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# Imperial Granum Advertisement Analysis This page is primarily advertising rather than political satire. The large illustrated advertisement for "Imperial Granum" occupies the right side, promoting it as "The Great Medicinal Food" and "The World's Renowned Preparation." The ad uses multiple illustrated faces (appearing to be children and adults) surrounding text claiming the product is superior for nutrition, growth of infants and children, treatment of fevers, and various stomach/intestinal ailments. The advertisement style is typical of 19th-century patent medicine marketing—making broad therapeutic claims with decorative illustrations to suggest effectiveness and respectability. The left side contains book reviews, including discussion of Charles Dudley Warner's travel book "Their Pilgrimage," but contains no political cartoons or satire relevant to modern historical context.
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jae ERNe (SAERNS WS ee Ne ee == T “HEIR PILGRIMAGE, | By Cuartes Duptey Warxer. With 80 illustra- tions by C.S. REINHART, pp. viil., 364. Svo, Half Leather, $2.00. for than compat wishec vin Mr Warn whe kim th from Moi weW His pen pictures of the Mf each resor each, of th Sarato, may be, The Satire, and the gen the bri the mann hum any, is of the mildest, me is that of one glad to look on le of the cheerful, pleasure-seeking In Mr, t who has Reinhart the From Tue Pr nerves re done with h ut Mr. Warner | His drawings are spirited, catch with wonderfu tone and costume of each place visited, and abound in good-natured fun tian Union, X.V tion that Mr. Warner has seen with his own eyes every land- Nobody will qu every skirt and scape, every stretch of beach, every hotel piazza and dining-room whisker which in this book he describes. There is an intens ikenessto it all ; the figures are as real as the places ; the characters are more than types; they even will recognize themselves The author's humor is a constant quality. His good-nature is contagious. His companion artist is in sympathy with him. —filerary World, Boston. and_con- y of Mr. on any are very attractive, nd delic as noticeable realistic illustrations Mr, Reinhart’s spirited and tribute to make an unusual! Warner's observations and th page as in the whole. —V. 0. / me book, Th ness of his manner are ening Post justi Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. t of the United St postage prep wer Canada, on THE MIDWINTER NUMBER. The Century Magazine Its notable For February is of unusual interest and variety. features include: BAILING OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, d of complicity in the assassination of Lresident Lincoln. A nside history compiled by Geo. Parsons Lathrop. FICTION. THE When accu L s illustrated Serials by Frank R. Stockton and George W. Cable, the latter by Kemble, together with two illustrate stories ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A HISTORY, By John G. Nicolay and Col, John Hay. Lincoln's career in Congress, and the nations stions of the period. and his six years’ law practice: The history is told with many anecdotes and sketches of prominent men, and accompanied by numerous portraits ar strations. ILL PAPERS. FINELY OTHER Tie Stars. By Prof. $. 2.1 y gravings. A Mipwinter Resoxt. By Wm. ¢ cent Av Disco IN Kome ofessor Lanciani, IN Loxpo. IMlustrated by Pennel: CONTE? on Father Tayk Rev. C. A, Bartol; “Lee's Invasion “The Relative Strength and son; a sketch, with frontispiece Poems by Edmund C. Stedman, Joaquin Bric-t-Brac ; Open Letters, ete hn Onpest CHeret FURTHER Comprise two articles, with portrait, preacher, by Walt Whitman and the of Pennsylvania,” by General | Weakness of Nations,” by Ed portrait, of President McCosh ; Miller, and others; Topics of the Time ; PRICE, 35 CENTS. $4.00 PER YEAR. inning amous Boston New subscribers begi ber and December numbers fre ning the volume and serials. THE CENTURY CO., New York. Sold by dealers ¢ Bie? MORE iy ienerie Miia aaah ny \F ji E-AGED. REVERS. Zecaingialy AND) THE AGE! AN JNCOMPARABLE Aument roi FOR THE GROWTH ie +) AND Protection oF tae AND eee ne AUR, S fi Seas TEST NES Ff SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN. Entertaining in a rare degre FRANK R. STOCKTON’S LATEST STORY, The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine. A remarkable account of a remarkable shipwreck, tol liar imagination of this favorit all the inimitable humor and pec among all readers. Those who have read “The Lad or any of Mr. SrocKkron’s shorte ‘The C Rudder Grange,” Casting Away of Msj stories, will be eager to have ‘ Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine.” THE CRITICS’ OPINIONS. \ Robinson Crusoe story of especial merit in its extraordinary situstid and its unique exhibition of character."—Boston Journal. ‘ound up in the pretty covers of this volume, it is Lecks and Mrs, Aleshine will never be cast away again. York “One of the richest. pieces of humorous writing that we have read | long time."—. Y, Observer. ‘A brilliant bit of grotesquerie.”"—S¢, Louis Republican. “The dainty volume, bound in cream velium, with orname: lettering, will be joyfull¥-greeted The comedy is delici Evening Traveller, Boston. “Trresistibly funny."— Orleans Picayune. Price, uniquely bound in manilla, with gold stamp and lett ing, 50 cents ; in cloth, $1.00. Sold at all bookstores. & THE CENTURY CO., New York: comicbooks.com