$1.50

Mrs. Champney has projected a series in which the initial volume was
published last autumn. The series gives great promise of interest
and instruction for younger readers.

AMANDA M. DOUGLAS

A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD WASHINGTON, by Amanda M. Douglas. Uniform
with "A Little Girl in Old New York" and "A Little Girl in Old
Boston." 12mo, cloth, $1.50

This is a continuation of the "Little Girl" Series which has been
so warmly welcomed.

DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, Publishers
372 Fifth Avenue, Corner 35th Street, New York

THE MASTER CHRISTIAN

By MARIE CORELLI

The Most Talked-of Novel of the Season

* * *

IT IS UNTRUTHFUL

"Miss Corelli has libelled the whole Roman curia."--_Dr. William
Barry._

IT IS NOT WELL WRITTEN

"It is a disappointing book. It is brilliant in spots, but as a
whole it is a dismal failure!"--_San Francisco Chronicle._

IT IS NOT INTERESTING

"She emits a long-drawn melancholy howl. Six hundred solid pages of
small print, and nothing but words, words, words."--_N. Y. Sun._

IT IS SACRILEGIOUS

"The book is one that jars on the religious sensibilities
irrespective of creed. The religious part of the story is merely
denunciation."--_Chicago Tribune._

IT IS IMMORAL

"The book if generally read by the young would be as destructive as
the immoral novel."--_Watertown Herald._

IT IS TRUTHFUL

"That every one of her charges is true in substance I have not a
shadow of doubt."--_Dr. Joseph Parker._

IT IS WELL WRITTEN

"It is written with vigor, strength, and an abandon of fine
expression that carries all before it."--_Philadelphia Item._

IT IS INTERESTING

"The story holds the interest from beginning to end. Of all her
books, this is the most interesting and thrilling."--_New York
Press._

IT IS NOT SACRILEGIOUS

"The book is not irreverent."--_Ian Maclaren._

"The book is a bold attack on dogma and the creeds, and pleads
eloquently for the pure love of Christ."--_Chicago Inter Ocean._

IT IS MORAL

"There are many who will object to the book,