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THE DELUGE.
Vol. I.
THE WORKSOFHENRYK SIENKIEWICZ.AUTHORIZED UNABRIDGED TRANSLATIONS BYJEREMIAH CURTIN.LIBRARY EDITION.Historical Romances.Poland, Turkey, Russia, and Sweden. With Fire And Sword. 1 vol. Rome in the time of Nero. “Quo Vadis.” 1 vol. Novels of Modern Poland.Children of the Soil. 1 vol. Short Stories.Hania, and Other Stories. 1 vol. On the Bright Shore. 1 vol. ***The above two are also included in the volume entitled“Hania.” Yanko the Musician, and Other Stories, 1 vol. ***The tales and sketches included in these two volumes are nowreprinted with others by Sienkiewicz in the volume entitled “Sielanka, a Forest Picture, and Other Stories.” |
THE DELUGE.
An Historical Novel
OF
POLAND, SWEDEN, AND RUSSIA.
A SEQUEL TO
“WITH FIRE AND SWORD.”
BY
HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ.
AUTHORIZED AND UNABRIDGED TRANSLATION FROMTHE POLISH BY
JEREMIAH CURTIN.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
Vol. I.
BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1915.
Copyright, 1891, by Jeremiah Curtin.
Printers
S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
TO HON. CHARLES A. DANA,
Editor of “The Sun,”
New York.
Sir,—I beg to dedicate to you this translation of a remarkable work,touching a period eventful in the history of the Poles, and the Slavrace in general. You will appreciate the pictures of battle and trialcontained in these volumes, for you know great events not from booksmerely but from personal contact. You receive pleasure from variousliteratures, and from considering those points of character by whichnations and men are distinguished; hence, as I think, The Deluge willgive you some mental enjoyment, and perhaps turn your attention to anew field of history.
JEREMIAH CURTIN.
Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology,
November 25, 1891.
INTRODUCTION.
The wars described in The Deluge are the most complicated andsignificant in the whole career of the Comm