Motion Picture Story Magazine (Aug 1911-Jan 1912)

Is ^"J 'K The World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories Edited by Julian Hawthorne Six Charming Volumes 101 Strange Stories The Review of Reviews For Two Years Only 50 Cents Advance Payment The Most Entertaining and Thrilling Library Ever Published Whether a De Quincey classic, or an up-to-date Marion Crawford or Kipling or Sherlock Holmes ; a Poe tale of terror, or an intense love story by De Maupassant ; a jesting skit from Thackeray, or a tremendous human tragedy from Balzac; a true narrative from a "Medium." who gives away the secrets of his craft, or the gorgeous adventures of some Oriental thief-catcher, translated from the Sanskrit of several thousand years ago — in every case you will find your interest caught in some tantalizing puzzle, and held to the end, by the pen of one of the world's master-novelists. JOSEPH G. CANNON says: "It seems to me you have gathered from the ocean of such literature that which deserves to have been born, and, having been born, deserves to be preserved." SPEAKER CANNON'S Secretary adds : "The Speaker has placed these books in his own room, where he can conveniently pick up a volume and throw off the cares of the day with relaxation and the enjoyment of this new series." Before the Art of Writing was Invented there were story tellers in Eastern cities whose business was to make men forget the heat of summer nights. These absorbing mysteries will make readers forget the noise and heat of the workshops of to-day and help them to relax. It is an historical fact that the great Bismarck for recreation read detective stories. Here is the greatest collection ever made from the literature of all nations put up in convenient volumes for your entertainment. ELIHU ROOT says : " It is an admirable selection, and will, I am sure, give pleasure to a great many people who cannot have at hand the entire works from which they are selected. ' ' LYMAN ABBOTT says : "I confess for myself a fondness for detective stories. They carry me out of my ordinary routine of work." For the First Time in English Not only is the Mystery Library new in plan — the stories themselves will be found surprisingly unfamiliar. Many of them appear for the first time in English, in special translations made for this set from Scandinavian, German, Russian, French, Japanese, Italian and Latin. Many more, even those by well-known authors familiar wherever English is spoken, will be surprising to you, coming as they do from rare editions or being adapted into readable length from works so cumbersome as to be little seen nowadays. Why this Searching and Translating The labor entailed in the editing of this set amounted to thousands of dollars. You ask how can such books printed from new plates be sold for such a price — The answer is — we want more discriminating Americans to know the value of the Review ok Reviews in keeping them up with the times, and we are willing to sacrifice the initial investment of time and dollars and offer the hooks at the mere cost of paper anil printing in order to bring the magazine into every intelligent home. Th** flr*r*^V* Cut off the coupon and mail to-day. A set of the first edition wil 1 lie V-Jirei De shipped by express, charges prepaid, at once. Your subscription for the Review of Reviews will be entered for two years. If already a subscriber your expiration date will be extended two years. You examine the books in your home. If you like them pay 50 cents a month lor 12 months or $6.50 in all for the six volumes and the two years' subscription. s. E. P. If you don't like the books you may return them at our expense. The Review of Reviews Company 13 Astor Place, New York Send me a set of the Library of Detective Stories and enter my subscription for the Review of reviews two years. Herewith SO cents, my first payment. If I like the books I will make further payments of 50 cents a month for 12 months. Address .