"The most enthralling and interest-compelling work of fiction this reviewer has ever encountered."—The American, Nashville.

When It Was Dark

The Story of a Great Conspiracy

By GUY THORNE

Author of "A Lost Cause"

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"It is in its wonderful tonic effect upon Christianity in England that the book is showing its most remarkable effects. It has become the theme of hundreds of sermons, and long extracts are being printed in the secular press as well as in the religious publications. It is known to have been the cause of a number of revivals throughout England, and its strange effect is increasing daily."—N. Y. American.

The Bishop of London preaching at Westminster Abbey said: "I wonder if any of my hearers have read that remarkable work of fiction 'When It Was Dark.' The author paints in wonderful colors what would be the condition of the world if (as in the story is supposed to be the case) a conviction had come upon the people that the resurrection had never occurred."

"A critical handling of current journalism, ecclesiasticalism, and liberalism. A novel written from the inside as well as from observation; and from the heart as well as from the head."—Congregationalist.

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A Lost Cause

By

Guy Thorne

Author of "When It Was Dark."

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Mr. Thorne, the author of that much-discussed religious novel, When It Was Dark, which has become the theme of hundreds of sermons, and has received the highest commendation in the secular press as well as in the religious publications, has written another powerful book which also deals with present-day aspects of the Christian religion. The new story is marked by the same dramatic and emotional strength which characterized his earlier work. The special theme deals with certain practices which have caused dissension in the Church, and the influence of ardent religious convictions on character and conduct. Written in all sincerity, the book can hardly fail to arouse wide and varied attention and is destined to take its place as one of the most interest-compelling works of fiction in recent years.

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By the Author of "Marotz"

DROMINA

BY JOHN AYSCOUGH

"Over the whole book broods a rich sunset light of lost causes, forgotten and hopeless loyalties, a passing order.... There is the passionate life of the older order and its ideals in the breasts of those who cling to them; the high ardour, the faith, and the exalted sense of noblesse oblige.... As a creation of a strange and glowing atmosphere it is remarkable."—London Times.

"Spacious in scope, splendid in vigour and colouring, and rich in human feeling and sentiment, ... the whole romance thrills and glows with a real and splendid effect of life, and I commend it heartily to all who would wish to become immersed in a long, vivid, emotional, and wonderfully convincing story, deriving its interests from a great past."—Dundee Advertiser.

"Mr. Ayscough is impressive. He draws living people, and makes them interesting."—Morning Leader.

"True Romance—vivid, many-coloured, passionate."—Daily Graphic.

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"A work of rare and exceptional quality"

TOIL OF MEN

(MENSCHENWEE)

By ISRAEL QUERIDO

In praise of Querido's Menschenwee, a novel that recalls both the work of Balzac and of Zola, the authoritative critical journals of Europe have spoken with one voice.

To refrain from superlatives in speaking of Menschenwee would be an impertinent recalcitrancy to the critical judgment of Europe. Let us hasten then to assert that this great and impassioned novel, bringing together a wide range of characters—mostly toilers who live close to the soil—and making us live by sympathy the hard life of the fields, combines a convincing and relentless realistic observation with the true sympathetic method of the idealist. In imaginative and creative power, in the masterly descriptive faculty everywhere evinced, in its compelling dramatic interest, in its surprising blend of conflicting passions and sentiments, alike by its hate, raillery, irony, and indignation, by its tenderness, pity, and melancholy, Menschenwee has been hailed as a work of rare and exceptional quality, that is entitled to hold the attention of thinkers and lovers of literature the world over.

Querido, the author of the novel, is a native of Amsterdam, and comes of a titled Portuguese family long settled in that city. The ardor of his temperament, his culture, his learning, the strength of his intellect, and the range of his sympathies entitle him to the place he now holds in the world of letters.

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