Life, 1901-06-27 · page 6 of 21
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 544 This page is primarily **book reviews and literary criticism**, not political satire. "The Latest Looks" section reviews new publications including works by Margaret Horton Potter, Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, and Beulah Marie Dix. The only illustration labeled "AN AMERICAN AUTHORESS AT WORK" shows a woman writer at her desk—likely meant humorously to depict the romantic notion of female authorship versus reality. Below is a section titled "Our Fresh-Air Fund" listing monetary contributions, followed by "Extremes," a brief humorous dialogue between Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Charshaw about cooking lectures and practical domestic economy. The page contains **no political cartoons or caricatures**—it's a standard literary and humor column typical of Life magazine's content during this period.
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BG (THE LATEST 00 cat Ec Ss ie oR MARGARET HORTON POTTER a again shows in The House of de Muilly the power of bringing graphic- ally before us the life and spirit of a bygone which she showed in Her new book is a romance of the court of Louis X and while in plot it differs but little from the average historical romance, it ¢ in the cleverness of its char- acterization. (Harper and Brothers. $1.50.) Ellen Thorne ft Fowler has pub- lished a book of short. stori alled Sirius. They are very poor. Some of them, like The Shepherd Guide and Artistic Nemesis, laughably so. pound in the hothouse- conversation which has be counted unto the author for (D. Appleton and Company Mrs. Reginald de Koven has, in By the Waters of Babylou, attempted the difficult task of drawing a convincing Uneanonized, Our Fresh-Air Fund. Previously acknowledged... Mra. Wm. A. Tale $2,161.08 10.00 In Memory of TLS. Te.-ccee cece 4.00 c.G. Smith... ss esesescaesces 100 Miss Bacon... Mrs Mackay, Harber 11tt Boston . cot Childs Jas, 8, Denn Harold Bogert XeVe Rese W. I. Caldwell. As this column goes to press sixteen days In advance of the date of p) litte time must, of necesstt contribution can be acknowled If name and address accompany the remit tance & formal receipt is promptly matled, stating the fase in which the pabite acknow! edgment will be made, ation, some lapse before a LIFE PUPLISHERS_ANNGUNCESERT THE EQOK OF THE YEAR _ THE SWORD OF BLOOD, susi€ “SKITTS Fins? EDITION picture of the life of a forgotten civilization twenty-three hun- dred yearsago. Her preparation for the work has evidently been carefully made, and her efforts, considering the circumstances, are successful. (Herbert S. Stone and Company, Chicago.) Beulah Marie Dix gives us a good picture of life in Massachusetts toward the end of the seventeenth century in The Making of Christopher Ferring- The adventures of a wild but attractive young Cavalier sent out to reform among his Puritan relatives form the basis of the tale. (The Mac- millan Company. 31.50.) ham. Zack's new book, a story of a Devonshire fish- ing village called The White Cot- tage, contains ex- cellent character work and isa well - conceived study of the good sometimes h i d- den in the ungod- ly and the hard- ness of the unco’ guid. (Charles Scribner's Sons.) Under the title of The ta Hungarian Ro- mance John Fret- well has pub- lished a synoj of Maurus J 8 novel, There Is a God, the full text of which has never been trans- lated into Eng- Christian AT LIFE'S FARM, A SNAPSHOT. AN AMERICAN AUTHORESS AT WORK. lish. Except to enthusiasts on the subject of Dr. Jokai's work the book will hardly prove of interest. (James H. West Company, Boston. $1.00.) The Life of the Dee is a blending of natural history and pleasant philosoph- ical dissertation by Maurice Maeter- linck. The translation is excellent. (Dodd, Mead and Company. 1.40.) J. B. Kerfoot, Extremes. MES: CRAWFORD: So you haven't found the course of lectures on cooking you attended to be of much practical use? Mrs. Cransuaw: No, my dear. ‘They either told you how to prepare terrapin and canvasback, or else how to live on fifteen cents a day.