Judge — December 22, 1888 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and masthead content**, not satirical cartoon material. The left column features advertisements for **Ridley's toy and book store** on Grand Street in New York, promoting Christmas gifts including wooden toys, books, jewelry, silk umbrellas, and furs. The right side displays **The New York Ledger's 1889 contributors list**—a roster of prominent writers whose names appear as stars scattered across a dramatic illustration of the publication itself shining like a beacon. Contributors include James Parton, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mary Kyle Dallas, and others—establishing the magazine's literary prestige. Below are subscription rates ($3 annually, $1.50 for six months). This appears to be a **mid-1880s issue of Judge magazine** functioning as both advertisement space and masthead identification rather than containing political satire or humor cartoons.