MESSRS. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS take pleasure in announcing that they have in course of publication, in co-operation with Mr. T. Fisher Unwin, of London, a series of historical studies, intended to present in a graphic manner the stories of the different nations that have attained prominence in history.

In the story form the current of each national life is distinctly indicated, and its picturesque and noteworthy periods and episodes are presented for the reader in their philosophical relation to each other as well as to universal history.

It is the plan of the writers of the different volumes to enter into the real life of the peoples, and to bring them before the reader as they actually lived, labored, and struggled - as they studied and wrote, and as they amused themselves. In carrying out this plan, the myths, with which the history of all lands begins, will not be overlooked, though these will be carefully distinguished from the actual history, so far as the labors of the accepted historical authorities have resulted in definite conclusions.

The subjects of the different volumes have been planned to cover connecting and, as far as possible, consecutive epochs or periods, so that the set when completed will present in a comprehensive narrative the chief events in the great Story OF THE Nations; but it is, of course, not always practicable to issue the several volumes in their chronological order The "Stories" are printed in good readable type, and in handsome 12mo form. They are adequately illustrated and furnished with maps and indexes. Price per vol., cloth, $1.50; half morocco, gilt top, $1.75.

The following are now ready:

Greece. Prof. Jas. A. Harrison. ROME. Arthur Oilman. THE JEWS. Prof. James K. Hoamar. CHALDEA. Z. A. Ragozin. GERMANY. 8. Baring-Gould. NORWAY. Hjalmar H. Boyesen. SPAIN. Rev. E. E. and Susan Hale. HUNGARY. Prof. A. Vambery. CARTHAGE. Prof. Alfred J. Church. THE SARACEN8. Arthur Oilman. THE MOORS IN 3PAIN. Stanley

Lane-Poole. THE NORMANS. Sarah Orne Jewett. PERSIA. S. G. W. Benjamin. ANCIENT EGYPT. Prof. Geo. Rawlinson. ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. Prof. J.

P. Mahaffy. ASSYRIA. Z. A. Ragoiin. THE GOTHS. Henry Bradley. IRELAND. Hon. Emily Lawless. TURKEY. Stanley Lane-Poole. MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.

Z. A. Ragozin. MEDIÆVAL PRANCE. Prof. Gustave Masson. HOLLAND. Prof. J. Thorold Rogers. MEXICO. Susan Hale. PHCENICIA. Geo. Rawlinson. THE HANSA TOWNS. Helen Zim* mern. EARLY BRITAIN. Prof. Alfred J.

Church. THE BARBARY CORSAIRS. Stanley Lane-Pool. RUSSIA. W. R. Morfill. THE JEWS UNDER ROME. W.D.

Morrison. SCOTLAND. John Mackintosh. SWITZERLAND. R. Stead and Mrs.

A. Hug. PORTUGAL. H. Morse-Stephens. THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. C. W.

C. Oman.

SICILY. E. A. Freeman.

THE TUSCAN REPUBLICS. Bella

Duffy. POLAND. W. R. Morfill. PARTHIA- Geo. Rawlinson.

JAPAN. David Murray.

THE CHRISTIAN RECOVERY OP

SPAIN. H. E. Watts. AU8TRALASIA. Greville Tregmrthen. 80UTHERN AFRICA. Geo. M.

Theal. VENICE. AletheaWiel. THE CRU8ADES. T. 8. Archer and

C. L. Kingsford. VEDIC INDIA. Z. A. Ragozin. BOHEMIA. C.E.Maurice. CANADA. J. G. Bourinot. THE BALKAN STATES. William

Miller. BRITISH RULE IN INDIA. R. W.

Prazer. MODERN FRANCE. Andre LaBon. THE BUILDING OF THE BRITISH

EMPIRE. Alfred T. Story. Two vols. THE FRANKS. Lewis Sergeant. THE WEST INDIES. Amos K.

Fiske. THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND IN

THE 19TH CENTURY. Justin

McCarthy, M.P. Two vols. AUSTRIA, THE HOME OF THE

HAPSBURG DYNASTY, PROM

1282 TO THE PRESENT DAY.

Sidney Whitman. CHINA. Robt. K. Douglass. MODERN 8PAIN. Major Martin A

S. Hume. MODERN ITALY. Pietro Oral. THE THIRTEEN COLONIES.

Helen A. Smith. Two vols.

Other volumes in preparation are:

THE UNITED STATES, 1775- 1897.

Prof. A. C. McLaughlin. Two vols. BUDDHIST INDIA. Prof. T. W.

Rhys-Davids. MOHAMMEDAN INDIA. Stanley

Lane-Poole. WALES AND CORNWALL. Owes

M. Edwards