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This is primarily a **book advertisement**, not a political cartoon. It promotes a 20-volume set titled "Famous Characters of History" by Alexandre Dumas. The page uses a historical "love at first sight" framing device: it opens with an anecdote about a Norman peasant girl whose beauty captivated Duke Robert of Normandy, ultimately leading to William the Conqueror and the Anglo-Norman dynasty in England. This sets up the book's larger thesis—that **romantic attraction and personal relationships have shaped historical events**. The advertisement emphasizes that these are "true life stories" (not fiction), featuring famous historical figures like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and others listed on the page. It positions biography as moral instruction for readers. The sales pitch is aggressive: a "wonderful bargain never to be repeated" at $1.00, with a free imported Dumas edition included if ordered promptly. The phrase "YOUR LAST CHANCE! Price Must Be Advanced" creates urgency typical of period advertising. This reflects late 19th/early 20th-century publishing culture emphasizing both entertainment and edification through biography.

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Love AT SIGHT! The Most Famous—Most Momentous—Case in History The pretty feet and shapely ankles of this Norman peasant * girl made her the mother of William the Conqueror. Had she not while playing in the brook unconsciously displayed these charms to the eyes of Duke Robert of Normandy, and thus fascinated him—Harold, the last of the Saxon Kings, would not have fallen at ‘Hastings—there would have been no Anglo- Norman dynasty in England—no British Empire as we know it today. But this is only one of many true stories of the brave men and beautiful women who made history for over two thousand years, showing the extent to which Love has shaped the destinies of mankind, has ruled in Court and Camp, has exercised im- perious sway over the hearts of men and women of high degree -has in its wildest expression destroyed empires and wrecked brilliant careers—that are told in FAMOUS CHARACTERS OF HISTORY No Fiction Ever So Thrilling As These True Life Stories ides of March. We see how the beauty of a woman—Cleopatra—wrecked the life of Antony, and turned aside the tide of Rome's destiny and therefore that of the world. History in the form of Biography is our great instructor. The lives of famous characters are the beacons that will guide us safely on the voyage of life, though the sea of time we navigate is full of perils. But it is not an unknown sea. It has been traversed for ages, and there is not a sunken rock or treacherous shoal which is not marked by the wreck of those who have preceded us. 5250 Pages R SFR ehewre Never was there a set of books—no matter how costly—that will compare with this for entertainment and instruction—and the stories have the supreme merit of being absolutely true. 1s it any wonder that the appetite of the res public demands edition alter edition—that no home or school library is con- sidered complete without these wonderful books? These twenty volumes throw wide open to us the doors of the great ones of earth. We see them as real men and women, not We follow the fortunes of Caesar as he extends t include all the known parts of the earth, and we are with him on the fatal gc Re Wee 20 Gold Top Volumes Rich Cloth Binding Each Volume 8x 5% inches Partial List of Famous Characters Every One a Wonderful Personality These are the men and women who made history of their own day, and whose example, as guide or warning, is the most precious part of our heritage from the ages, 1, Alexander the Great 11. Mary Queen of Scots 2. William the Conqueror 12. Henry IV. . Cyrus the Great 13. Xerxes |. Hannibal 14. Julius Caesar . Pyrrhus 15. Nero . Peter the Great 16. Cleopatra 17. Darius the Great 20. Alfred the Great A WONDERFUL BARGAIN NEVER TO BE REPEATED DUMAS GIVEN If You Are Prompt We not only send you Now the 20 volumes of Pamous Characters at price, but also—while they last— withou you a cent—an Imported Edition of as in. 6 English ed and Gold volumes. ing his famous an elements in and soldiers of f vices of the ira x424 inches.) ig the manners. c (Each of the Dumas 26 volumes. Large; Clear Type Extra Heavy Paper 60 Full Page Illustrations in Sepia you the entire 26 $] 00 0 SENT N umes, mas. ‘The greater part Of this EdiGon of Pamous Characters of History, offered at a discount of 50% from the publisher's price, has already been disposed of is is YOUR LAST~ CHANCE! Price Must Be Advanced after the few remaini: re gone that were, made before the present unp | ise an cost of materials 0 offer at the present remarkable bargain price. This is fair warning. THEREFORE SEND COUPON TODAY 1" Racaswice scuscutrri0s co. Damas ae per Hi ae represented. Tw ch ME WEDGE SSSR ORIEN SUN SEN Evert nag SW ACRE VILE SNF TERE comicbooks.com