Life — August 22, 1907 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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Zov 2 S Fiction Re WASHINGTONIAN who signs him- self “Old Boy” recently addressed a J a pathetic inquiry to a New York news paper. He finds, it appears, a pretty gen- eral conviction among his best read ac- quaintances that there is little fiction of the te last fifteen or twenty years that is really Jer worth reading; and while he is inclined to the same opinion, he confesses to a knowl- Phenomenal Victories edge too limited to entitle him to a judg- . ment. “Ts much of it worth while,” he [7 The Uniform and Consistent Winnings of the asks, “and why? Which ten or fifteen f lo ‘orks would give the highest idea of the POPE HAR FOR BE ee . es oe 8 ; ‘i N SOME of its aspects itis a painful and a delicate question, and we have been 7 ve waiting for some one to answer it. But at i Ki New York-Albany Endurance Run the present writing no one has done so. [7 an In this severest of all tests the 200 miles were covered with ease, the We felt sure that some of our publishers car ploughing through mud and water up to the hubs. No engine would find it incumbent upon them to en adjustments of any kind, no stops, outside of controls, save for punctures. lighten so ingenuous an ignorance. It Wilkesbarre Hill Climb would be so easy for them to supply “Old Outstripped every car on the course listed at less than $4,500 and in Boy” with a long list of recent hooks which Pry aaaial ” hg they themselves have repeatedly declared free-for-all” put out some of the largest and finest, one listing at $9,000. in display type to be proper to Literature Mexican Event—Jalisco Cup Race with a large “LL.” We are at a loss to un- Won the first international trophy ever awarded an American car. derstand their silence and the silence of the First in a large field of high-powered and high-priced machines. many critical celebrators of current fiction Long lala. na WAaGrenesRGA who have ravished the dictionary for terms + i" ‘ . - of appropriate praise. And as we suspect 293.6 miles covered in 9 hours and 33 minutes, actual time. First at “ Mig i f < that “Old Boy” is in a, boat with many every control and first at finish. Motor not touched during the contest. others, we venture to unload our own per: SCORES OF OTHERS sonal information and opinicn on the sul What Car Will You Buy for $2,750? ie foe “TS MUCH of it worth while, and why?” Adopting the Socratic method, we Pope Manufacturing Co. Bi ce eyerer HARTEORD, CONN. ing another: Excepting the infrequent groups of masters since the days of Field Nesters Associaton Licensed Axtomobite Masufactrers ing and Defoe, is much of the fiction within any period of fifteen or twenty years worth while? If“Old Boy” is content only with = the masters, he will be a man of few Looks. =a He may even carry the process of exclusion h HA Y * FEV ER FREE te 10c. SIZE J | tutther by sightly raising his standard of ¥ 4 taste, In Taine’s opinion, Thackeray pro THIS season CA LDER?’?S]) duced but one novel of artistic worth five rare nally ice ; Henry Esmond. To the late William Exn- es, dust nas wna acs somicne DENTINE est’ Henley, Thackeray’s faults were too D ing the trite) parts of the sasal cavity by fltering the air < : ‘ - ; a ; through ie lines alone Simply write and ask for it, enclosing pronounced for charity. For some minds vw We quarnster beneficial results, | 2c. stamp to cover postage. nee : 5 ft ‘The COMFORT MASALFILTER, We believe that once you have no really great novelist has arisen on Eng- the refu tried i cara weet 'stralto it, you will ever afterwards, DEMAND ag hrhere fini ; Woven suferer, It you wact ts calber’s. re lish soil. It is a scandal that we mention on road, hill and track, over cars of three ‘times its horse-power and many times i's cot, have astonished the entire automobile world. MiowesT quauityY only under our breath, that when we are Uni SupplyCo, Kintarlizenieenice asked to name an American fiction classic the )) Universal . . - A Cane: tao no. wai OY, Provioence. 1. [| WE can point only to a single work of "003 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. CALDER'S NAIL POLISH TABLET Nathaniel Hawthore’s and a few short and - IANSAMPLELBVIMAILI1003 storics by Poe and Bret Harte. gone comicbooks.com