Life, 1905-12-07 · page 10 of 60
Life — December 7, 1905 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising for holiday books** published by Houghton Mifflin and McClure, Phillips & Company, circa early 1900s. It features no political cartoons or satire. The main illustration shows a domestic Christmas gift scene: a woman presenting a wrapped package to a man. The dialogue reads: "IS THIS THE PACKAGE I JUST BOUGHT?" / "YES, MUM." / "WELL, YOU CAN CHANGE IT FOR A GLOBE OF GOLD FISH." This is gentle **domestic humor** about gift-giving anxiety—the woman worries her purchase may displease the recipient, so she offers an exchange option. It's not satirical but rather illustrates the holiday shopping experience for the page's advertised book audience. The books advertised include titles on family life, religion, and travel narratives—typical genteel holiday gift selections for the era's educated middle class.
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The Most Beautiful Holiday Book of the Year ‘nesta rae” HER LETTER ARTHUR 1 KELLER hing nowadays could e me the thrill ef del “T wish that some t that these poems of Bret Harte did when first I read them.""— Jeannette L, Gilder, e the Critic,“ No Gift Book ever came out of a box that was prettier than ‘Her Letter "— New York Globe, With 44 full page pictures, in color and tint, and many decorations in gold by Arthur I. Keller. Boxed, $2.00. IN OUR CONVENT DAYS By AGNES REPPLIER “Perfect stories, warm from the heart and spirit of the writer, alive with that indefinable thrill that means an impeccable reality and truth to nature Record-Herald, $1.10, net. Postpaid, $1.20 THE STORY OF NOAH’S ARK By E, BOYD SMITH THE PARDONER’S WALLET By SAMUEL M, CROTHERS A new book of delightful essays Ly the author of “The Gentle Reader.’ Their quiet delicacy recalls “The Autocrat,” and there is just enough humor to suit the taste of to-day. $1.25, net. Postpaid, $1.36 LONELY O’MALLEY by ARTHUR STRINGER —Chicago “A Bible story treated humorously and yet rever- ently! And there is nota grown-up but will chuckle at all of these pictures, which are both artistic and tre- mendously funny." — Washington Star. $2.00 net. Postpaid, $2.19 “Older readers will also enjoy it, for it contains much genuine humor and will serve as a pleasant reminder of the days of their youth.’’—Boston Tran- script, Illustrated with pen and ink sketches, $1.50. THE COUNSELS OF A WORLDLY GODMOTHER By PERSIS MATHER “A series of bright letters dealing with the events and opinions of modem social life from a thoroughly and avowedly worldly standpoint. Mrs. Mather illustrates her advice by pungent anecdotes, and the common sense and the sparkle of her curtain lectures may attract notice when more serious writing would fail."—The Outlook, New York. $1.50. An Illustrated Holiday Lulletin with complete announcements will be matlled free, on request HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & COMPANY, BOSTON AND NEW YORI Two Exceptionally Clever Books for Christmas Gifts MY FRIEND THE CHAUFFEUR by C..N. and A. M. Witatastsoy, with 6 ill Cloth, 12mo, $1.50 trations All whose souls have felt and responded to the heart throbs of a motor, who know its sighs and sobs, its little ailments and its great streng find that ‘\My Friend the Chauffeur” br the spirit of automobilins. All who enjoy foreign travel, picturesque scenery, quaint towns and ancient castles, will delight in these things under the guidance of * My Friend the Chauffeur.” All who love a love story well told will enjoy the love of ** My Friend the Chauffeur.” He isa titled Englishman, disguised as a chauffeur, who conducts an American girl and her party in his own automobile from the Riviera through Northern Italy to Venice and Dalmatia, THE PANG YANGER dy Euma A. Travis, M.D. 12mo. $1.50 A Pang Yangeris a native of Pang Yang, a primitive village of tanners in the Catskills, “Abijah Bead is the Pang Yanger, a man with a strange sense of justice and revenge, who punishes his faithiess wife by bringing her son to grow up in the community where she is best known that his startling resemblance will be a punishment to her. His purpose is overwhelmed and set aside by the irresistible impulse of his love for a Southern girl who comes to live in the mountain village near Pang Yang, and whose love for him sweeps over his great nature like the forest fire which wiped Pang Yang out of existence. The Pang Yanger’s comments on men and things are a part of the entertainment of the book, f 41 S$ THIS THE PACKAGE 1 JUST BOUGHT?” Es, MUM,” “WELL, YOU CAN CHANGE IT FOR A GLOBE OF GOLD FISH.” McCLURE, PHILLIPS & COMPANY 44 East 23rd Street, New York 2