Life, 1903-09-10 · page 2 of 20
Life — September 10, 1903 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising** rather than editorial content. It showcases reproductions of romantic artworks by John Cecil Clay from Life Publishing Company, priced at $1.00 each. The four illustrated pieces—"The Wedding Ring," "Ich Liebe Dich," "A Cozy Corner," and "With Bread and Cheese and Kisses"—depict intimate domestic scenes of couples in affectionate poses. Below this is an advertisement for a novel called *Cirillo* by Effie Douglass-Putnam, described as "a delightful romance of musical and artistic life in Modern Florence." The book costs $1.25 and is advertised as being "handsomely printed and luxuriously bound in red leather and gold." The page reflects early 20th-century commercial publishing, marketing sentimental romantic imagery and literature to readers.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACT OF 1001. Reproductions in COLOR after John Cecil Clay hex Hedaie ao The Wedding Ring Copyright, 109, Lite "Teh Liebe Dich” The Wedding Ring Size, 13x15 A Cory Corner A Cory Corner “With Bread and Cheese and Kisses” Size, 13x15 Matted in Royal Brown $1.00 EACH Life Publishing Co. 19 West 31st Street New York Copyright, 2. 18, Life “Ich Liebe Dich” Size, 13515 “With Broad and Cheese and Kisses ” Size, 13215 JUST PUBLISHED CIiIR_ILLO By EFFIE DOUGLASS-PUTNAM A delightful romance of musical and artistic life in Modern Florence. Exquisitely told in simple, direct English. An international love-affair depicted from the cheerful rather than the cynical point of view. Handsomely printed and luxuriously bound in red leather and gold. Price $1.25, from all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 19 West Thirty - First Street New York City comicbooks.com