Life, 1902-11-13 · page 6 of 22
Life — November 13, 1902 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a book review section titled "The Latest Books" rather than political satire. The main illustration shows a fashionably dressed woman and man in early 1900s attire, accompanying reviews of contemporary novels. The featured books include works by John Ruskin (edited by Frederick Harrison), Myrtle Reed's *Love Letters of a Musician* and *Lavender and Old Lace*, Anthony Hope's *The Intrusions of Peggy*, and Clara Louise Burnham's *The Right Princess*. The dialogue beneath the illustration ("I don't see why you like me any better because I am changeable...") appears to reference romantic themes in the reviewed works. The small illustration at bottom right labeled "The Unspeakable Turk" suggests contemporary geopolitical concerns, though its specific context remains unclear from this page alone.
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peo volume of the series that appears emphasizes the value of John Morley’s work in the editing of English Men of Letters, A treatise upon John Ruskin from Frederick Harrison's pen is the latest comer and is a notable addition to our critical literature. As there are few men of genius in whose work the wheat and the chaff are so thoroughly mingled as in Ruskin’s, so it would be hard to find a winnowing at once so just and so delicate as Mr. Herrison's. (The Macmillan Company. 75c.) . In none of her later writing does Myrtle Reed show the same tactful avoidance of the false notes of sentiment which character- izes her Love Letters of a Musician. Laven- der and Old Lace is her first novel. It is a pretty story, very tenderly pretty in places, but here and there it crosses the indefinable line beyond which, except to the very young or the very old, pathos loses its appeal and sentiment rings false. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.) London, social and political, is again the subject of Anthony Hope's work forthe year. The Intrusions of Peggy, however, as indeed the name suggests, is written in a lighter and more popular spirit than Quisante, although it is far below that book in conceptional power and artistic balance. But it is bright and it is amusing, and these are the more important qualities now that novels are only written to be read and cast aside. (Harper and Brothers. $1.50) Christian Science, under the chaper- onage of Clara Louise Burnham, makes its first bow to fiction (fiction in its technical literary sense, that is) in a novel called The Right Princess. Theearly chapters give the impression that the author is going to demonstrate some “1 DON'T SER WHY YOU LIKE MEANY BETTER BECAUSE I 4M CHANOEABLE.”” EVERY TIME I Kis YOU IT 18 LIKE KISSING ANOTHER GIRL.’ ‘ua Geeeue aie vomx: comicbooks.com