RIBUNE: "Psychologically speaking, it is one of the most
remarkable pieces of fiction ever written.... I do not hesitate to say
that a new novelist of power has appeared upon the scene."

EVENING SUN, New York: "Mr. Powys, master essayist, comes forward
with a first novel which is brilliant in style, absorbing in plot,
deep and thoughtful in its purpose."

PHILADELPHIA PRESS: "It undoubtedly will set a new mark in
literature of the contemporary period.... Mr. Powys' style is the
style of Thomas Hardy."

PHILADELPHIA RECORD: "Every page is a joy, every chapter a fresh
proof of Powys' genius."

N.Y. EVENING POST: "The best novel one reviewer has read in a good
while."

NEW YORK TIMES: "Mr. Powys is evidently a keen observer of life and
responsive to all its phases."

N.Y. TRIBUNE: "A good story well told."

N.Y. HERALD: "Here is a novel worth reading."

THE NATION: "A book of distinctive flavor."

REVIEW OF REVIEWS: "An exceptional novel ... a brilliant
intellectual piece of work."

PHILADELPHIA NORTH AMERICAN: "A notable achievement in fictitious
literature."

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN: "This is a book which will have more than
the ephemeral existence of the average novel."

NEW HAVEN COURIER JOURNAL: "One of the most notable and important
novels that has appeared in the last twelve months."

HARTFORD COURANT: "The book is very interesting, provokingly
interesting."

DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, ROCHESTER: "Among the few works of fiction
that stand out in the very forefront of this season's production."

G. ARNOLD SHAW, PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY LECTURERS ASSOCIATION

GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, NEW YORK

SHAW'S FALL FICTION

RODMOOR, A ROMANCE BY JOHN COWPER POWYS.

_12mo. About 400 pages. $1.50 net_

The New York _Evening Post_ said of Mr. Powys' first novel "Wood and
Stone" that it was "one of the best novels of the twelvemonth" while
the Boston _Transcript_ said that "with a clearer vision he could
stand among the masters in literary achievement." The Chicago
_Tribune_ said of the same work, "Psychologically speaking, it is one
of the most remarkable pieces of fiction ever written." The
announcement of a second novel by the same brilliant author is
therefore one of extraordinary interest.

In this new novel, Mr. Powys, while unhesitatingly using to his
purpose those new fields of psychological interest opened up for us by
recent Russian writers, reverts, in the general style and content