Life, 1908-05-28 · page 19 of 24
Life — May 28, 1908 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than political satire or comics. The dominant features are: 1. **"The Sagamore on Lake George"** — a resort advertisement highlighting leisure activities (tennis, boating, golf) available seasonally. 2. **"Rocky Mountain Limited"** — a railroad advertisement for Chicago-to-Colorado passenger service. 3. **"The World's Wit and Humor"** — the page's main promotional feature, advertising a 15-volume literary collection edited by prominent American editors (Joel Chandler Harris, Brander Matthews, etc.). The copy argues that humor and satire throughout history have been vehicles for social enlightenment, citing Voltaire's attacks on the Bourbon monarchy and Cervantes's critique of false chivalry. 4. **"1908 Catalogue of Life's Prints"** — promoting Life's art reproductions. The page lacks political cartoons or satirical commentary. It's essentially a **commercial page** designed to sell upscale products and services to Life's educated, wealthy readership.
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Open June to October on the Grandest Lake in Amer- ica. Tennis, Boating, Ri- ding, Golf, Automobiling, ON LAKE GEORGE etc. New State Road. T, EDMUND KRUMBHOLZ, SAGAMORE, N. Y. 469 Great Men Wrote This: A few of the : Turn Do you realize that almost every writer of human appeal in the B yout Beck oP 409 history of nations has used humor—and that a perfect Library of Humor wor! an worry Authors must contain the masterpieces of all literatures ? The Library of the 4 ioe te eviag: is Increased by. the represented World's Wit and Humor contains the best work of 469 authors—the *Terauotee aly, brecingmountain in’ the cream of the literature of 3,000 years. marvelous scenery, 6000 miles of trout set. streams. Nature is always ather best. Chancer Shakespeare Rocky Mountain ie Limited inest one night trein, Chicago to Colorado; lighted throughout. Carries unique bul- observation car, drawing room Pul id diner. 10:32 P. rrying luxurious cor partment cars in addition to standard Pullmans. Oar new book “ Under the Turquoise Sky” it is yours for the asking . Jane Austen Charles Lamb Rock John Sebastian Beg Passenger Traffic Mer. cs Wit, the World Power Island Room 1768 : From Homer to Mark Twain, ridicule and satire have done more than La Salle Station, Chicago ‘ amuse—they have enlightened. The witty Voltaire, that “ strident laugh across the eighteenth century,”” shook the throne of the Bourbons till it tottered and fell. Cervantes dealt a death blow to that false chivalry which fought windmills, while millions starved. eo] peat The World’s Wit and Humor ings 15 Handsome Volumes ‘ ~ i See Edward Everett Hale : . fe Pub. Con and" Rad-Dridge™ registration. 3$ cent T ris, Co aed ge’ regtetrat conta rel he eminent editors are Joel Chandler Harris, Brander Matthews, Andrew Wil deatere or sont direct, postpaid. on receipt of price. ‘Mark Torain Lang, Lionel Strachey. and William Hayes Ward,—a brilliant group from Raactifte & Co., NewYork, {41 Peart St..& London, E.C, Agama Ward iy both sides of the Atlantic, whose names guarantee the completeness and William Dean’ Howells quality of the set. This is not a mere collection of funny sto: Look mt Harte over the column at the left. Only a few of the authors are mentioned, but Joel Chandler Harris everyone stands high in the history of literature. Many lands are repre- I 08 ( ‘atalo ue Eragene Field ey Sented--America, England, France-Germany, Russia, Italy, Spain, Greece, George. Rome, Persia, China, Japan, Arabia. There are 1,015 separate selections de . : Finley Petes Deans in the set—6,000 pages of keen pleasure that makes for culture. 7, Francois Villon ‘The volumes, $% x8 inches in size, are bound in green and gold, gold tops. beautifully printed O 1fe’s Frints Margaret of Navarre with superb photopravure frontiapiecca, “There ia, too, a hotable collection of histone eartoonse= Rabelais a better light on history than volumes of text, Ball a af ‘ Portfolio Reproducing in carefully printed minia- me, from “Life” tures 163 of LIFE’S latest and best pic- To so buyers of the “World's Wit and Humor.” we will five. FREE, the “COMEDY OF LIFE," a copyrighted portfolio of 128 of the best ilfustrations from tures by Hutt, Clay, Read, Balfour Ker, Zola LIFE. ‘These are by Gibson, Hutt, Blashfield, Kemble, and others of the wi s = Senin artists of the day. eee fares, op Jeavs piste la ensure $0 by if toch lb bert, ler tea delight. either {a the portfolio oF fr fof the 126 illustra Blashfield, Gibson, Gilbert, Budd, Flagg, | Gove tna searatey connate 28 cms The comlte pore lefeew 1 Bayard Jones, Squires, Broughton, Jacobs, wae ou il Your order forthe “World's Wit and Humor” is one ofthe Stewart, Hanna, Grant, Phillips, and en $1.00 is All others. LIFE’S PRINTS provide an fiona Tt costs you only $1.00 to get the books to your home. Mail . 1 the coupon to-day with $1.00, and we will send you the complete inexpensive but not cheap form of mura aati Set, express prepaid for examination. ‘These books would lecoration. They are embellishments for Gorkt sell for $2.0 a volume in book stores, but you pay only ( . ) . Joxat you find them satisfactory after examination. And it any home, the most costly or the simplest. Bienkiewics Four grder is one of the fest 6 you will ect’ FREE, LIFES KRIDGE PAD. Husnorously illustrated by Life’ oeraphed ts ten colors on Rad-bridge” three rubber £2.00 month for 8 months for the 15 volumes, provided es fhe | Comedy st Lifes If you don’t Mie the The new catalogue will be sent to any aseenna penks, worse them back at oul egpense, Here address on receipt of ten cents, by Pores eye Bo reek tat vou memes oes 83 core Aas LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, The Reviewict Reviews 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York 18 Astor Place y New York comicbooks.com