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JUD Giff ccober 13. 1917 “THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK” A compound of avarice, greed and treachery, of licen- tiousness and cruelty, in whose heart is the seed of all the basest passions, and whose life is devoted to their develop- ment and gratification; whose days are orgies of blood and whose nights are saturnalias of debauchery—a race built solely for conquest that fell back upon tyranny when deserted by the genius of victory—a country torn by anarchy and lashed by the hand of insatiable masters: —from such a race and country sprang Ali Tepalen, Pacha of Janina, who sums up in his personality the ideas and morals of the Turk of the Nineteenth Century, and whose story is one of the most interesting in contemporary history, as told by that great weaver of word pictures, 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 will hail with keen delight from the same plates as the Edition s by wealthy connoisseurs, the small edi somuch appreciated by lover: stamped with emblematic de is large and clear, and the paper all that could be desired. first, and absolutely the only complete and unexpurgated translation of Dumas’ LES BRES, now for the first time available at a price within the reach of all readers. 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S OF HISTORY is considered by many 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 Think of a fascinating new orld—and then through the enterprise of an American publisher: storical series—of which only the highly privileged few among English readers her? heretofore had any knowledge—a series full of the human interest appeal, by your favorite author, vivacious, witty, ardent, bri jiant, big-hearted Alexandre Dumas, who gave you your first real taste for European history while following the adventures of D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers, and the heroes and hero- ines in his other matchless romances! 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