Judge — September 20, 1919 — page 35: what you’re looking at

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wv tember 20, 1919 Genghis Khan and Queen Khatun Specially drawn by J. E. Allen 3600 Pages—Large, Clear Type—Extra Heavy Paper—Rich Cloth Bind- ing—12 Volumes—Each Volume 7!4 x 5!4 inches -Full-Page Illustra- tions in Sepia. Stranger than Fiction No other set of books ever written shows so con- vincingly that Fiction ever lags after Truth, that the wildest imaginings of the romancer after all fall far short of the real facts of History. The Romantic facts that the authors have brought out in strong relief in this series, giving the lives of the world’s most famous characters, demon- strate how unfruitful is in- vefttion, and how cold and barren is imagination, in contrast with what life it- self can show in those ever changing circumstances that make of every fully lived life a romance. The heights the lights and shadows of historical characte is ever the 500 WIVES —besides a numerous retinue of females of the sort often mentioned in Holy Writ and once found in the menage of every Onental despot —failed to subdue the fiery spirit of Genghis Khan. At an age when most men would be resting on their laurels Genghis was out looking for more trouble—and trouble a plenty he found—and made—up to the day of his death, at the age of 65 It makes fascinating reading—the story of this son of a petty Mongolian Chief, born in a tent on the shore of the Hoang-ho, who became one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever seen, and who left an empire vastly greater in extent than that of Rome when she was mistress of the world. It’s a story the like of which you never read before, telling of the manners, customs, and modes of life, of the sports and pastimes of strange Oriental peoples—of Gargantuan feasts and barbaric reve of the countless hordes of nomads who, combining under the leadership of Genghis Khan, scaled the Great Wall and conquered Northern China, swept across the Mongolian steppes even to the banks of the Dnieper in Russia, overran Asiatic Turkey and pene- trated beyond the confines of India This sanguinary and ruthless barbarian, even as William Hohen- zollern, claimed to be an object of the special favor of God. But ienghis, being a man of rare personal courage and possessing many statesmanlike qualities, managed to get away with it, and wonderful to relate—But read this strange story ycurself, one of many stories out of real life that are just as interesting, written by the famous historian, Abbott, and found in Famous Men and Women of History Remarkable Characters All JOSEPHINE JULIUS CAESAR id besides bei had some his many vices, ONLY $12 ALFRED THE GREAT : WITH COUPON Votiar ALEXANDER THE GREAT unt originally set aside for MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS figure whose affairs d'amour and half the courts | BRUNSWICK SUBSCRIPTION COMPANY 418 Brunswick Building, New York City c A. romantic kept her suby rope in hot wat WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR Founder of British Empire; © true ling illustration on character. MARIE ANTOINETTE Beautif im of the Pre Occupation