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SUCH IS LIFE. A Play in five Acts, by Frank Wedekind, Author of aEurooeThe Awakening of Spring,aEuro¯ etc. Cloth, gilt top, raw edge, Net, $1.25, by Mail, $1.34. Whatever Wedekind's theme may be, it is always sure to be treated in a strikingly original fashion. In aEurooe_Such is Life_aEuro¯ it is _Regality and Kingship_. Though the _locale_ is mediaeval Italy, the scene might as well have been laid at the present day, but this was, perhaps, too dangerous. While satire runs as an undercurrent throughout, the play is primarily one of tense dramatic situations and a clearly outlined plot, full of color and action. Portions of the play are written in verse--verse that runs with almost Elizabethan fire and impetuosity.

MODERN AUTHORS' SERIES:

Under this title appear from time to time short stories and dramas, chiefly translations from the works of modern European authors, each containing from 32 to 64 pages. Printed in large, clear type and tastefully bound in gray boards with paper label. Each, 25 cents net; by mail, 29 cents. Now ready:

SILENCE. From the Russian of Leonidas Andreiyeff. Second edition. An unusual short story that reads like a poem in prose by the leading exponent of the new Russian school of novelists.

MOTHERLOVE. From the Swedish of August Strindberg. An example of Strindberg's power as analyst of human nature.

A RED FLOWER. By Vsevolod Garshin. A powerful short story by one of Russia's popular authors, unknown as yet to the English-speaking public.

THE GRISLEY SUITOR. From the German of Frank Wedekind. An excellent story of the De-Maupassant type.

RABBI EZRA AND THE VICTIM. By Frank Wedekind. Two sketches characteristic of the pen of this noted German author.

FOOTNOTES

[1] An aromatic herb, used in preparing a beverage drunk in Spring time.

[2] aEurooeMan mA¶chte glauben, die ganze Welt drehe sich um P---- und V----!aEuro¯

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

In this eBook, words that were originally printed in a blackletter typeface are marked with *asterisks*.

The following printer's errors have been corrected:

predeliction changed to predelection woollen changed to woolen decollete changed to dA(C)colletA(C) mochte changed to mA¶chte missing opening quotation mark at the beginning of a footnote fulness changed to fullness Nuptual changed to Nuptial incontrovertable changed to incontrovertible Lammermeier changed to LA¤mmermeier wilful changed to willful postoffice changed to post-office leggins changed to leggings penomenal changed to phenomenal Shakesperian changed to Shakespearian

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