Judge — May 25, 1918 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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‘The Boches were bored. To be shut up for three months in a deserted chateau in the heart of Normandy was no small hard- 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, fing gd mirrors cracked by pistol bullets, and the | hacked and brokep"furniture that littered the spacious apart- ments of the chateau, all bore eloquént 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 aa has ‘an inspiration. A soldier is despatched to a nearby cit In the évening 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 hap- | pened to the Baron—is told as only Maupassant could tell it in the story Mademoiselle Fift found in this superb J’erdun Edition of The Complete Works of| Guy de Maupassant - Unabridged ‘and Unexpurgated—A Fine Library Edition The beautiful full page frontispieda illustrations have been specially made for the VERDUN EDITION by the talented artist; E. Allen. This is the only English translation of Maupassant containing illustrations that interpret his stories pictorially ith Strict fidelity to the spirit of the text. i 17 Superb Volumes in Rich Cloth Binding Each Volume 8% x 5% Inches. Big, Clear, 12-Point Type on Pure White Antique Paper. 5,500. Pages That Will Hold You Chained by the Hour 347 Stories, Novels, Novelettes, Poems, Dramas. Entertainment for a Thousand and One Nights. Love and Life in Strange | Lands—Paris, The Orient, The African Hinterland. Stories of War, Crime, Mystery and Horror. Realism Unalloyed Maupassant presents only what he has actually observed. He does not moralize. In tne wonderful pictures he gives of the world he lived in virtue is praised and vice is condemned rather by events and action. If bes tepribly real and the nudity | of his human nature is startling in its effect, it is because his stories mirror life as he found it. The petty meannesses of human nature and the passions—lust and cupidity—which stir most men and women to action | did not stay his impartial hand so long as this ugly side of humanity existed. Pitiless as is his art, at tines he surprises us witha | touch of tender pathos in which we recognize the warm heart of a fellowman. Greatest of Story Writers j As the supreme master in what is one of the most difficult forms of art—the short story—Maupassant’s fame has extended | into all civilized lands. Tolstoy marveled at the depth of huraan interest he found in his stories; Andrew Lang declared he found in him “the tenderness of Fielding, pe graphic power of Smollett, the biting satire of Dean Swift mingled and reincarnated in = iene: seas Riana | Gallic guise”; and Henry James hailed him as “a man of genius who had achieved the BRUNSWICK SUBSCRIPTION CO., J-s-28 4 miracle of a fresh tone.” 8 NE, Wrevtch Bablig, New Tork Ch A Specially Low Before-Publication Price—Ready in a Few Days By the time your order can rea the 17 volumes will have been delivered to the binder cans # substantial inc ce ‘The response to this bef lication offer will We give before-publication subscribers the benefit of the saving we make by ¢ aa Laks Ce ON | | | ing in quantity. $1.00 Now and Coupon secures your set at the present before-publication instalment price of $19.00. ‘Then payments of $1.50 (or more) 4 month after you receive the books. Subscriptions filled in the order in which received. Preference in order of sh en to subscriptions accompanied by the present before-publication cash price, $18.00. Books deliz Money Back If Not Satisfied comicbooks.com