Judge, 1931-03-28 · page 2 of 36
Judge — March 28, 1931 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satire or political content. It's a book advertisement for "The Best American Mystery Stories of the Year," selected by Carolyn Wells, published by The John Day Company in New York. The page uses promotional techniques typical of the era: - **Endorsement quote** from S.S. Van Dine comparing Wells's contributions to mystery fiction with major scientific figures (Planck, Darwin, etc.) - **List of contributing authors** including well-known names like Ben Hecht and Jerome Beatty - **Mail-order coupon** for customers to purchase the 532-page book for $2.50 There are no political cartoons or satirical elements visible. This is straightforward commercial advertising using credibility-building quotes and famous authors' names to market an anthology to mystery enthusiasts.
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lls! chills! ... for the delight of every mystagogue, Miss Wells has selected the notable mystery stories of the past year. No one who indulges in the Sport of Presi- dents can afford to miss these 532 pages of harrowing mystery and unique crime detection, by authors of in- ternational repute. S. S. VAN DINE says: “CAROLYN WELLS has done for the mystery story what Planck did for physics, what Copernicus did for astronomy, what Freud did for psychology, what Vir- chow did for anatomy, and what Darwin did for biology.” * THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES Sexe YEAR Selected and with an Introduction by CAROLYN WELLS ¢ 532 pages $2.50 « ; . Dept. J. THE JOHN DAY COMPANY 386 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK Gentlemen: Being an ardent mystagogue, | want you to send me CAROLYN WELLS’ BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES, including stories by all my favorite mysteriosophists. I am enclosing ----dollars for . copies. Here are the authors of this exciting book.... Dashiell Hammett Melville Davisson Post Ben Ames Williams Arthur Somers Roche Gelett Burgess Clarence Budington Kelland Ben Hecht James Warner Bellah Mrs. Wilson Woodrow Faraday Keene Frederick Irving Anderson William J. Neidig John B. Kennedy Howard McLellan Jerome Beatty Hugh MacNair Kabler L. G. Blochman Mackinlay Kantor Allan Vaughan Elston Joseph Szebenyei