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Author of "The House of Bondage;" etc.
By "The Sentence of Silence" is meant that sentence of reticence p.r.o.nounced upon the subject of s.e.x. That which means the continuance of the human race is the one thing of which no one is permitted to speak.
In this book the subject is dealt with frankly.
=THE GIRL THAT GOES WRONG, by Reginald Wright Kauffman=
Author of "The House of Bondage."
The inexpressible conditions of human bondage of many young girls and women in our cities demand fearless and uncompromising warfare. The terrible peril that lingers just around the corner from every American home must be stamped out with relentless purpose.
=TO-MORROW, by Victoria Cross=
Author of "Life's Shop Window." etc.
Critics agree that this is Victoria Cross' greatest novel. Those who have read "Life's Shop Window," "Five Nights," "Anna Lombard," and similar books by this author will ask no further recommendation.
"To-morrow" is a real novel--not a collection of short stories.
=SIMPLY WOMEN, by Marcel Prevost=
"Like a motor-car or an old-fas.h.i.+oned razor, this book should be in the hands of mature persons only."--_St. Louis Post-Dispatch._
"Marcel Prevost. of whom a critic remarked that his forte was the a.n.a.lysis of the souls and bodies of a type half virgin and half courtesan, is now available in a volume of selections admirably translated by R.I. Brandon-Vauvillez."--_San Francisco Chronicle._
=THE ADVENTURES OF A NICE YOUNG MAN, by Aix= =Joseph and Potiphar's Wife Up-to-Date=
A handsome young, man, employed as a lady's private secretary, is bound, to meet with interesting adventures.
"Under a thin veil the story unquestionably sets forth actual episodes and conditions in metropolitan circles."--- _Was.h.i.+ngton Star._
=HER REASON, Anonymous=
This startling anonymous work of a well-known English novelist is a frank exposure of Modern Marriage. "Her Reason" shows the deplorable results of the process at work to-day among the rich, whose daughters are annually offered for sale in the markets of the world.
=THE COUNTERPART, by Horner Cotes=
One of the best novels of the Civil War ever written. John Luther Loag, the well-known writer, says of this book--"It is a perfectly bully story and full of a fine sentiment. I have read it all--and with great interest."
=THE PRINCESS OF FORGE, by George C. Shedd=
The tale of a man, and a maid, and a gold-mine--a stirring, romantic American novel of the West. _The Chicago Inter-Ocean_ says--"Unceasing action is the word for this novel. From the first to the last page there is adventure."
=OUR LADY OF DARKNESS, by Albert Dorrington and A. G. Stephens=
A story of the Far East. _The Grand Rapids Herald_ says of the book--"'Our Lady of Darkness' is ent.i.tled to be cla.s.sed with 'The Count of Monte Cristo.' It is one of the greatest stories of mystery and deep-laid plot and its masterly handling must place it in the front rank of modern fiction."
=THE DUPLICATE DEATH, by A. C. Fox-Davies=
A first-rate detective story--one that will keep you thrilled to the very end. _The New York Tribune's_ verdict on the book is this--"We need only commend it as a puzzling and readable addition to the fiction of crime."
=THE DANGEROUS AGE, by Karin Michaelis=
Here is a woman's soul laid bare with absolute frankness. Europe went mad about the book, which has been translated into twelve languages. It betrays the freemasonry of womanhood.
=MY ACTOR HUSBAND, Anonymous=
The reader will be startled by the amazing truths set forth and, the completeness of their revelations. Life behind the scenes is stripped bare of all its glamor. Young women whom the stage attracts should read this story. There is a ringing d.a.m.nation in it.
=MRS. DRUMMOND'S VOCATION, by Mark Ryce=
Lily Drummond is an unmoral (not immoral) heroine. She was not a bad girl at heart; but when chance opened up for her the view of a life she had never known or dreamed of, her absence of moral responsibility did the rest.
=DOWNWARD: "A Slice of Life," by Maud Churton Braby=
Author of "Modern Marriage and How to Bear It."
"'Downward' belongs to that great modern school of fiction built upon woman's downfall. * * * I cordially commend this bit of fiction to the thousands of young women who are yearning to see what they call life.'"--_James L. Ford in the N. Y. Herald_.
=TWO APACHES OF PARIS, by Alice and Claude Askew=
Authors of "The Shulamite," "The Rod of Justice," etc.
All primal struggles originate with the daughters of Eve.
This story of Paris and London tells of the wild, fierce life of the flesh, of a woman with the beauty of consummate vice to whom a man gave himself, body and soul.
=THE VISITS OF ELIZABETH, by Elinor Glyn=
One of Mrs. Glyn's biggest successes. Elizabeth is a charming young woman who is always saying and doing droll and, daring things, both shocking and amusing.
=BEYOND THE ROCKS, by Elinor Glyn=
"One of Mrs. Glyn's highly sensational and somewhat erotic novels."--_Boston Transcript_.
The scenes are laid in Paris and London; and a country-house party also figures, affording the author some daring situations, which she has handled deftly.
=THE REFLECTIONS OF AMBROSINE, by Elinor Glyn=
The story of the awakening of a young girl, whose maidenly emotions are set forth as Elinor Glyn alone knows how.
"Grat.i.tude and, power and self-control! * * * in nature I find there is a stronger force than all these things, and that is the touch of the one we love."--Ambrosine.
=THE VICISSITUDES OF EVANGELINE, by Elinor Glyn=
"One of Mrs. Glyn's most pungent tales of feminine idiosyncracy and caprice."--Boston Transcript,
Evangeline is a delightful heroine with glorious red hair and amazing eyes that looked a thousand unsaid challenges.
=DAYBREAK: a Prologue to "Three Weeks"=
