Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

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Modern Screen Story of the Human Race A Biographical History of the World This gigantic work of scholarship, written in popular style for the masses instead of the dull pedants, contains 150,000 words, in five charming, entertaining and instructive books. This historical and biographical production is being printed on a good grade of paper, bound in attractive, artistic stiff covers, 5% by 8% inches. Contents of These Five Books By Henry Thomas, Ph. D. BOOK 1. A Brief Survey of Early History. Moses, the Prince Who Became a Rebel. Jeremiah, the First Pacifist in History. Buddha, the Atheist Who Became a God. Confucius, the Spiritual Godfather of Christ. Cyrus, Who Destroyed a Civilization. Pericles, the Popular Democrat of Athens. Plato, Who Dreamed of a Better World. BOOK 2. Alexander, Who Tried to Divide the World between God and Himself. Epicurus, the Smiling Pessimist. Hannibal, the Prince of Hatred. Cato, the Champion Hypocrite. Caesar, the Man Who Tried to Become a God. Jesus, the Jewish Vagabond of Nazareth. Nero, Who Murdered His Mother. Marcus Aurelius, the Emperor-Philosopher. Constantine the Great, Who Murdered His Son and Became a Christian. Mohammed, the Prophet of the Sword. BOOK 3* Charlemagne, Who Rescued a Pope and Became an Emperor. Peter the Hermit, Who Slaughtered the Jews for the Love of Jesus. Saint Francis of Assisi, a Catholic Anarchist. Dante Allighieri, "the Voice of the Silent Centuries." Marco Polo, the Link Between Europe and Asia. Petrarch, Johannes Huss and John Ball —Three Leaders of the Renaissance. Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans and Mother of France. Torqdemada and the Holy Inquisition. Columbus, Who Didn't Discover America. BOOK 4. Martin Luther, the Peasant Who Defied the Pope. Machiavelli, the Devil's Disciple. Shakespeare, the Creator of a New World. Louis XIV, the Most Famous of the French Kings. George Fox, an Aggressive Fighter for Peace. Spinoza, the Quiet Little Jew of Amsterdam. Voltaire, the "Black Sheep" of the Human Family. Napoleon, Who Conquered the World and Died in Exile. BOOK 5. Goethe— There Goes a Man! Mazzini, Italian Prophet of a United Europe. Karl Marx, the Father of Socialism. Bismarck, the Backward-Looking Chancellor of Prussia. Charles Darwin, Who Introduced Us to Our Ancestors. Abraham Lincoln, the Savior of the 6l3.cl£ Rs,c© Tolstoy, Prophet of a World Without Hate. Emperor William U, Last of the Kaisers. Lenin and Gandhi, the Fore-Runners of a New Age. '••••BltMiaaMaeiiaiaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaiaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaasiaaaaaaaiaaaaaaiaaaaeaeaaaBsaaaa • Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius John W. Gunn, Asst. Editor § Fred D. Warren, Editorial Writer eaiaaeaaagaaaaeeaaaEaaaetaaaaieadicaaeasaeataeaaaaaaaasaaaaaiiaaaaeaaasagaaaaaaaagaaaaaaiaai The American Freeman Devoted to Social Justice and Industrial Sanity GIRARD KANSAS Dear Reader : To prove how anxious I am to get you to read the lively, informative Freeman, I want to make you this astonishing offer : Return the coupon below with only $1 and I will put your name on The Freeman list for one year (52 issues) and send you, free of charge, a complete set of the five books described at the left. Sincerely P. S. The American Freeman is a weekly journal of the boldest and most searching opinions. There is brilliance, knowledge, entertainment , and a wide range of subject matter in each issue of The American Freeman. YES! SEND ME A FREE SET OF "THE STORY OF THE HUMAN RACE." The American Freeman, Desk 88, Girard, Kansas. Enclosed find $1 for a full year's subscription to The American Freeman ($1.50 Canada and foreign) . You are to send me a FREE SET, IN FIVE VOLUMES, OF "THE STORY OF THE HUMAN RACE." Name Address City State <j 9 9 a 9