Life, 1883-09-13 · page 2 of 16
Life — September 13, 1883 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and publication notices**, not satirical content. It announces: - **New books** by Henry Holt & Co. (including works on Italian Renaissance and cooking) - **The Critic** magazine, a weekly literary review covering literature, fine arts, science, music, and drama - **Summer resort hotels** (Parker House in Boston, Hotel Netherwood in New Jersey, Fenimore in Cooperstown, Otsego Lake properties, Cooper House) - **Life magazine subscriptions** and a filing binder The page includes testimonial quotes praising *The Critic* as "the first literary journal in America" and *Life* as "the best humorous weekly publication ever published in America." **No political cartoons or satirical illustrations appear on this page.** It's a standard late-19th-century magazine advertisement section.
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- LIFE: NEW PUBLICATIONS. NEW PUBLICATIONS. SUMMER RESORTS. HENRY HOLT & CO. WILL PUBLISH SATURDAY : Symonds Italian By-Ways. By Joun Appincton SyMonns, author of Renaissance in Italy, &c. Large 12mo. $1.75. Mrs. Miller's In the Kitchen. A New Edition of this very popular and pRacticaL Cook Book. Square 8vo. $2.50. “ The neatest, brightest, and cleverest paper on either side of the ocean.""—Albany Express. “Hhadok E .- ILLUSTRATED. DEVOTED TO HUMOR AND SATIRE. ISSUED THURSDAYS. “It is workmanlike in every part. It is fresh, vigorous, gentlemanly, genial and satisfying. We commend it to at least fifty thousand readers in this town.”"— The Sun. “* By far the best humorous and satirical publica- tion of the day.""—Rochester Union and Adv't'r. “ Altogether the best periodical of the kind pub- lished in this country."—Burlington Free Press. Subscriptions, $5 per year, postage free. 10 Cents a Copy. Address, Office of “LIFE,” 1155 BROADWAY, For Sale at all News Stands. WALL PAPER. Decorate and Beautify your Homes, Offices, &c. Quaint, RARE AND Curious Parers By EmI- NENT DECORATIVE ARTISTS. Close Figures given on Large Contracts. If you intend to sell your house, paper it, as it will bring from $2000 to $3000 more after having been Papered. Samples and Book on Decora- tions mailed free, H. BARTHOLOMAE & CO., MAKERS AND IMPORTERS, 124 & 126 W. 33D St., (near Broadway,) N.Y. New York. | | its utterances.” —NOTES AND QUERIES. | order, express order, registered letter, or THE CRITIC. A WEEKLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE, Tue FineArts, Science, Music, THe Drama. Epitors, - J. L. & J. B. GILDER. | “The first literary Journal in America. Its specialty is short reviews and many of | them ; but we do not observe that quality ts sacrificed."—LONDON ACADEMY, “Tue Critic has become a positive and | indispensable part of American literature.” —SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN. “Tue Critic has made ttself known in America by the independence and ability of “At the head of the critical Journals of this country.”"—Boston Post. For sale at all news stands. Single Copies, 10 Cents; $3.50 per year in advance. To Teachers and Clergy- men, $3.00. Remit only by post-office check. Address THE CRITIC, | 30 Lafayette Place, New York. | ‘LIFE .- ALTOGETHER the best and. most successful | humorous weekly publication ever published in | America.—/ndianapolis Times. | ‘THE most successful of all American attempts | at comic journalism. /artford Times. | Tue brightest, choicest publication yet given to humorous literature.—Detroit Post and Tribune. ‘Tue best thing of its kind.—Boston Fournal, A LIGHT, graceful, ironical comment on the | world of life and literature. —Denver Tribune. | A HEALTHFUL autidote to the vulgar humor or | humorous vulgarity that is now hanging its banners | on the outer news stands. —Detroit Chaff. PARKER HOUSE EUROPEAN PLAN. Harvey D. PARKER & Co,, BOSTON, MASS. HARVEY D. PARKER. JOSEPH M BECKMAN, KDWARD 0. PUNCHARD, Hotel Netherwood, On Jersey Centrat R. R. 45 MINUTES FROM FOOT OF LIBERTY STR New York. This magnificent and cleeantly appointed hotel will be open for the reception of guests June asth. The hotel is complete in all its appointments, contains 200 rooms (40 suits with private baths), elevator, electric bells, and every | convenience for the comfort of guests who desire the advan- tage of pure mountain air and surroundings and avoid the expense and discomfort of protracted railroad travel. ‘The hotel is of brick, six stories in height, commanding an unobstructed and charming view, and but two minutes’ walk from the Netherwood station, Delighful drives and stabling. Now open for inspection and engagements, Reduced rates. site S. V. WOODRUFF, Propr. THE FENIMORE, COOPERSTOWN, OTSEGO CO.,N. Y. This new and elegant hotel will open for the season about June 15. Fine boating, bathing, fishing and driving. Send for circular. WM. H. BURROUGHS, Proprietor, OTSEGO LAKE. COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK. Eighteen hundred feet above the level of the sea, Driving and boating unsurpassed. Malaria, hay fever and mosquitoes unknown, THE COOPER HOUSE, which has accommodation for five hundred guests, is now open. Address, E. CRITTENDEN, Proprietor. COMMON SENSE BINDER FOR FILING -LIFE: Cheap, Strong and Durable. Will hold 26 numbers, Mailed to any part of the United States for $1.00. Address, office of * LIFE,” 1155 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com