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CHARMIAN, WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT
CHARMIAN, WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT AN EXTRAORDINARY CORNISHGENIUS?
D'YOU LIKE HIM SO MUCH?"—Page 76

THE
WAY OF AMBITION

BY

ROBERT HICHENS

Author of "The Garden of Allah,"
"The Fruitful Vine," "The Woman with the Fan," "Tongues of Conscience," "Felix," etc.

WITH A FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR
AND FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE BY
J. H. GARDNER SOPER

Publishers motif

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1913, by
Robert Hichens
Copyright, 1912, 1913, by
The Butterick Publishing Co.
August, 1913



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