in front of an empty box and
sounded the charge. The effect was startling. The audience rose to a
man, and rushed to the exits. In less than five minutes the building was
empty. I had let the human avalanche pass by. When I came outside I was
told that it was a false alarm, or, rather, a practical joke; but no
one re-entered the theatre. Thus ended the gala-performance of the
Commune, and a careful observer would have had no difficulty in
foreseeing the end of the latter. The bugler had, unconsciously perhaps,
sounded its death-knell.

THE END.

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[Illustration: Christopher Columbus.]

_THE STORY OF COLUMBUS._

By ELIZABETH EGGLESTON SEELYE; edited by Dr. EDWARD EGGLESTON. With 100
Illustrations by Allegra Eggleston. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

[Illustration: Caravel.]

This book is the result of most extensive investigations, which have
been carefully verified by the eminent historian and novelist, Dr.
Eggleston. It is not too much to say that the whole world has been drawn
upon for material by the author and the artist. The fruits of these
investigations are presented in a popular, readable, always entertaining
form. While the book contains all the results of modern inquiry offered
in the bulkiest biographies, the story is here condensed and the
material selected with a view to an always interesting narrative. To a
considerable extent the plan of both text and illustrations is like that
of Eggleston's "Household History of the United States." It is hardly
necessary to say more regarding the fitness of this volume for a place
in every American private, public, and school library.

[Illustration: Catapult.]

"The purpose of the writer of this book has been to relate the
life of the greatest of discoverers in a manner interesting and
delightful to the general reader, while producing a narrative
strictly conformed to the facts as given by the best ancient
authorities and developed by the latest researches of scholars.
There is here no attempt to discuss the _pros_ and _cons_ of
debated points in Columbian history. Such investigators as
Navarrete, Mr. Harrisse, Signor Staglieno, and our own learned
Mr. Justin Winsor, have wrought abundantly and with large results
upon these problems. It is the purpose of the present work to
tell the story as understood through the labors of these
scholars, leaving aside ponderous d