Judge — December 8, 1917 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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by anarchy A compound of avarice, greed and treachery, 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— built solely. for conquest that fell back upon tyranny when deserted by the genius of victory—a country torn 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 of licen- a race 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 ‘nglish readers and solutely from the same plates as the Edition sold by the Pi by wealthy cons so ntuch appreciated b} tamped with emblematic as illustrated in large and clear, and the paper all that could be ¢ Fops. ‘The illustr ¢ pages are by Giraldon. Dumas’ Masterpiece TIiI. in France as Dumas’ masterpicce. rench so jealously guarded this tre reading world—and then th state that the ni heretofore had any knowled; witty, ardent, brilliant, bi The Licentious Court of the Borgias The value of this series, historically judged when it is known that there are 4 hundred personages and places introduced, 1 identified with the most famous scenes in me and later history, while others take the reader off the main thoroughfare among the by-paths of historical events. Brilliantly worked into a vivid picture of the Dark Ages are the vices and crimes of that extraordinary family, the Borgias, that furnished one Pope of Rome, and some of the black- est pages in history. Here we sce the whole mur- derous, poisonous crew pictured with all the snap nd vim which only Dumas could put into subjects hich interested him—Cesar, Rodrigo (Alexander VI), Francesco, and the beautiful and depraved Lucrezia, with the intrigues and deb ics of the medieval papal court—the murders, abduc- tions, poisonings—drawa from the chronicles of witnesses, those naive accounts which, without embarrassment, call a spade a spade. ——— ce co | sar, uche! it tia oisseurs, the small edition it is our pri lovers of books as works of art. CELEBRATED CRIME The highest praise ha Robert Louis Stevenson, and other competent judges amc k of a fascinating new historical series—of which only the a scries full of the huma Never Before Translated admirers of the works of Mexandre Dumas will hail with k ed translation of Dumas’ I the reach of all readers. Printed gerly snapped up ¢ to offer our patrons has all the unusual features ‘The cieht volun sare beautifully bound in cloth, below, with ‘d. The t volumes are finis! ns were made in Paris by M. Jacques Wagrez, and the specially designed Rens HISTORY sidered by many n bestowed on it by Andrew Lang, h litterateurs. Was it for reasons of If a century’ had lapsed before it was © of an American publishe ghly privileged few among English readers interest appeal, by your favorite author, vivacious, ve you your first real taste for European “Thiroe Musketeers, and the heroes and hero- al price f is cc S OF Nothing in the Whole World Like Them at crimes have played so large a world’s history that one cannot obtain a thorough c of past times without the aid of such a We YORK HER ILD. OF HISTORY. with the wealt brought to b of History is enraptured from new authorities, s upon the life of the charming and be but indiscreet and ill-fated Mary Stuart as Queen of France and Scotland. Read the story of her amours, and of her barbarous which history, told as Dumas alone € work like this. Nowhere ¢ a view of the men and w every quarter of Turkey to Scotland. tragedy Old W it. Non and no st of Dumas is complete SEEING IS BELIEVING don’t want to di never forgive yourself if you let this oppor- press prepaid. Andwerefund BRUNSWICK SUBSCRIPTION CO. J. 128-17 6 Brunswick Bidg., New York City ment on the & volume set to be shipped charges pecial price, $13.00, th following receipt five days ask for in- n. at Your expense, my $1.00 to nded on their receipt Bechet is ~ Dumas’ * prepaid tthe ri Name Address Occupation comicbooks.com