Two Worthwhile Novels for the Thinking ReaderBy the Author of “Carnival”Sinister StreetBy Compton MackenzieThe story of Michael Fane, Oxford graduate, and his experiences in London’s moral bypaths. Readers of “Carnival” found in the author an artist who was as original as he was unusual, and in this new story by the same author will be found a strong study of a man worth knowing.“It is just the book for those who have reached the age to appreciate the god whom we do not know until we have ourselves lost him forever—the divinity of youth.”—Truth.“The author not only visualizes for us, he creates the very air and smell of the underworld, and above all he shows us more clearly than anyone else has done that the lives of the people generally classed as criminals not only negative our morality, but create a morality of their own which is, in its own sphere, as negative as our own.”—T. P.’s Weekly.$1.35 NetBy the Author of “Old Mole”Young EarnestBy Gilbert CannanMr. Cannan’s new novel is a revelation in the art of character delineation. It is the story of a young man in search of himself and his place in the scheme of things. A search in which his days are filled with intimate experiences with life in all its kaleidoscopic coloring and variation. It is the kind of book one likes to read slowly, for every page is full of charm, insight and wisdom.“A fine imaginative insight and an honest facing of reality and its problems combine to give unusual distinction to “Young Earnest.”—The Chicago Evening Post.“Full of admirable observation, clearness of vision, subtle interpretation. A work women should read, for they will learn much about the other sex, reputed easy to understand.”—The English Review.“Mr. Cannan is a master in the art of dissecting human emotion.”—The New York Times.$1.35 NetD. APPLETON & COMPANY, Publishers, NEW YORK
Two Worthwhile Novels for the Thinking Reader
By the Author of “Carnival”
Sinister Street
By Compton Mackenzie
The story of Michael Fane, Oxford graduate, and his experiences in London’s moral bypaths. Readers of “Carnival” found in the author an artist who was as original as he was unusual, and in this new story by the same author will be found a strong study of a man worth knowing.
“It is just the book for those who have reached the age to appreciate the god whom we do not know until we have ourselves lost him forever—the divinity of youth.”—Truth.
“The author not only visualizes for us, he creates the very air and smell of the underworld, and above all he shows us more clearly than anyone else has done that the lives of the people generally classed as criminals not only negative our morality, but create a morality of their own which is, in its own sphere, as negative as our own.”—T. P.’s Weekly.
$1.35 Net
By the Author of “Old Mole”
Young Earnest
By Gilbert Cannan
Mr. Cannan’s new novel is a revelation in the art of character delineation. It is the story of a young man in search of himself and his place in the scheme of things. A search in which his days are filled with intimate experiences with life in all its kaleidoscopic coloring and variation. It is the kind of book one likes to read slowly, for every page is full of charm, insight and wisdom.
“A fine imaginative insight and an honest facing of reality and its problems combine to give unusual distinction to “Young Earnest.”—The Chicago Evening Post.
“Full of admirable observation, clearness of vision, subtle interpretation. A work women should read, for they will learn much about the other sex, reputed easy to understand.”—The English Review.
“Mr. Cannan is a master in the art of dissecting human emotion.”—The New York Times.
$1.35 Net
D. APPLETON & COMPANY, Publishers, NEW YORK