Announcing a new novel by the author of SOUTH WIND

IN THE BEGINNING

NORMAN DOUGLAS

ON May third we shall publish this, the first novel from the pen of Norman Douglas in almost ten years. *In The Beginning* is a tale of the days when the gods walked with men, when goddesses curiously requited their mortal favorites, when good and evil had not yet been invented. It is no story of Eden, no retelling "of man's first disobedience and the fruit." Here is a more ancient scene, an earlier and more adventurous breed of men....

Of this scene, of this breed, Mr. Douglas writes with amiable candor, viewing the antics of his people tolerantly and serenely, recounting their history with neither concealment nor reproof. Gods and half-gods, warrior women and the children of men, meet and mingle and explore the dark recesses of humanity and the universe in a book which is gay and wise and skeptical, at once idyllic and urbane.

*The first American edition of In The Beginning will consist of a volume of 310 pages, printed in Caslon Old Face on antique, laid paper and bound in boards decorated with English handmade paper. Price $2.50 net (postage extra). At all Booksellers.*

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