Judge — February 16, 1924 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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One of the most movin: love stories of all time ~ ROM that day forward love quite governed my soul wrote Dante of the day when, as a boy of nine, he first saw Beatrice, then a child of his own age. They did not speak, but the love kindled by this chance meeting grew to become the great passion, and the great tragedy of Dante's life. Years later, they again met on a street in Florence, the scene depicted in the famous painting by Henry Holiday, shown above Again they did not speak, but “she turned her eyes thither where I stood sorely abashed, and by her unmistakable courtesy she saluted me with so virtuous a bearing that | seemed then and there to behold the very limits of blessedness Dante saw Beatrice only once more; she never knew of the deep passion that she had inspired in the greatest heart that ever beat in Italy, a passion immortalized in one of the supreme master- pieces of literature The Divine Comedy, the great work of Dante's life, was his tribute to the woman he loved To read The Divine Comedy, without ' sing familiar with the strange and beautiful love story that inspired it and that is woven through it, would be to miss much of its deepest feeling and meaning. And just as we must know something about Dante, his noble character, his tragic life and the mediaval period in which he lived in order to understand and appreciate his work, so we must have the proper background of knowledge in order to understand and appreciate every great masterpiece of literature and art It is this knowledge, essential to every cultivated person, that is now made available in concise and fascinating form in The Out- line of Literature and Art. THE OUTLINE OF LITERATURE & ART Out of man’s creative effort through the centuries All the great writers, a narrative that takes you on an inspiring journey PE duced and explained among the world’s great authors and artists and their work from the dawn of civilization to the present day. All that has been done in literature and art is summarized so simply and so clearly that others. even a child could understand; so concisely that even the busiest individual has time to read, and in @ way so interesting that fiction was never more entertaining. Every page of this remarkable new work fairly teems with the information you have Raphael, Correggio, always wanted. the information that enables you Velasquez, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Gainsborough we . nfeernator Eat eaaltes.Y Turner, Constable, Burne-Jones, Augustus John de luxe boo! to understand and discuss intelligently any great eminent author, has been has been woven a narrative of enthralling interest ‘assisted by several other world-wide authorities. past and present, are intro- Homer, Dante, Froissart, new work; the wealth of knowledge it holds, the Chaucer, Rabelais, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Milton, Goethe, “Ibsen, Dickens, genieff, Kipling, Galsworthy, Wells and a host of John ‘Drinkwater, the Sir William Orpen, the eminent English artist, ex- plains the development of art in a way that gives @ new grasp and understanding of the work of such masters as Botticelli, da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Free—‘A Journey Among the Immortals” In this space it is impossible to describe this great fascination of its treatment, the beauty of its presen- Lamb, ‘Tennyson, Tur: tation. A handsome, illustrated booklet, however, has been prepared, entitled "A Journey Among the Immortals,” which is filled with interesting informa- tion and reproduces some of the fine pictures from The Outline of Literature and Art. A copy of this booklet will be sent to you without cost or obliga- tion if you mail the coupon or write at once. You Il also receive full information of the unusual opportunity now offered to secure The Outline of Literature and Art. As the first edition of the which is just off the press, is limited, Rubens, Van Dyck book or great picture; any great author or great Nearly ONE THOUSAND magnificent illustra- 1 #9 essential to send for your copy without delay artist, any period of literature or art. tions, many of them in beautiful full colors, illus- trate’ the five handsome volumes of The Gutline ing the story of the world’s literature, of Literature and Art G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Dept. 481 2 West 45th Street New York City | | | Mail this coupon | for your FREE copy of the beau. — | tiful booklet. | | | Name Address. | ‘UQUUVOTGAAAAATTTTTTT 3 eK«€MMNWW"_0~«er ity. | G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Dept. 481 2 West 45th Street, New York City Gentlemen: Please send me by mail, entirely FREE and without obligation, the new booklet “A Journ y Among the Immortals,” con: | | taining interesting information about the world’s famous authors and | artists and their work, with reproductions of great pictures, four of them in full color Also details of the special offer now being made | on The Outline of Literature and Art. eens ee AT | PRESS OF WILLTAM GREEN, NEW YORK Ak mie it, Ju comicbooks.com