Judge, 1916-02-05 · page 27 of 28
Judge — February 5, 1916 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political cartoon. The page promotes a four-volume biographical series about naval heroes and adventurers, published by Brunswick Subscription Co. The content celebrates English and American naval figures—Lord Nelson, John Paul Jones, Perry, Drake, and Cavendish—as courageous patriots. It also romanticizes buccaneers who attacked Spanish colonial ships and "looted his treasure ships," framing them as heroic figures fighting Spanish power during the colonization era. The final quoted couplet references "negro maids" fleeing "bondage" to greet sailors, which appears to romanticize or trivialize slavery within an adventure narrative. **For modern readers**: This reflects early 20th-century attitudes glorifying imperial naval conquest and colonial-era privateering, while the slavery reference demonstrates how such materials casually incorporated racial imagery without critical examination. The advertisement itself contains no satire—it's earnest promotional copy targeting educated, affluent readers interested in historical biography.
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A CRN SE ER PS EE PH TERE Sea Fighters and Buccaneers O you know them—these sea fighters and naval adventurers?—men of ini- ative, of force, of splendid courage—men who in her hour of dire peril so gloriously responded to their country’s call when she most needed men of action. Do you know how Southey, the great English poet, came to write the Life of Lord Nelson? Did you know that this is one of the greatest biographies in the language? Read this wonderful life of England’s greatest naval hero, and the lives of John Paul Jones and Perry and the exploits of Drake, Cavendish and the other : A . “Fearless knights of the first renown, atheth’s great array.” And those heavy villains in the great drama of the colonization of the Western World— what sad sea dogs were those adventurers and buccaneers! How they hated the Don! How they loved to singe his black whisk With what glee th ased him up and down the Spanish: Main and looted his treasure ships! But it was not all fighting and blood-letting, for we rea “And the negro maids to Avés from bondage fast did flee, To welcome gallant sailors, a-sweeping in from sea.” There are upwards of 1600 pages in the four volumes, Wh ¢ bound in a rich green, silk ribbed cloth. Each volume is 7!4x5 inches. You can buy them NOW al 1 ain price of $4.00 for the set—either cash with order, or by using your business or soci ionery , $1 rder and $1.00 a month for three months following receipt of books—: on charges prepaid—Money refunded if not satisfied. Brunswick Subscription Co., 407 Brunswick Bldg., New York oo: eT eT comicbooks.com