Life, 1887-12-08 · page 6 of 42
Life — December 8, 1887 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content** from December 1887's Harper's Magazine. The main visual element is a decorative illustration for *St. Nicholas* magazine, featuring ornamental scrollwork and a cherub or child figure emerging from clouds/smoke. The *St. Nicholas* advertisement emphasizes the magazine's moral and educational value for children, quoting the *Graphic*: "The family without it is only half blessed." It positions the publication as a superior alternative to other children's magazines, costing less than a cent per day. The other content consists of book and periodical advertisements from Harper & Brothers and The Century Co., promoting holiday gift options. This page reflects late-19th-century marketing strategies targeting middle-class families during the Christmas season.
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E- BECINNING OF A NEW VOLUME. A SUPERB HOLIDAY NUMBER. NO CONTINUED ARTICLES OR STORIES. With Seventy Illustrations, including a Page Plate in Color. HARPER'S MAGAZINE “" “tssz."°" 1887. Vol. 76, No. 451.) CONTAINS: VICAK, AY By Wes: | Five O'Clock Tea. M. F no Wittiaw Deax Howes, C. S. Reinhart, THE A Farce. By T With two win AL Al ou G Flowers. By F. BuKe 3. OW leven illustra- by Alfred Pauline Poem. By Tiostas Battery ALDRICH. With two illustrations by C. S. Reinhart. Pree State Stones In- the United v A Poem. By Another Way. A Story. By Eutza- Illustrated by Anthony of Padua. Hareiet Lewts Brapcey. ge engravings after Murillo. 1 Heinrich Heine, A Poem. Wittam Brack, Editor's Easy Chair. Wittuas Curtis, Editor's Study. A Poem. 6) With, full. By Gnorce A Story. By With four | Editor's Drawer. Dvotey Warner. By Witsam Daan Cuas. Humor- : Conducted by singja” Christmas Including « Story. With four Sketch. entitled ven illekrations by C. J. | Literary Notes. By Laurence Hurron. R’S PERIODICALS. PER YEAR: ribers in the United States, Canada and Mexico, $4.00 HARPER'S BAZAR + + $400 40 HARPER'S YOUNG PEUPLE . 200 ¢ Money-Order or Draft, to avoid chance ubscriptions will begin with the current number. HARPE ATALOC t by mail on receipt of Ten Cents for postage. Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. Some Seasonable hooks Pavlovna. A Dramatic | The Conyict's Christmas-Eve. A | . With an Ane | SILVER NOVELTIES We invite attention to an unequaled collection of SOLID SILYER FANCY GOODS FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS. Silver Mounted Enamels, consisting of Lace Pins, Sleeve Buttons, Scarf Pins and Rings, all mounted in Artistic and Exclusive Settings. Special and Unique designs of Si Silver Belts with Chatelaine A choice assortment of Silver Toilet Artic! Ornaments in great variety. attachments. | Manicure Sets, Hair Brushes, Combs, Mirrors, Toilet Boxes, Puff Boxes, etc. A choice assortment of Silver Mounted A complete line of Aluminum Opera and Field Glasses, Silver Mounted, Etched and Repousée Decoration. Canes and Umbrellas. . comprising the titles of between three and four | GORHAM MFG. CO.,, SILVERSMITHS, Broadway and 19th Street. St. Picholas HED BY for Girls and Boys. The Centur y Co. - Enited by Parp Papes Dodge. OW comes the season when we must consider what magazines we are to take next year. The older people decide this question: they may be interested in the histories and nov. els in the grown-up magazines, but do they think enough of the young folks in the house? What are the children from five to fifteen years of age reading? Consider the tremendous moral and educational influence exerted by such a periodical as ST. NICHOLAS, in which the leading writers and artists of the world meet the children once a month. The Graphic recently said: “The family twithout it is only halfblessed.” It interests, amuses, and at the same time keeps the thoughts of its readers in the best channels. The Hartford Courant says: ‘‘ How efficient a thing in our civilization such a magazine would be if it came to the majority of the children |\\ in this country!” and at $3.00 a year, 25 cents a number, p) St. Nicholas costs less than a cent a day. See Christmas number. The Century Co. 33 E. 7th St StuN.Y. K * mm Gilder’s ie New Day” n” (cach in in paper, gilt, hh, $1.00; paper, are perfect, the @ lofty and ‘Books for ‘Boys and Girls. 1. Nicholas on of songs yi “The bound ne, royal 1000' pages tories, rhymes, e children, edit. ($4.00) and pi ed by Mar *," The above are sold by dealers everywhere, or they will be sent, post- paid, on receipt of price, by The Century Co., 33 East 17th Street, N. ¥. comicbooks.com