Judge, 1895-01-12 · page 14 of 16
Judge — January 12, 1895 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page consists entirely of **advertisements**, not satire or political cartoons. It contains promotional material for three publications competing in the 1890s magazine market. The largest advertisement promotes **The Cosmopolitan Magazine** at the new price of $1.50 yearly (reduced from $3.00). The ad emphasizes quality despite the low cost, listing prestigious contributors like Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, and Frederic Remington. It highlights the magazine's new printing facility in Irvington-on-the-Hudson as evidence of serious investment. Below are ads for **Leslie's Illustrated Weekly** and **Conan Doyle's "Stark Munro Letters"** serial in that publication. The context: this reflects 1890s magazine competition, when publishers competed aggressively on price while claiming editorial excellence. The Cosmopolitan's emphasis that affordability doesn't mean reduced quality was a direct marketing response to skeptical readers accustomed to expensive periodicals.
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po you reed The Cosmopolitan Magazine? Perhaps you think that At 15 Cents it cannot equal the more expensive periodicals ? ? ? Sixteen months have now elapsed since THE COSMOPOLITAN set the example of what may be done for the public by the public’s assistance, in giving a reduction of price wcial gob aiveaee $1. 50a Year. During these sixteen months, there has been no decrease in size or quality of magazine, or in paper and printing, but on the contrary THE ARTISTIC AND LITERARY EXCELLENCE have been steadily advanced to higher standards. During this veriod the MOST NOTED AUTHORS AND MOST FAMOUS ARTISTS HAVE BEEN THE COSMOPOL{TAN’S CONTRIBUTORS. THR LIST OF AUTHORS INCLUDES! JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, ARMANDO PALACIO VALDEZ, WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, FRIEDRICH SPIELHAGEN, MARK TWAIN, DE MAUPASSANT, SIR EDWIN ARNOLD, FRANCISQUE SARCEY, WALTER BESANT, ROBERT GRANT, CAMILLE FLAMMARION, RUDYARD KIPLING, EDMUND GOSSE, SARAH GR. ‘TWH LIST OF ARTISTS INCLUDES: DANIEL VIERGE, FREDERIC REMINGTON, WM. HAMILTON GIBSON, C.S, REINHART, HOPKINSON SMITH, JOSE CABRINETY, F. G. ATTWOOD, ERT-DYS, OLIVER HERFORD, OTTO GUILLONET, DAN BEARD, F. H. SCHELL, H. S. MOWBRAY. PAUL DE LONGPRE, COUNT NAPOLEON NEY. W. T. SMEDLEY, ‘THE COSMOPOLITAN'’S NEW HOME AT IRVINGTON-ON-THE-HUDSON, 279 feet long, 76 feet wide. Designed by McKim, Mead & White. Undoubtedly one of the two largest and most complete buildings in the world used solely for the printing of a single publication. A great monthly feature of Te Cosmoroitan MAGAziNE is its literary department, ** In the World of Art and Letters,” where the best books of the month are discussed or noted. You can absolutely rely upon the candor of what is said. It is conducted by eight of the most famous critics of the world, including Francisque Sarcey, Freidrich Spielhagen, Agnes Repplier, Andrew Lang and I. Zangwill. i o bring to THE COSMOPOLITAN a reading cliente! before equaled by any periodical in any country. Splendidl: The Year 1895 promises: *2g te 71F comoroltAN reading ci entete mench eey aed epplingcen, dd seers faeilicy for the mont porieel mechanical work at the lowest cost, the energies of the mngazino staff will be devoted during 1895 to excelling Its previous record In the fleld of art and Mterature. If you are not already a subscriber, you will be Justified in sending a year’s subscription (81.50) to THE COSMOPOLITAN [IAGAZINE, Irvington-on-the-Hudson, New York. Latest Conan Doyle’s sce Airentest | Serial Story, 6s The Acconan bovee. Letters,” Just begun in the CHRISTMAS NUMBER 0: 2 Lestie’s Ittustrated Weekly | Trial subscription for three months, $1.00, beginning now, will include the Christmas Number. Yearly sub- | scriptions, $4.00, sent in now. direct to the publishers, will run to January, 1896. Do you subscribe for Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly ? Address, LESLIE’S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, IF NOT, SEND. ONE DOLLAR to the address of the publishers below and you 9 Will receive i regularly every week for three months, post-paid. Vou will discover that there is no other American publication which $0 handsomely and so accurately illustrates the news of the day. Address | emesis oy Arkell Weekly Company, | Fifth Avenue and 16th Street, NEW YORK.! » 110 Fifth Avenue, New York, a comicbooks.com