Life — August 1, 1907 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The Literary Zoo" and Advertisement Page This page combines advertisements with a satirical column titled "The Literary Zoo." The main content is a Morgan & Wright Tires advertisement featuring a scenic road with a windmill, promoting the brand's durability for touring. The right column's "Literary Zoo" discusses authors dealing with new copyright/censorship laws. It mocks several named writers (Lyman Abbott, Cyrus Townsend Brady, George Ade) who must now label their books with ingredient-style percentages of qualities like "Gush," "Sentiment," and "Virtue." The satire critiques both the authors' reactions to regulation and the absurdity of governmental classification systems imposed on creative works. Additional advertisements for Allen's Foot-Ease powder and Canadian whisky appear below.