Life, 1898-07-14 · page 2 of 20
Life — July 14, 1898 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This page is primarily **advertising rather than satire**. It contains three distinct ads: 1. **"Gloria Victis"** — A novel by J.A. Mitchell (Life's editor), with positive reviews praising its literary merit and entertainment value. 2. **Waltham Watch advertisement** — A patriotic appeal stating American soldiers and sailors should carry Waltham watches, claiming they are "the best American watches." This appears to leverage WWI-era nationalism and military service. 3. **Framed Proofs service** — Life Publishing Company offers to frame original artwork from Life magazine for customers. The right side features an illustration of a fashionably dressed woman in Edwardian attire, likely decorative rather than satirical. Overall, this is a typical early-20th-century magazine page blending editorial content with commercial advertisements.
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A New Novel by J. A. MITCHELL, Editor of LIFE. GLORIA VICTIS 12mo. 81.26. “Tt is worth reading, and stimulating both to the aspirations and the sympathics,”"—Pioneer Press, St. Pa ‘Gloria Victis’ is one of those books we read, lay down and think Rpatsand discuss, if possible, with another who has read it.” —Chronicle, Binghamton, N. Y. “J. A. Mitchell, the editor of Life, has a sprightly: sty le and a play of fancy, that make his’ writings always entertainin; his ‘Amos Judd’ and ‘That First Affair’ pleased many readers. ir. “ofitehel's new story, ‘Gloria Victis,’ is a much more ambitious work than those stories, and will at once give him rank among our contributors to fiction as a writer of daring yet delicate imagination.”—Erening Bulletin, Philadelphia. ‘It is a clever book; every reader will find it entertaining ; many will disco over in it the fulfillment of a serious literary motive. —Philadelphia Press. “It begins well, but wanders from the path of interest, and steadily increases in idiocy after the fourth chapter, In addition to its general inanity, the story is sloppily written, and one wonders how such a firm as the Scribners ever published it.”—San Francisco Call, CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, 153-157 Fifth Ave. N. Y. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. LUXURY, COMFORT, SPEED, California, Arizona, Mexico, Japan, China, Around the World. 349 Broapway, AND 1 Battery Pace (Washington Building), New York. —* pire imeal For Every American soldie and every American sailor should carry the best American watch. The original American watch was a Waltham watch. Waltham watches are now, as the always have been, the ibest American watches, Framed Proofs of Originals from LI FE Pre OF ANY OF INGS FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAW- LIFE WILL BE FURNISHED, SUITABLY AND DAINTILY FRAMED, ON APPLICATION. INGS, TION WITHIN ONE NEW YORK CITY, $4. PROOFS WITHOUT FRAMES AT ABOVE PRICES. OF LIFE AND ORDERS WILL FILLED. BE LARGE DOUBLE-PAGE DRAW- INCLUDING FRAME AND TRANSPORTA. HUNDRED MILES FROM SMALLER DRAWINGS, $2. HALF THE MAKE SELECTIONS FROM FILES PROMPTLY Proofs are same size | as illustrations in LIFE. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 19 and 21.West Thirty-first Street, New York City. COPYRIGHT FOR GAEAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HEROERSON UNDER THE ACT OF 181 comicbooks.com