HISTORY, MYTHOLOGY AND TRADITION.

After a Wall Painting in the Congressional Library at Washington, D. C., by Frederick Dielman.

THE WORLD'S GREAT
MASTERPIECES

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History Biography Science Philosophy
Poetry The Drama

Travel

Adventure Fiction Etc.

A Record of the Great Things that have been Said and Thought
and Done from the Beginning of History

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, HARRY THURSTON PECK, A.M., PH.D., L.H.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS, FRANK R. STOCKTON, NATHAN HASKELL DOLE,
JULIAN HAWTHORNE, CAROLINE TICKNOR.
INTRODUCTION BY JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG, LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.

Edition de Luxe. Volume XXVIII.

Published by AMERICAN
LITERARY SOCIETY New York