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 2d printing of "A novel in the better sense of a word much sinned against It is decidedly a book worth while."

The Transgression of Andrew Vane

By GUY WETMORE CARRYL

12mo. $1.50.

descriptions of conditions in the American colony [in Paris] are convincingly clever. The story from the prologue—one of exceptional promise in point of interest—to the climax is full of action and dramatic surprise."
 * —"A strong and original story; the

reader to find out for himself. He will find it a pleasant task; the surprise is not brought forward until precisely the right moment, and one is carried from the first chapter to the last with curiosity, and concern for the hero's fate kept well alive."
 * —"The surprising developments we must leave the

read it."
 * —"Everybody who likes clever fiction should

repellent theme as has ever been presented. The book is distinctly not one for the young person, but neither is it for the seeker after the risqué or the erotic In this novel are poured into a consistent and satisfying whole more of those vivid phases of Paris at which the author has shown himself a master hand."
 * —"The prologue is as skilful a handling of a

mind that Guy Wetmore Carryl's story-telling work is done."
 * —"The reader stops with regret in his


 * —"A brilliant piece of work."

the pages of modern fiction; sparkles with quotable epigrams."
 * —"A more engaging villain has seldom entered

read with interest from beginning to end. And, moreover, very bright and clever."
 * —"The sort of a story which one is very apt to

undertook, and likewise the most brilliant."
 * —"By far the most ambitious work he

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