This page contains book advertisements and catalog listings from Ainslee's Magazine (circa 1902). The main content includes:
Book Bargain Sale Advertisement featuring an extensive list of classic and popular novels priced at 4-14.5 cents each. Titles include works by canonical authors like Charlotte Brontë (Jane Eyre), Wilkie Collins (The Woman in White), Jules Verne (Around the World in Eighty Days), Sir Walter Scott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Scarlet Letter). The sale runs until October 1, 1902, with books sent post-paid.
Featured Book Promotions highlight novels including: - The Heavenly Twins by Sarah Grand—about the character Evadne Frayling whose progressive views on male purity and female virtue are tested across two marriages - Tons of Treasure by William Henry Bishop—a Mexican treasure-hunt adventure novel - Things Generally by Max Adeler—humorous sketches described as laugh-inducing
Additional Promotional Items for Bits of Broken China by Wm. E. S. Fales—a collection of novelettes exploring Chinese immigrant life in New York's Chinatown, covering their struggles, loves, jealousies, and aspirations.
The page concludes with advertisements for product-related items like dress shields and a cigarette-rolling device.
About this artifact
- Date
- June 1902
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
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