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Coming in the midst of an epoch overcrowded with works of fiction, "The Valley of Decision" stands out giant-like above its surroundings. It stands, indeed, almost without a rival in the modern literary world, and there can be little doubt that it places Mrs. Wharton at once side by side with the greatest novelists of the day.—Boston Evening Transcript.

Its author has now proved her title to take place among the foremost novelists now living.—Baltimore Sun.

In seeking comparisons for it, one can name only the masters in fiction. It leaves one eager for Mrs. Wharton's next work.—Kansas City Star.

A play in five acts, by. Translated from the German by.

With 56 full-page illustrations, by and