Life — February 6, 1908 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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A Saratoga correspondent takes his pen in hand to speak a word in defense of the “cheap” magazines, which had been the subject of a disparaging editorial ; and it is greatly to the credit of the Post that it prints his letter in full. The correspondent is caretul to make it clear that he is no outcast; he really prefers the Atlantic, Century and Putnam's, “But,” he continues, “I do not feel it any self-derogation to read the illustrated articles (barring fiction) in several of the cheaper magazines—in fact, I find some entertainment and instruction in them. * * & 'HE editors of the ten-cent magazines may well feel gratified. Of course, they know very well that in catering to the masses they are repelling more fastidious readers. As purveyors of literature to the- plain people they find their satisfaction (at least, so we understand it) in reaching the minds and hearts of the millions who otherwise would not read magazines at all. It is the policy pursued for similar reasons by the proprictors of the newspaper “yellows,” with the educational effect on the general public that nobody can deny. But the feeling that one is elevating the humble is not always sustaining to the consciousness of higher powers; and so the “cheaper” editors will prize the assurance that ‘‘self-derogation” does not necessarily attend an inspection of their wares (fiction excluded) by a prosperous and: educated reader. Pure French Literature E HAVE always maintained that the French were not frivolous at heart. Now comes M. Hugues Leroux and his earnest associates to clinch our contention. They would prove to Americans that France has nourished a higher form of literature than the output of Zola, Mau- passant, ef compagnie; and to this end they are taking pains possible only to the serious-minded. 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