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 THE GREATEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR

A TALE OF THE KENTUCKY HEMP FIELDS

By JAMES LANE ALLEN

Author of "The Choir Invisible" "A Kentucky Cardinal" etc., etc.

12mo. Cloth. Gilt Top. $1.50

writes of it:

"The story has not only the extraordinary beauty which gives Mr. Allen's work a place by itself in our literature, it has also great spiritual depth and unusual grasp of thought.... It is primarily the work of an artist to whom the dramatic interest is supreme,... the story of two human souls; a story conceived and expressed in terms of the deepest experience; touched throughout with that exquisite beauty which reminds the reader of Hawthorne."—The Outlook.

"A great book—great alike in beauty and in depth." —New York Times' Saturday Review.

"Our English Cousins have said that no 'finer' work than Mr. Allen's has been done in America of recent years. But 'fine' is an overworked adjective and gives no hint of the absolutely unique charm and delicacy of Mr. Allen's writing."—The Book Buyer for June.

"Over and above the story, one is impressed with the purity, the lofty dignity, the sweetness of its tone.... The book will rank as the highest achievement of one of the ablest contemporary American novelists." —Philadelphia Record.

The Reign of Law' seems to strike a new and deeper note, and seems by the dignity of its treatment, by its tense drama, tender pathos, and narrow approach to tragedy, to be a story that has long been waiting for a perfect artist to interpret it in the true way."—The Indianapolis News.

"That it will take its place as one of the notable books of the year practically goes without saying, and wherever the best and noblest of English speech is appreciated, this book will find a hearing."—Louisville Times.

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