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ROMAIN ROLLAND'S
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE
DAWN . MORNING . YOUTH . REVOLT
Translated by GILBERT CANNAN.

600 pp. $1.50 net; by mail, $1.62.

It commences with vivid episodes of this musician's childhood, his
fears, fancies, and troubles, and his almost uncanny musical sense. He
plays before the Grand Duke at seven, but he is destined for greater
things. An idol of the hour, in some ways suggesting Richard Strauss,
tries in vain to wreck his faith in his career. Early love episodes
follow, and at the close the hero, like Wagner, has to fly, a hopeful
exile.

"'Hats off, gentlemen--a genius.' ... Has the time come for the 20th
century to uncover before a master work? A book as big, as elemental, as
original as though the art of fiction began to-day."--Springfield
Republican. (Entire notice on application.)

"The most momentous novel that has come to us from France, or from any
other European country, in a decade.... Highly commendable and effective
translation ... the story moves at a rapid pace. It never lags."--_E. F.
Edgett in Boston Transcript._

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE IN PARIS
THE MARKET-PLACE
ANTOINETTE . THE HOUSE

473 pp. $1.50 net; by mail, $1.62.

A writer in the _London Daily Mail_ comments on the French volumes here
translated as follows:--"In 'The Market-Place,' we are with the hero in
his attempt to earn his living and to conquer Paris. The author
introduces us to the numberless 'society' circles in Paris and all the
cliques of so-called musicians in pages of superb and bitter irony and
poetic fire. Christophe becomes famous. In the next volume, Antoinette
is the sister of Christophe's great friend, Olivier. She loves
Christophe.... This, the best volume of the series, is a flawless gem.
'The House' introduces us to the friends and enemies of the young
musician. They gravitate around Christophe and Olivier, amid the noisy
and enigmatic whirl of Parisian life."

It is worth adding that toward the close of this book a war-cloud
appears between France and Germany. Christophe, with Olivier, visits his
mother and his Fatherland.

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS -- NEW YORK

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