Judge — October 20, 1917 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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PUN ag) WC The Boches were bored. ‘To be shut up for three months in a deserted chateau in the heart of Normandy was no small | ship for the five Prussian officers accustomed to the gayeties of Berlin. ‘To be sure, during their enforced stay, they had found entertainment in acts of vandalism, after the manner of their kind. Mutilated family portraits, priceless Flemish tapestries cut to ribbons, fine old mirrors cracked by pistol bullets, and the hacked and broken furniture that littered the spacious apartments of the chateau, all bore eloquent testimony to the favorite pastime of the Hun. But even this sport for the moment had palled. Outside the rain descended in torrents. As the brandy and liqueur passed from hand to hand, suddenly the Captain has an inspiration. A soldier is despatched to a nearby city. In the evening he returns. What the nature of his errand was; how the table was laid and the fun grew fast and furious as the champagne flowed; how in an access of alcoholic patriotism toasts were proposed by the chivalrous Prussians reflecting on the bravery of the men and the virtue of the women of France; what happened to the Baron—is told as only Maupassant could tell it in the story Mademoiselle Fift found in this superb Verdun Edition of The Complete Works of Guy de Maupassant Over 350 Novels, Stories, Poems Guy de Maupassant observed life with a miraculous completeness and told what he saw October 20, 1917 The Best English Translation Complete— Literal—Unexpurgated While the eyes of the whole world are centered on our with an intensity of feeling and with a precision gallant ally, France, and her heroic struggle against a * - . i ; ; Which leaves the reader delighted and amazed. ruthless invader: with the ghastly picture before us of He was the most exact transcriber of life the brut wities committed by an inhuman foe ation, her women and young girls: w literature. His novels and stories, all of which ned + from her destroyed cities and prc appear in the Verdun Edition, leave the im- uns — pression of the clearest, frankest, most. solid reality; as if each phase of life in every stratum hing could be more timely than ached piece by piece, and of society had been de stripped of all conventional complexity ction of the works this Complete ¢ ted son, Guy de Maupassant, in whom realism reached its culminating mi nt and the so presented to the reader. His was the in- short story the perfection of its art, and whose stories C0 erstanding life, which is partied ins art and whos 0% comparable gift of understanding life, which is the heritage only of the greatest geniuses. will be read ind a fuller me Saurace sant to the that pe ther ma ary fame hless series ne by overing the widest range of human 1 of character, Literally in the Verdun Edition xperience, in which every kit yielded material for his art ce will appe ed soon in a form unapproached je of the } by any previous edition ever offered on th } Atlantic In comparison with his novels and stories, all others appear artificial and labored. Mau- passant does not preach, argue, concern him- self with morals, and has no social prejudices. He describes nothing that he has not seen, and shows men and women just as he found them. His language is so simple and strong that it conveys the exact picture of the thing seen. His choice of subjects is always redeemed by an exquisite irony and art. THE FIRST AND ONLY ADEQUATELY | ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN EDITION | It is a remarkable fact that, without exceptio ions of Maupassant heretofore accessible to th American reading public have contained. illustrations not only crude in execution but, in their relation to the [) text, nothing less than grotesque caricatures. | This was a grave injustice to the author, as well as a |] reflection on the great body of American ‘artists, which [) includes many of the workd’s most d aguished illus- [ trators. The frontispiece illustrations for the 17 volumes of the Verdun Edition of Guy de Maupassant have specially made by the talented American artist. J. E./ and they will add immeasurably to the enjoy ol this Complete Collection of the author's werks by their |] ohic interpretation of the various characters and types din his stories. A SPECIALLY LOW BEFORE-PUBLICATION PRICE the Verdun Fdition is going through the press, will med. confidentially. to those whe h of publication. have to pay a higher price: Toet th this low price SIGN AND MAIL COUPO? YOU ASSUME NO OBLIGATION edi Applica: BRUNSWICK SUBSCRIPTION CO., 225 Fifth Avenue, New York City Without obligation on my part, a I before-publication price and ‘ditton of The Complete Works de Maupasant. 17 volumes, Cloth. If tions are satisfactory, 1 will notify vou prc reserve a set for me for deli 7 ! ! ! | 1 3 J Otherwise, T waive all right to the special pei ! 1 ' please send tult fl Name city