Life, 1895-11-28 · page 4 of 26
Life — November 28, 1895 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and literary promotion** rather than political satire. It announces Harper's Magazine Christmas Number and advertises books by authors including William Black, Richard Harding Davis, and Caspar W. Whitney. The main visual content shows a **yacht race photograph** captioned "On the Yacht Race," depicting two sailing vessels. Below it is a poem about the race, promoting Vinolia Soap—a common advertising strategy of the era, pairing products with current events. The right side features book advertisements from Charles Scribner's Sons and the Meriden Britannia Company (silverware). **No political satire is evident.** This is a standard magazine page mixing editorial content with commercial advertisements, typical of late 19th-century American periodicals.
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NOW READY HARPER'S MAGAZINE Christmas umber (With Cover in White and Gold) BEGINS A NEW VOLUME a a a a BRISEIS First chapters of a New Novel by WILLIAM BLACK ILLUSTRATED BY REMINGTON THE PARIS OF SOUTH AMERICA By RICHARD HARDING DAVIS ON SNOW-SHOES TO THE BARREN GROUNDS By CASPAR W. WHITNEY ILLUSTRATEO BY SMEDLEY WILLIAM BLACK, A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT. A Comedy by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS.—BY LAND AND SEA, Four sketches with twelve illustrations, inclod~ ing a frontispiece in color. By HOWARD PYLE. casran w. wurmry ~ — PIVE SHORT STORIES - EIGHTY ILLUSTRATIONS NO BETTER CHRISTMAS PRESENT THAN A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION, $4 00 ON THE YACHT RACE. The Valkyrie has sailed o’er the waters, and failed, And the sportsmen and crews all the errors bewailed, The Defender has gained the proud goblet of gold, While Vinolia has long held the medal. As Defender now holds the famed goblet of gold, So Vinolia will long hold the medal. Toilet Vinolia Soap, 35c. Floral Vinolia Soap, 20c. C. N. CRITTENTON CO.,, 115 Fulton Street, New York. Stories, Essays and Sketches By Three of LIFE’S Authors. BY THE EDITOR OF LIFE. AMOS JUDD. A Novel. By J. A. Mircuet.. 16mo, 75 cents. A charming love story, the scene of which is laid in New York and New England, and the hero an East Indian prince, brought here at an early age and educated as an American, The contrasts of character are very striking, and the author uses the element { of mysticism inherent in his subject very powerfully and poctically. BY EDWARD S. MARTIN. COUSIN ANTHONY AND I. Some Views of Ours About Divers Matters and Various Aspects of Life. by E. S. MARTIN. 12mo, $1.25. A volume of brief essays, written in the Ii .and extremely pithy style which characterized the author's former popular falls of Observation,” now in its sixth edition, The essays cover a wide range of subjects, including * Readers and Reading,” "* Considerations Matrimonial,” “Love, Friendship, and Gossip,” * Woman Suffrage,” " Civilization and Culture,” etc. Windfalls of Observation, for the Edification of the Young and the Solace of Others. By E. S. MARTIN. Sixth Edition, 12mo, $1.25. ** When he is not downright witty, he is humorous, with a mellow and gracious humor, or he is delightfully sympathetic and consoling.” —Beston Beacon, BY DROCH. . SUPPRESSED CHAPTERS, And Other Bookishness. By Ropert Bripcers, (Droch). 12mo0, $1.25. “Mr. Bridges has followed his first very charming and successful yolume ‘Over heard in Arcady’ by another, These suppressed chapters are all ina light vein, which makes them easy reading. They represent the informal talk of a man of sense and culture." The Outlook, Overheard in Arcady. | Roreet Brinces. With 65 Illustrations by O. Herford, F. G. Attwood, and A, E. Sterner. Kourth Edition. 12m0, $1.25. }f CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 153-157 Fifth Ave., N. Y. § ht, plea Third Edition, ‘Trade-mark on tea-sets, etc. Meriden Britannia Co. Silver Plate that Wears. We guarantee every piece of silverware bearing our trade-mark, no matter where you buy it. Make sure of these trade-marks, and you will have silver- ware you can depend on. nee anor al 1847Rocers BRos@ Trade-mark on spoons, knives and forks. MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY, MERIDEN, Cony, w York Salesrooms, 208 Fifth Avenue. comicbooks.com