From the French of OCTAVE FEUILLET,
Author of "The Romance of a Poor Young Man," etc., etc.
From the London Athenæum.
"Not often has a representative of the past in literature obtained a more decided success over his younger rivals than M. Octave Feuillet has obtained with 'La Morte.' Of the popularity of the book it is enough to say that the fiftieth edition was advertised in Paris within two or three weeks of publication. The important thing is not that 'La Morte' has commanded so much success, but that it has deserved it. The story is that of a hero who has two wives—the first an angel, and the second something quite different from an angel. The first has been brought up in the straitest sect of Catholics, the second has been educated to science, and nothing but science. Of course, in this mere contrast there is nothing very striking or original. But in the way in which M. Feuillet has linked the fortunes of Bernard de Vaudricourt to the two, in the gradual increase of the interest and of the tragic force of the situation, and, lastly, in the writing itself, there is merit of a most unusual kind."
12mo, paper cover, 50 cents; half bound, 75 cents.
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A BRILLIANT NEW AMERICAN NOVEL
A CONVENTIONAL BOHEMIAN.