Judge — August 24, 1918 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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IGE August 24, 1918 “Poison—a Bullet, or—The Sword!” The supper party was over. But two had remained, and it was the voice of the abbé that broke the awful silence. She was the most charming specimen of lovely young womanhood that ever graced the most dissolute court of Europe. Even her bitterest rivals were forced to confess that never was there created anything which approached so near to absolute perfection. In the full flush of a triumph which envy could not dim—at the hands of those who should have been her most loyal protectors she was offered this choice of a horrible death—‘POISON, A BULLET, OR THE SWORD!” Why? Yet—but read.the tragic story yourself with all its thrilling details as the master word Seemingly there was no escape. painter discovered them and tells for the first time—the story of THE MARQUISE DE GANGES—of that extraordinary family whose crimes occupied the attention of France for nearly a century—told by the great Dumas in THE CELEBRATED CRIMES OF HISTORY ir NEVER BEFORE TRANSLATED 7 “Great er 3 played so large a part in the world’s history that one cannot obtain a thorough knowledge of past times without the aid of such a book as th THE NEW YORK HERALD, recently revic THE CE BRATED CRIMES OF HISTORY. The lover of History is enraptured authorities, brought to bear by Dumas upon many important personages in history works of Alexandre Dumas will hail with delight this, the first and absolutely the on/y complete and unexpurgated EBRES, now for the first time available at a price within the reach of all readers. Printed from t plates 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 unusual features so much appreciated by lovers of books as works of art. - cease ~~ * Historical Criminals and The Infamous Borgias Dumas’ Masterpiece ° e The value of th RIMES OF HISTORY is e Their Crimes 1 Joanna of Naples nt Man in the Iron Mask ; + while others ts ¢ Ferprec of an American publishers Martin Guerre fare a : rh Bette of historical events jantly Seeing Is Believing re a vivid picture of the Dark Ages are the vices an Lio you ced teasl how: with cha Seapan Marquise de Ganges | one of tue epi- | crimes of that « dinary family, the B ; sure to send today : Karl Ludwig Sand ee le BUM Ka at furs of the blackest pages in history an Urban Grandier CONTAIN THESE © whole 3 2 h their greedy ci r del ery monty I you're Dot entished Mary Stuart STORIES. NO SET itl 1 gold OF DUMAS IS titles and gold. We h the Ene const COMPLETE with. | of the beautiful and depraved Lucrezia, who with MA! THIS COUPON TODAY ¢ head of a Madonna of Raphael had the heart of Ali Pacha the intrigues of the medixval papal court—the __I116 Brunswick Blds., New York City Comtesse de Saint-Geran murders, abductions, poisonings: wn from the Nisida of eyewitnesses, those naive accounts which, without embgrrassment, call a spade a spade. Marquise de Brinvilliers Vaninka SYOLUMES beautifully bound in cloth ‘ GOLD TOPS “with M. in GOLD FIELD La Constantin ILLUSTRATIONS by Wagres Massacres in the South of France—Crimes RENAISSANCE TITLE PAGES by Glraldon doe committed in the Name of Religion. Large Clear Type ‘aper Occupation comicbooks.com