C. S. FRANCIS,
252, BROADWAY, NEW-YORK,
AND
J H. FRANCIS,
128, WASHINGTON-STREET, BOSTON,
HAVE JUST PUBLISHED
ZENOBIA;
OR
THE FALL OF PALMYRA.
AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE.
IN LETTERS OF LUCIUS M. PISO, AT PALMYRA, TO HIS FRIEND
MARCUS CURTIUS, AT ROME.
Third Edition.
PROBUS;
OR
ROME IN THE THIRD CENTURY.
IN LETTERS OF LUCIUS M. PISO, AT ROME, TO FAUSTA THE
DAUGHTER OF GRACCHUS, AT PALMYRA.
From the North American Review, for October, 1838.
“The Letters from Palmyra, or Zenobia, is one of the most
brilliant additions to American Literature. To have fallen on
a subject of such admirable capabilities, and unappropriated by
previous seekers after attractive themes for works of fiction,
was a piece of rare good fortune in an age of such literary
abundance as the present—to have treated it in a manner fully
equal to its demands on the imagination, required high powers,
persevering labour, and the keenest perception. All which has
been done in this beautiful work.”
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