Judge — July 21, 1917 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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act That Puts Fiction To The Blush ' Who Was He-—this loncly figure standing on the rampart of a castle on an island off the coast of France who personifies one of the greatest mysteries, one of the most inexplicable crimes of history? Why after over two hundred years does he still excite such intense interest and retain so strong a hold on the imagination? Why does he always arouse a feeling of terror that will not down? What was his past? Was.it the dissolute life of the courtier? Was it the intrigues of the diplomat? Did some fair one within the hallowed circle of royalty love not wisely but too well? Read the story of the “Man in the Iron Mask,” giving facts hitherto unknown, by that great weaver of word pictures, the irresistible ALEXANDRE DUMAS, in his The Celebrated Crimes of History Never Before Translated The millions of English readers and admirers of the works of Alexandre Dumas wil! hail with keen del he first, and absolutely the only complete and unexpurgated translation of Dumas’ LES CRIMES CE! ES, now for the first time available at_a price within the reach of all readers. Printed from the same plates as the Edition sold by the Publisher at $125.00 a set, which was eagerly snapped up by wealthy connoisseurs, the small edition it is our privilege to offer our patrons has all the unusual features so much appreciated by lovers of books as works of art. ight volumes are beautifully bound in cloth, stamped with emblematic design, as illustrated in cut below, with monogram in Gold Field.’ The printing is large and clear, and the paper all that could be desired. te cieh volumes are finished with Real Gold Tops. ' The illustrations were made in Paris by M. Jacques Wagrez, and the specially designed Renaissance NELEVING title pages are by Giraldon. Dumas’ Masterpiece — THE 1° eae $1 CELEBRATED CRIMES OF HIS- ‘ ¢ ord nowy with TORY is considered by many in F: Py But be sure to as Dumas’ masterpiece. The highest y wer cert praise has been bestowed on it by \ ; Y J want. to dis: Andrew Lang, Robert Louis Stevenson, : to nen and other competent judges among Bs English litterateurs. Was it for reasons of state that the French so jealously guarded this treasure that over half a century had elapsed before it was given to the English reading world—and then through the enterprise of an American publisher? Think of a fasci- ~ natingnewhistor- We The Licentious Court Nothing in the Whole ical serics—of the, set. ex: which only the . y Andwe refund of the Borgias World Like Them ii) o". : your mone Mes few among Eng : intisbed. ”° ‘The value of this series, historically, may “Great crimes have played so large a part 15.8 senders here < in the world’s history that one cannot obtain bron jag ere ; peu a thorough knowledge of past times without Knowledge —a pearly “crane & and places the aid of such a book as this”—Says THE F fll of ake introduced, many id ; NEW YORK HERALD, recently reviewing human interest famous scenes in medieval and later history, THE C ATED CRIMES OF HIS: appeal by. your while others take the reader off the main TORY. ‘The lover of History is enraptured favorite author, the by-paths of his- with the wealth of facts, from new authori- vivacious, witty, \ ties, brought to bear by Dumas upon the lite @rdent, brilliant of the charming and beautiful but indiscreet hearted Alex- Dumas, who i and ill-fated Mary Stuart as Queen of France re] ano and crimes of that extraordinary family, the 39 Gotland. Read ae aoa hes aio, you your firs Borgias, that furnished one Pope of Rome, — and of her barbarous imprisonment and mur- pean history while following the ages in history. derous execution, which constitute one of — adventures of D'Artagnan "and us the greatest crimes of history, told as Dumas The Three Musketeers, and the crew pictured with all the snap and vim which alone can tell it. ‘There is no other work like heroes and heroines in his other Y fain dence his, Nowhere cl ‘you get so intimate ™atchless romances! And all only Dumas could put into subjects which — thts, Now here else can you get so ate ours af a really nominal price! interested him—Czsar, Rodrigo (Alexander 4 View of the men and women whose mis- =—————— VI), Francesco, and the beautiful and de- 4ceds in every quarter of Europe, from Rus- MMie'sunsaice Shag. New York City : i intri g_Si@ to Spain, trom Turkey to Scotland, have Enclosed 1s $1.00. irst. payment on the § volume set of Dumas’ “Cetebrated praved Lucrezia, with the intrigues and contributed so much of tragedy to the ro- Crimes."“to be shipped charges prepati. 1 agree to Femat the full special price, the murders, abductions, poisonings—drawn World, ‘And every word is just as Dumas expense, my $1.00 to be Fefubued on thelr receipt. from the chronicles of eyewitnesses, those wrote it. None of the editions of Dumas Name. naive accounts which, without embarrass- tain these stories; and no set of Dumas is com- Addvess ment, call a spade a spade plete without them. be judged when it is known that there are SOS ae a, — AS ASIA z S! PROS >. torical events. Brilliantly worked into a WA MY vivid picture of the Dark Ages are the vices