Life, 1899-03-25 · page 2 of 32
Life — March 25, 1899 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **book advertising** rather than satirical content. It features two sections: 1. **Top section**: Scribner's Magazine advertisements listing April fiction, including works by A.T. Quiller-Couch, Colonel Roosevelt, and Henry van Dyke. The magazine cover shown features illustrated figures in period costume. 2. **Bottom section**: "Some Recent Fiction" — a catalog of novels from Harper & Brothers publishers, listing titles like "Ragged Lady," "Old Chester Tales," and "The Red Axe." The page contains **no political cartoons or satirical commentary**. It's a straightforward commercial advertisement page showcasing contemporary early 20th-century fiction titles and publishers, typical of Life magazine's mixed content format during this era.
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“THE SHIP OF STARS,” by A. T. Quiller-Couch (°Q"), a strong romance full of color and action, now begins, (Illustrated.) COL. ROOSEVELT’S “The Rough Riders” gives a hand to hand description of the charge and capture of San Juan Hill. (Photo- graphs taken at the front.) HENRY VAN DYKE'’S short story, ** A Lover of Music.” (Illustrated.) EASTER COVER In colors, by Maxtield Parrish ATOR HOAR'S Reminis- cences, (Illustrated. ROBERT LOUIS STEVEN- SON'S Letters. (Illustrated.) A WINTER JOURNEY TO THE KLONDYKE. By Frederick Palmer. (IIlus- trated.) THE GOSPEL OF TION. By William James. THE CITY EDITOR'S CON- SCIENCE. By Jesse Lynch Williams. (Ilustrated.) Mlustrations by W. A, Clark, Remington, McCarter, Loeb, Keller, Glackens and Peixotto. (Price, S conta a cops.) CHARLES SCRIBNER'’S RELAXA- | SONS # PUBLISHERS « NEW | STRONG HEARTS. By George W. Cable. Three novelettes in Mr. Cable's earlier manner. These stories have all the charm of- “Old Creole Days" with added power. (12mo, $1.25.) THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN. By E, W. Hornung. A fascinating story in which the adventures of an amateur burglar are told with infinite zest and delicious humor. (12mo, $1.25.) Pot THE CONFOUNDING OF CAMELIA. By Anne Douglas Sedgwick. A new novel, English in scene, by the author of the very successful “Dull Miss Archinard.” (12mo, $1.50 ) : THE STOLEN STORY, axp Orner Newspaper Stories. By Jesse Lynch Williams, Stories that portray life and character with a breadth and depth that lift them far above ordinary stories of newspaper life. (12mo, $1.25.) THE GREATER INCLINATION, By Edith Wharton. Wit, subtlety, and uncommon capacity in character drawing give these stories a distinctly attractive flavor. (12mo, $1.50.) IN THE IVORY SERIES. Each, 16mo, 75 cents. IF I WERE A MAN. The SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Story of a New-Southerner. Stories of Life in the Navy. By Harrison Robertson, By Anna A. Rogers. A CIVILIAN ATTACHE. By Helen Dawes Brown. An interesting sketch, with a love-story as its central theme, of life in a military post on the plains. YORK . SOME. RECENT FICTION. RAGGED LADY ANovel. By William Dean Howells. Illustrated by A. I. Kener. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.75. OLD CHESTER TALES By Margaret Deland. Illustrated by Howarp Pre. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50. THE INSTINCT OF STEP-FATHERHOOD | Stories, By Lilian Bell. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $1.25. | RODEN’S CORNER A Novel. By Henry Seton Merriman, ‘With Illustrations by T. pg Tuutstrur. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.75. SUNDOWN LEFLARE Short Stories. By Frederic Remington. Author. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. THE ASSOCIATE HERMITS A Novel. By Frank R. Stockton. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50. AN ANGEL IN A WEB A Novel. By Julian Ralph. 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50. Illustrations by the Illustrated by A. B. Frost. Illustrated by W. T. Swzpiey. Post THE OPEN QUESTION olay A Tale of Two Temperaments. By Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond). Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50. SHORT RATIONS Short Stories. By Williston Fish. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. BY ORDER OF THE MAGISTRATE A Novel. By W. Pett Ridge. Dost 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. THE RED AXE A Novel. By S, R. Crockett. Illustrated. mental, $1.50. PEEPS AT PEOPLE Passages from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup, Jour- | nalist. By John Kendrick Bangs. Illustrated by Eowarp PENFiELp. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Colored Top, $1.25. THE CAPSINA An Historical Novel. By E, F, Benson. Illustrated by G. P. Jacomn-Hoop. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50. i | THE RIVER SYNDICATE Short Stories, By Charles E, Carryl. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Omamental, $1.25. Illustrated by C. J. Taytor. Post 8vo, Cloth, Orna- | HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK, N. Y. ‘eCoMicbooks=com