A MASTERPIECE OF FICTION. The Guarded Flame. By W. B. Maxwell, Author of "Viviea" Cloth, $1.50, " ' The Guarded Flame, by W. B. Maxwell, is a booK to challenge the attention of the reading public as a re- markable study of moral law and its infraction. Mr, Max- well is the son of Miss M. E. Braddon (Mrs. John Maxwell), whose novels were famous a generation ago, and his first book 'Vivien' made the English critics herald him as a new force in the world of letters. * The Guarded Flame ' is an even more astonishing production, a big book that takes rank with the most important fiction of the year. It is not a book for those who read to be amused or to be entertained. It touches the deepest issues of life and death." — Albany Argtis. "The most powerfully written book of the year." — The Independent. " ' The Guarded Flame ' is receiving high praise from the critics everywhere." — Chicago Record-Herald. "This is a book which cannot fail to make its mark." — Detroit News. "Great novels are few and the appearance of one at any period must give the early reviewer a thrill of discovery. Such a one has come unheralded ; but from a source whence it might have been confidently expected. The author is W. B. Maxwell, son of the voluminous novelist known to the world as Miss Braddon. His novel is entitled 'The Guarded Flame.' " — Philadelphia Press. " The books of W. B. Maxwell are essentially for think- ers." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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