Judge, 1915-07-24 · page 28 of 28
Judge — July 24, 1915 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **advertising, not satire or political commentary**. The page promotes a discounted set of Charles Dickens' complete works (6 volumes, 3,400 pages) being sold by Brunswick Subscription Co. for $1.61. The illustrations are purely decorative: a couple relaxing on a boat at the top, and a sailor climbing rigging on the side—generic vacation imagery meant to evoke leisure and travel. The sales pitch frames Dickens as "mental refreshment" for vacationers, positioning literature as intellectual balance against materialism ("away from the dollar mark"). The advertisement acknowledges readers may already own Dickens but argues this set is superior to "stiffly bound library sets" with small type. The reference to "the war" (likely WWI, given Judge's publication period) explains the bargain pricing—they're liquidating excess English publisher stock. This is a straightforward mail-order advertisement, not satirical commentary.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
cereuerowse | Vacation Days Are Here! | The salt tang of the ocean, the balsamic odors from mountain heights, will fill you with a new | joy of physical well-being But in planning your vacation-— What provision have you made for mental refreshment ? We had YOU in mind when we secured trom the English publisher the balance of his stock of DICKENS —JUST A FEW HUNDRED SETS— At a figure which, on account of the war, enables us to offer them to you at AN EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN PRICE 6 Volumes fii 3400 Pages iii, THESE ARE IDEAL BOOKS FOR YOUR SUMMER | CAMP—AS TRAVELING COMPANIONS | Bask for a while in the sunshine of Dickens’ tender, sympathetic out- | look on life. Drink deep draughts of his bubbling humor and riotous | fan. Get a new point of view away from the dollar mark. Dickens is the Perennial “‘BEST SELLER.” Millions of his books are sold yearly but— You may already have a set of Dickens—one of those stiffly bound library sets, and, small type, hard to kee n—be read it? Because it is rd to children are missing one of the gr SEND ONLY AnoCouron he six-volume set of