the text; repro
duced from the celebrated
pictures In the Louvre,
Luxembourg and other gal
leries. 4to., gilt top. A
choice presentation vol
ume, handsomely bound.
Smith, A. Mervyn. Sport
and Adventure in the In
dian Jungle. Descriptive
of all kinds Of Sport. in
m e,r ool GLIDING the Capture OF
NV Wild Elephants, Snakes.
wolves. Tigers. Bears,
Bisons, Monkeys and the
Story of Seeall, probably
the original OF kfpling's
"Mowgli," etc, etc. Illus
trated by 10 excellent full
page plates, from original
drawings and photographs;
DENY Svo.
90 Meynell, Alice. Children of
~" $io'0o the Old Masters of the
Italian School Illustrated
by 10 finely reproduced
photographers and 40 other
plates, all full page, with
valuable essays by Mrs.
Meynell on the change in
90 $lb.UO spirit and design in child
painting during the five
great centuries of Italian
Art. Printed in large, ell
egant type; 4to.. cloth, gilt
top and side: handsome
WORK..
Muir, Sir William. The Ca
liphate: Its Rise, Decline
and Fall. Being the his
tory of Islam and It's Ca
co $lOo liphs from Mohammed's
death in $50 to the year
A. D. 926, when the Ca
liphs ceased to be elected.
A sequel to the life of Ma
h omet, from original
sources. Third and best
edition, with three colored
maps, Svo..
Muir, Sir William. The
Sources of Islam. A Per-
sian Treatise, by w. st.
Clair-Tisdall, c. M. S.
Translated and abridged by
Sir William Muir, K. c. S.
l., crown Svo..
Muir, Sir William The
NJ m e u e, or Slave
q, ..oo Dynasty of Egypt, from
w pow 12e0-151T A. D. When the
Caliphs Of Bagdad were
no longer able to re-
tain the territories con-
quered by their prede-
90 $3.50 cessors they broug h t
slaves from Central Africa
and trained them as SOL
diers to fight their battles.
The same policy was pur-
sued in Egypt by the Fat
imide Caliphs. and after
them by the Eyyubite dy-
nasty. The military slaves
thus introduced were called
60 $1OOI Mamelukes. They soon
began to lord 1t over the
native inhabitants, and
from them arose the Sui
tans, who governed Egypt
for two and a half CEN
turtles. Illustrated with
map and plates; Svo........
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Gold
Bug and Other Tales. a
selection of his most sensa-
tional pieces, including the
Unparalleled Adventure of
one Hans Pfall, The Muir
ders in the Rue Morgue,
GO $3.C0i The Mystery of Marie
Roget, The Purloined Let
ter, The Case of Amontil-
lado The Fall of the House
of Usher and The Gold
Bug. Illustrated with
plates by A. D. McCor-
mick; cloth...................
Slang Dictionary. A New
Dictionary of the Terms,
Ancient and Modern, of the
Canting Crew, In it's sew
eral tribes of Gypsies, Beg
gars, Thieves, Cheats, etc,
with an addition Of some
SO $lO0 Proverbs, Phrases, Ffgura-
tive Speeches. wholly new,
by B. E. Gent Fac-Simile
reprint of the original edi-
ton, 1890. Large paper
edition, 4to.,. BIDS. ..........
The earliest known
Slang Dictionary" and
the basis on which Grose,
Cambden, Hotten and Hare
40 s2.50 built.