Life, 1900-04-07 · page 2 of 32
Life — April 7, 1900 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Content Analysis This page is **primarily advertising** for book publishers rather than satirical content. The left side features **Scribner's Magazine's April Number** advertisement, prominently advertising coverage of the Boer War with field photographs and stories by Ernest Seton-Thompson and other authors. The price is 25 cents. The right side and lower section showcase **Harper & Brothers' new publications**, including titles like "A Manifest Destiny," "Woman and Artist," and notably "Red Pottage" by Mary Cholmondelay, described as selling at "1,000 Copies a Day." The soldier illustration on the left likely relates to the Boer War content being advertised. There is **no evident political satire or cartoon humor** on this page—it functions as a straightforward publishing industry advertisement page typical of early 1900s magazines.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GACAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACT OF 1001. SCRIBNER'S APRIL NUMBER With photographs Stories by Ernest Hen vanDykeand Edith Wharton The Charm of Paris byIdaM. Tarbell with notable illustrations SCRIBNER’S NEW FICTION. THE TOUCHSTONE. By’ Edith’ Wharton Author of “The Greater Inclination” (sth edition, 12mo, $1.50). A very unusual and brilliant short novel, in which a singular situation is worked out with the same searching accuracy and psychological detail which characterized Mrs, Wharton's short stories, 12mo, $1.25. THEGARDENOFEDEN. THE GRIP OF HONOR By Blanche Willis Howard, author of By Cyrus Townsend Brady, aath {Dionysius (he Weaver's’ Heart's Fy, ere seeped t."" A novel inthe author's best absorbing ic romance, full of in which she has treated one ramatic and picturesque inci- estions of modern Mlustrated by Gibbs. 12mo, society. 12M0, $1.50. ENOCH WILLOUGHBY A Novel of the Middle West By James A. Wickersham. Thi will be certain to attract atten' asa study of strenuous spiritu asa story of human love. 12mo, $1.50. BOYS AND MEN. A Story of Life at Yale By Richard Holbrook. ‘The story of how, under varied college influences, two boys develop into men. 12mo, $1.35, dents. $t.50. REDBLOOD AND BLUE By Harrison Robertson. A charming ‘story of the South, in which the rival efforts of two herdes for the favor of the heroine are ingeniously and interest. ingly detailed. 12m0, $1.50. TOOMEY AND OTHERS By Robert Shackleton. Strong, clean ‘stories, in which the author has described with fidelity, pathos and humor the life of one of New York's most picturesque districts. 1amo. Jn Press. THE BOSS OF TAROOMBA E. W, Hornung. Another ro- ‘mance by Mr. Hornung, in which thnil- ing experiences with bushrangers form the background for an engrossing love Mory. The Teory Sertes, tomo, 75 cts. SMITH COLLEGE STORIES By E. W By Josephine Dodge Daskam. An animated picture of life in a woman's ‘ing what this life really is ses. 12M0, $1.50. CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, Publishers, New York. Harper & Brothers New Publhcations A Manifest Destiny. By Junia Macruper. A story of society life of to-day in this country and in England, by a writer whose skill in story-telling is recognized. Ill, Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25. Woman and Artist. By sax one. The author's first novel, An amusing taleof a London artist and his wife. The ingenui- ty of the author shows itself in a very cleverly conceived plot abound- ing in curious complications. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.50. The Nerve of Foley, and Other Raliroad Stores. By P. Il. Sreanuan, “A collection of rattling good storles."* —New York Sun. UL, Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25. humor and touches of social The Love of Parson Lord, and Other Stories. By Mary E, Witxins. “Miss Wilkins fs supreme tn her chosen Selling at the Rate of 1,000 Copies a Day. Red Pottage By MARY CHOLMONDELEY. “It is enlivened toa notebis degree by flashes of quiet tire, engages the closest attention. Post Svo, Cloth, $1.50. Christian Science and Other Essays. py san Twat. Undoubtedly the most intensely striking book of essays on other than purely literary subjects which has appeared for many years. Illustrated, Crown 8vo, Cloth, $1.75, The First American; His Homes and His Households. By Lema Herpert. * These 8... Seem to me not only interesting, but admirably done, and they certainly deserve @ permanent place in the Washington _ literature "—Fztret from aletter from The Hon. Henry Cabot Illustrated, Crown 8vo, Cloth, $2.00. Men with the Bark On. 7 Farpenic Remiatox, Strong storie of rough life characteristically {los trated by the author, And it is a book which Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25. THE DIAL. fleld.""—CAteago Tribune. Ill., Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. The Danvers Jewels and Sir Charles Danvers. Two stories of stirring and romantic qualities. One volume, cloth, $1.00, Ill, $6mo, Cloth, $1.25. The ‘Becky Sharp’? Edition of Vanity Fair. By Wniux axe rrack Tuackenay. With 48 full-page pictures from scenes in the play of “ Becky Sharp.” Third Edition, Cloth, Ornamental, in Box, $2.50. Harper's Guide to the Paris Exposition. ‘The most complete guide that has been issued, as regards maps, dlagrams, tabulated information, French colloquial phrases, and other special features, Iustrated, Flexible Cloth Covers, $1.00. HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, Franklin Square, New York. comicbooks.com