Judge — March 24, 1923 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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ha a ACSA A —The Ballad of Reading Gaot FREE—“The Story of Oscar Wilde” This fascinating brochure gives some idea of Wilde's sensational career; it con- tains “the most pathetic confession in all literature." You assume no obligation in sending for it. Read below why, for a short period, it is being distributed free. FEAR I am dying as I lived, beyond my means,” s r Wilde, before he passed away. It was his last bon mot, so many of which have become famous and it was characteristic of his irrepressible good humor. He died with his name under a cloud, but not before he had written De Profundis, a work that has no counterpart in English literature”’; not before he had written The Ballad of Reading Gaol, which critics acclaim as the greatest ballad in the English language; not before he produced what drama- tists themselves assert is the wittiest of all English comedies; not before he had written his haunting Picture of Dorian Grey, afterwards translated into seventeen languages; not before he had spun, for adults as well as children, some of the tenderest fairy tales written in all the ages. Never was there such a variegated genius as Oscar Wilde, and certainly never in the history of literature a more sensational career Wilde's case is parallel with that of Poe, DeMaupassant, __ price easily within the means of any book-lover, no matter Rousseau, Coleridge, DeQuincey, and many other great how small his income. masters who lived within the shadows, but whose work is i 5 Will you allow us to send y is interesting book immortal. Since his death, there has been an unceasing and ill you allow us to send you this interesting book, “The Story of Oscar Wilde It not only gives an insight into Wilde's astonishing career, which one writer has suggested In order adequately to meet this demand for Wilde's was a case in real life of Jekyll and Hyde; it explains also in ever-increasing demand for his complete works. books among intelligent people, a new edition is in process jetail the nature of this beautiful Patron’s Edition. To that possesses two very unusual features. One is the dis- send for this free book will involve you in positively no tinguished company of famous men who have contributed obligation; no salesman will call on you; it will be left to introductions and fascinating reminiscences of Wilde. your own inclination whether or not you wish to be as To list their names is enough. They are: Richard Le Gal- ciated in this unusual enterprise—a truly democrat! lienne, Padraic Colum, John Drinkwater, Sir Johnston ron’s Edition. Simply mail the coupon or a letter and Forbes-Robertson, Richard Butler Glaenzer, Coulson the book will be sent immediately. Kernahan, Michael Monahan, W. F. Morse, Walter Pater, John Cowper Powys, Edgar Saltus, Clifford Smyth, Arthur Symons, A. B. Walkley, and William Butler Yeats. Doubleday, Page & Company The other outstanding feature is that it is to be a Pa. Dept. 353, Garden City : : N. Y. tron’s Edition—a genuine de luxe inscribed edition. (If you become a patron, in other words, your name will be in- f i rudy : aes Doubleday, Page & Co., Dept. 353 scribed on the title page of the first volume of the set you Garden City, N. Y. own, in the usual manner of Inscription Editions.) But GeSA Fee ands cost patdh the: ditila beochace tbe instead of limiting the purchasers to a few hundred people Oscar Wilde,” and the terms of your new Patron’s . 5 It is understood that this request involves me of wealth, the edition is to be a larger one, and the price will i atsoever. be no greater than that of any standard set. Never before has it been possible to offer a real de luxe edition—at a i ____. PRESS OF WILLIAM GREEN, NEW YORE