Life, 1907-02-14 · page 25 of 28
Life — February 14, 1907 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and literary review page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon page. The left column reviews recent books (circa 1906), praising works by Churchill, Rosebery, and others, while noting the flood of mediocre new publications. Notable mentions include *The House of Mirth* by Edith Wharton and works by Southern writers on Civil War history. The right side contains **cruise ship advertisements** for the Hamburg-American Line's steamship *Kronprinzessin Cecilie*, offering trips to Jamaica, Nassau, Cuba, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico—with a note that Jamaica sailings were canceled due to "present conditions" (likely political unrest). Below are **product advertisements**: Beeman's Pepsin Gum, Sanderson's Mountain Dew soft drink, Meux's Original London Stout (with a physician's endorsement), and Old Crow Rye Whiskey. There are no political cartoons or satirical illustrations on this page—it functions as a standard magazine advertising and content section.
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. [found the Prince [Adelbert] before a heap of sausages with much bread and a lot of beer. I! the twelve sausages! It made me quite see him. Sultan has a Blase and skeptical but friendly, ce, and a great idea of his own importance. | experience that men with passionate ions are those who become old the soonest, calm natures use up their outer envelope the are therefore well preserved. ven o'clock Bismarck arrived. ink beer and Maitrank. By a reached the stage of anecdotes. ne with a certain arrogance. twelv He ai faint t m We smoked id by Bis- He treats and mare every HE book output of the past twelvemonth was. more notable for its list of appalling length diocre new volumes than for its high literary quality, says the Argonaut. More new books were published in +996, probably, than in any year since the invention of the printing-press, but few were of pronounced merit. Among the serious works that will continue to have readers are ‘ nston Churchill’s life of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill; Lord Rosebery’s volume on the same statesman, Frederick Harrison’s | “Memories and ‘Thou; izabeth Bisland We s ‘Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn,” Frederick Trevor Hill's ‘Lincoln, the Lawyer,” A.V. Williams Jackson’s “Persia, Past and *and the Hohenlohe Memoirs. James nodes's seven-volume history of the 1 States was completed during the year, n Bach MeMaster’s “History of the of the United States” reached its sixth Historical books of value by Southern re John W. Headley’s ‘Confederate Operations in New York and Canada,” Myrta Lockett. Avary’s “Dixie, After the War,” and “Memoirs of John H. Reagan.” Mrs. Wharton’s “The House of Mirth” was the most widely read andi 1 ectiseed of the year’s novels; other enter- y American novelists y were Booth a Peopi volume ston’s Churchill's “Coniston, Owen Baltimore,” Robert W. Chambers’s Hopkinson Smit ‘and Thomas Nelson P: ” ae ng, Hope, Hichens | Chance, more and, « An passil all the volumes by the newer English Lucas’s choice books have been by discriminating buyers. A of books by Californians were among the pular of the year, among them “The ” by Eleanor Gates; “Rich Men’s raldine Bonner ; “White Fang,” 3“ Whispering Smith,” by Frank “Anthony Overman,” by Mirian t in; “Montlivet,” by Alice Prescott Smith; “The Flock,” by Mary Austin, and “Reminis. cences of a Sportsman,” by J. Parker Whitney. Clever and interesting as these books are, a little brochure by Will Irwin, “The City That Was,” may continue to have readers when they shall have been long forgotten numbe Childe Pyrvevevevvvvevevevvvversvwerey ] | HAMBURG-AMERICAN JAMAICA BULLETIN The special sailings to Jamaica scheduled for the twin-screw S. S. KRONPRINZESSIN CECILIE have been with- drawn owing to the present conditions at KINGSTON. ‘SPECIAL TRIPS have been arranged for this superb new steamer of 9,000 tons to NASSAU, stay about 6 hours; PORTO RICO, stay about 12 hours; CUBA, stay about 22 hours; BER- MUDA, stay about 24 hours. Leaving NEW YORK February 19 and March 7 Duration of round trip about fifteen days. Cost, including stop-over privileges at Bermuda, $110 upward, including stateroom accommodations and meals. Passengers continuing iomeward voyage by one of the (Kronprinzessins) other sailings. SPECIAL SAILINGS to and from BERMUDA Direct by the S. S. KRONPRID IN CECILIE Leaving NEW YORK March 23, returning from BERMUDA March 26 $50 upward, including stateroom accommodations Round trip rates for this trip, and meals. “PRINZ” class and other steamers of our Atlas Service touch at Kingston, where railroad connections can be made for Port Antonio, the location of the superb Hotel Titchfield. Otherwise itinerary as per schedule. FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE, 35 and 37 Broadway, NEW YORK 1229 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA 150 Randolph Street, CHICAGO 90 State Street, BOSTON 901 Olive Sweet, ST. LOUIS 908 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO yeveuveussverrcvevermvsresrrrricccccss CHEW... Beeman’'s THE Onicinat Pepsin Gum ¢ + Cures Indigestion and Sea-sickaess. AMl_Otbers are_Imitations. SO ReR RR ERE SERS eeeeeecocoeen! 9 EUXS Original London Sy TOUT SANDERSON'S “Mountain Dew” in moderation and you will find that the life and force contained in it will be im- parted to you. Don't take our word. Try for yourself. The physician with his invalid 5 p * patient’s interest at heart will prescribe “ Meux’s.”” LUYTIES BROTHERS, Agents, N. Y. H. B. KIRK & CO. BOTTLERS, NEW YORK OLD CROW RYE srewonr WHISKEY soe comicbooks.com