Book 9 — A Selection from the Catalogue of G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
Reading edition
Complete Catalogue sent on application
Tales of the Heroic Ages.
By Zenaïde A. Ragozin, author of “Chaldea,” “Vedic India,” etc.
No. I.—Siegfried the Hero of the North, and Beowulf, the Hero of the Anglo-Saxons. Illustrated. 12o
$1.25
No. II.—Frithjof, the Viking of Norway, and Roland, the Paladin of France. Illustrated. 12o
$1.25
No. III.—Salammbô, the Maid of Carthage. Illustrated. 12o
$1.25
“The author is one who knows her subject as a scholar, and has the skill and imagination to construct her stories admirably. Her style is terse and vivid, well adapted to interest the young in these dignified and thrilling tales.”—Dial.
Plutarch for Boys and Girls.
Selected and Edited by John S. White. Illustrated. 8o $1.75
“It is a pleasure to see in so beautiful and elegant a form one of the great books of the world. The best Plutarch for young readers.”—Literary World.
“Shows admirable scholarship and judgment.”—Critic.
Pliny for Boys and Girls.
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder. Edited by John S. White. With 52 illustrations. 4o $1.75
“Mr. White’s selections are admirably made. He has gleaned in all directions for his notes, and the result is one which reflects on him great credit, and adds another to the number of juvenile books which may be commended without reservation.”—Independent.
“For the libraries of the young—and every boy and girl in the land should collect a library of their own—these superb books have a special adaptation; they open the classics to them.”—Boston Journal of Education.
Herodotus for Boys and Girls.
Edited by John S. White. With 50 illustrations. 8o $1.75
“The book really contains those parts of Herodotus which a judicious parent would most likely have his boys and girls acquainted with, and Mr. White has succeeded in condensing these by omitting multitudes of phrases inserted in the Greek text. The print is so large and clear that no one need fear that it will foster a tendency to near-sightedness on the part of boy or girl.”—Nation.
The Travels of Marco Polo.
Edited for Boys and Girls, with explanatory notes and comments, by Thomas W. Knox. With over 200 illustrations. 8o $1.75
“To the student of geography Marco Polo needs no introduction. He is revered as the greatest of all travellers in the Middle Ages, and by more than one careful geographer his work is believed to have led to the discovery of the New World by the Hardy Mariner of Genoa.... The story of his travels was received with incredulity, and he died while Europe was gravely doubting its truth. It has remained for later generations to establish the correctness of his narrative and accord him the praise he so richly deserves.”