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This is primarily an **advertising page** for Judge Publishing Company's novels and serials, not a political cartoon. It showcases five fiction titles the company published, priced affordably at 25-50 cents. The titles reveal Judge's satirical interests: "Napoleon Smith" (a popular New York novel), "Star-Crossed: The Life and Love of an Actress" (by an actual actress), "Lady Car," "Jack of Hearts," and "A Philosopher in Love and in Uniform." The page also advertises **Judge's Serials**—quarterly pictorial collections featuring "The Dude" (depicting wealthy, fashionable "swell life"), alongside humorous sketches like "The Man Who Talks" and "The German Policeman." This reflects Judge's dual purpose: a satirical magazine that also published and sold literary works mocking contemporary society, particularly urban high society and "dude" culture. The affordable pricing suggests broad public appeal for their satirical content about American social life.

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JUDGE —-JUDGE’S * NOVELS.-— THE LATEST LAMY BEST WES OF FICTION. No.l. SNAPOL EON DSEMer “I Et,” (Fourth edition.) By W. J. ARKELL and A. T. WORDEN. PRICE, 25 CENTS. “Napoleon Smith,” a novel by a well-knowa New-Yorker, is published by the Judge publishing company. Its first edition of 50,000, which is unparalleled in the publishing trade, is fully warranted by the plot of the story, The author has made quite as much of a hit in popular interest as Rider Haggard ever has done, and there is no one who reads it who will not be so entertained as to ask all his friends to read it. It is remarkably well conceived and is handled with skill.—Boston Globe, No. 2. “STAR-CROSSED: THE LIFE AND LOVE OF AN ACTRESS By AN ACTRESS. PRICE, 50 CENTS. A remarkably interesting story. Intensely original in style and full of startling incident. ‘The author is a well-known actress of the American stage, and has written the book in a charmingly refreshing, vigorous, and entertaining manner. No. 8. “LADY CAR: THE SKQUEL OF A LIFE.” By Mrs. OLIPHANT. PRICE, 25 CENTS. The latest story from the pen of this entertaining writer. The only authorized American edition, No. 4. ‘JACK OF HEARTS: A STORY OF BOHEMIA." By H. T. JOHNSON. : PRICE, 25 CENTS. A delightful romance of English life. No. 5. “A PHILOSOPHER IN LOVE AND IN UNIFORM.” BY THE AUTHORS OF “NAPOLEON SMITH.” (Illustrated. Bound in paper.) PRICE, 25 CENTS. Of all the weird, dramatic, and intensely interesting novels of this era, none can surpass * A Philosopher in Love and in Uniform,” just published by the Judge publishing company. ‘Its author must have been not only a soldier, but a man familiar with life in its various phases, and, beyond that, a deep and laborious siudent in recondite literature. is powers of description are certa ainly remarkable. Nothing could be more vivid than his description of the battle of Chickamauga, though it is told in few.words. One can almost that he sees the ashing of the sabres, that he hears the roar of the artillery and the groans of the dying. ‘There isa fascina- tion about thi strangely touches the heart of the rea Best of all that, may be said of it, there is nothing in it that awakens an unkind emotion, nothing that panders to or violat ent. ‘Those who read * Napoleon Smith”—one of the famous of last summer's popular novels—will recognize in the writer of "A Philosophe and in Uniform” the intelligent and active brain that created the former romantic story.—Frank Leslie's HMlustrated Newspaper. All the above books are to be obtained of booksellers and newsdealers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price by THE JupGE PusLisHInG Co., Judge Building, 5th Ave. and 16th St., New York. JUDGE'S SERIALS—No. 7.\JUDCE’S SERIALS. SHED QUARTERLY. © TEN CENTS PER SINGLE NUMBE! “THE DUDE.” PUBLISHED Q R No, 1. “THE MAN WHO TALKS” No, 2, “THE GERMAN POLICEMAN.” No. 8. “ZIM’S SKETCHES.” No, 4 “BLACK AND TAN.” EA No. 5, “THE BLUE PENCIL CLUB.” PRICH, 10 CENTS. No, 6, “THE COLD SNAP.” aa ca No. 7. “THE DUDE.” BEING “JUDGE’S" BEST PICTURES AND CARICATURES OF SWELL LIFE, NOW OUT. For aale by all newsdealers and trainboys, or sent postpaid on receipt | To be had of all book and news dealers, or mailed on of price by receipt of price by THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO.,| THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO,, NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK CITY. FLESS & RIDGE, JUDGE PRINTERS, FIFTH AVENUE AND SIXTEENTH STREET, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com