Life, 1898-06-09 · page 2 of 20
Life — June 9, 1898 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and book announcements** rather than satirical content. The main illustration depicts a **fashionably dressed woman in early 1900s attire** (elaborate hat, corseted dress, sword or walking stick), likely representing "Gloria Victis," the title of a new novel by J.A. Mitchell, the magazine's editor. The advertisements showcase publications and travel services typical of the era: atlases covering Spanish-American War territories, travel guides to the Southern Pacific routes, the Omaha Exposition, and Colorado outings. The woman's military-style accessory (sword) may subtly reference the book's title meaning "glory to the conquered," suggesting themes of triumph or victory, though the specific satirical intent isn't clearly evident from this excerpt alone.
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ERFE JW READY e RAND-McNALLY AR ATLAS OF 'UBA, SPAIN, E PHILIPPINES, AERICA, CHINA, is Atlas contains the latest inest colored and indexed on a large scale of all the ties and islands of interest in sanish-American War now id in the struggle for do- a in China and Korea. Also, red Plate of National Flags, c. Each map 14x21 inches, : that of the United States, is 11x34. Each map is up te, printed in the best style od paper, and indexed on the n and bound in strong paper LY A QUARTER ad Twenty-five Cents to > Publishing Co. 19 West 31st Street, NEW YORK. A New Novel by J. A. MITCHELL, Editor of LIFE. GLORIA VICTIS I12mo. 'B1.26. “A good title has Mr. J. A. Mitchell selected, and the book is as good as the title.” —Boston Advertiser. “There are excellent studies and many bright bits of talk in this extraordinary story.”—New York Times. “*Gloria Victis but the using of this episode t ss liberal age it might 1 e along with its author."”—Criterion, New York. other respects, an unusua “The story is well written throughout, and decidedly enter- —Herald, Syracuse, N. he editor of Life could not fail to write in an original vein t, and full of surprises. r beard of before, but man brings the average of good and evil to its ‘Gloria Vic The bad bo; the saintl, proper level is well put together, bri little worse than any be ‘eres, Newport, RI. “It begins well, but wanders from the path of interest, and In addition to tory is sloppily written, and one wonders steadi in idiocy after the fourth chapter. how such a firm as the Scribners ever published —San Francisco Call, CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 153-157 Fifth Ave. N. Y. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. LUXURY, COMFORT, SPEED, For California, Arizona, Mexico, Japan, China, Around the World. 349 Broapway, aNp 1 Battery Prace (Washington Bulldin Proofs of the Original Drawings FROM LIFE Framed or Unframed. {Sunset Limited,”* (Annex.) New York. These proofs of any of the Original Drawings in Lire are hand-printed on Japan paper, mounted on boards and matted, ready for framing. These originals are not to be confounded with the cheaper prints cut from books and back numbers of Lire. Proofs are the same size as illustrations in LIFE. Price, framed in either gilt, Eng- lish oak or white enamel, $4.00; unframed, $2.00. The smaller drawings at half these rates. Orver or Your BooksELLER Life Publishing Co. = 19 & 21 Weat 3ist Street, NEW YORK. COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON $ it far out of the ordinary, In a led to the book's being burned at the TAKEN FROM LIFE VERSES wew YORK DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO. occe xcvit F printed in these pages have been & small volume of attractive appearance. The New York Sun says: “The verse are by some of the most skillful of our ¥ rers dle 80 have that combination of neat ness, delicate irony and playful humor ¢ tertstic of the brightest little The price of the vol 75¢. club binding ; $1.50 full leather, ‘Address, Life Publishing Co., 19 and 21 West 31st St., New York (its, hinoton OMAHA EXPOSITION A Suggestlon—Go to the Rocky Moun- tains for your vacation and stop at Omaha on the way to see the Expo sitlon, It can be done so comfortably. COLORADO OUTINGS THE YELLOWSTONE PARK are titles of Illustrated descriptive book- lets, which will be sent free with a folder about the Exposition, on application to P. &. EUSTIS, General Passenger Agent C. B. & Q.R.R. CHICAGO, ILL. seewoocooocoooscococorooes! GAY & BIRD, Publishers, London, ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE SECOND FPOUSsAND A.J, OREXEL BIODLE’S SPLENDID NOVEL. Word for Word and Letter for Letter Cloth and Gold, Superbly Ilustrated, 12mo., 208 pp. P. PRICE, 78 CENTS. “This t¢ a wonderful book and should have a tremendous sale.”—Southern Star, “Itisa deeply interesting story of Icve and treachery."— Wilmington News. “A fascinating story of dark events and strange fatalities."—Chattanooga Times. Although’ published scarcely a week, a large third edition has had to be put tn press to meet the extraordinary demand. “The books of A. J. Drexel Biddle, the Amer- ican writer, are becoming increasingly popular.” —London Literary World, For sale everywhere, or sent postpaid, on re- celpt of price, by the American agent, W. B. JENNIS! No. 607 WITHERSPQON BUILDING, Philadelphia comicbooks.com