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The Old Adam: A Story of Adventure

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by Arnold Bennett


  THE BOOK OF CARLOTTA:

  _The Autobiography of a Woman's Heart._

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  THE BOOK OF CARLOTTA presents the woman of genius--who belongs neitherto the middle-class nor to any other class, but simply to her genius,and to the passions of her own heart.

  The book is a woman's soul confession written in the first person. Insheer audacity of purpose it outstrips all Arnold Bennett's other novelswith the exception of THE OLD WIVES' TALE. In the first place, it is anintimate record of a woman's secret psychology; in the second, the womanis a woman of genius, which necessitates a continual flow of brilliancyon the author's part; in the third, it is a novel written in the Frenchmanner by an Englishman.

  Carlotta is an extraordinary creation--a woman apart. She stands amongthe rebels of fiction and biography--the people who have dared to bewhat they are. The motive of her whole life is self-fulfillment as sheknows it, even though this means the defiance of laws.

  Everything contributes to the last great climax entitled _Victory_.

  ARNOLD BENNETT: POCKET PHILOSOPHIES

  HOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY:

  A Study in Time Expenditure.

  _On the Conservation of Time._

  Price $0.50 Net

  In a series of delightfully personal essays Arnold Bennett discusses theproblem of how to attain happiness through living the intenser life.

  When he deliberately assumes the role of philosopher and friend, hiswise and tolerant teachings come to us vivid with his strenuouspersonality. In the essay medium his strange faculty for combiningwisdom with humor works unfettered.

  MENTAL EFFICIENCY:

  _On the Conservation of the Mind._

  Price $0.75 Net

  Everybody desires to be efficient. But nearly everybody mistakenlysupposes that this is a natural characteristic. That it is not, Mr.Bennett shows in his "Mental Efficiency." It is the product ofconcentration which in turn is the product of will-power. Butwill-power can be developed by concentration and Mr. Bennett shows ushow to do it.

  THE HUMAN MACHINE:

  _On the Conservation of Energy._

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  With fine inspiring optimism, amid flashes of wit and gusts of laughter,Arnold Bennett declares to everyone how he may make the best of himself.

  LITERARY TASTE: How to Form It.

  _On the Conservation of Pleasure._

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  It is Arnold Bennett's conviction that life ought to be for everybody anaffair of joy. For him literature has proved the royal road tohappiness: he is eager to point the way.

  GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY, Publishers

  BY ARNOLD BENNETT

  NOVELS

  The Old Wives' TaleHelen with the High HandThe Matador of the Five TownsThe Book of CarlottaBuried AliveA Great ManLeonoraWhom God Hath JoinedA Man from the NorthAnna of the Five TownsThe Glimpse

  POCKET PHILOSOPHIES

  How to Live on 24 Hours A DayThe Human MachineLiterary TasteMental Efficiency

  PLAYS

  Cupid and CommonsenseWhat the Public WantsPolite FarcesMilestonesThe Honeymoon

  MISCELLANEOUS

  The Truth About an AuthorThe Feast of St. Friend

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