Life, 1911-01-12 · page 40 of 44
Life — January 12, 1911 — page 40: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and magazine promotion** rather than satirical content. The main elements are: 1. **Old Overholt Rye whiskey advertisement** (left): A straightforward liquor ad emphasizing the product's age and traditional distilling methods since 1810—no satire evident. 2. **"The Literary Zoo" column** (left): A literary commentary discussing how readers of modest means access classics through cheap reprints, often settling for available books rather than their first choice. The author ironically notes this might explain why certain authors are widely read—not necessarily by choice but by circumstance. 3. **Current Literature magazine promotion** (center/right): An advertisement describing the magazine's departments (world news, biography, science, music/drama, religion/ethics). There is **no political cartoon visible** on this page. The content reflects early 20th-century concerns about literary accessibility and magazine publishing, but contains no identifiable caricatures or satirical imagery targeting specific figures or events.
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-LIFE: ing the progress of his plays by inter- And all I have said so far has line jecting into the mouths of his charac- to do with the eminent theolo ters reflections that have nothing to do whose elevation to the Episcopate The with the matter. How exquisite the vented him from writing a life of hish After the result! Macbeth’s incomparable gran- Christ. Dean Farrar wrote it instead. i most careful deurs of phrase in the fifth act, when He does not explain why a bishop man distilli ther he speaks of “a tale told by an idiot, could not perform the feat, especially are _ , distilling, there full of sound and fury, signifying as that bishop had promised to do it. Dea at lies for nothing,” are gloriously irrelevant. (Concluded on page 145) type years in a “ government _ bo: ded warehouse, growing mellow and sweet—for you. is an “‘ old-fashioned,” honest whiskey. Now made just as it was ‘way back in 1810. Distilled and Bottled ix Booa by A. OVERHOLT & CO. PITTSBURGH, PA. / 1 A Comprehensive Survey of The Literary Zoo The World’s Activities and Thought. (Continued from page 143) JURRENT LITERATURE is an illustrated 1 purchase a volume of Huxley in that review of the large events and im- ! miraculously cheap “People’s Li- portant utterances of the month. It is | brary" which the Cassells retail in 20 in touch with the changing world that even its editor cannot tell what t cloth for a quarter a volume. I could subjects will be treated by it one month ahead. The great currents of thought not get Huxley, so I fell back upon the and action, in politics and industry, in science and religion, in literature and the Lord. Something like that always drama, are all brilliantly mirrored in its pages. It sweeps the whole field, in both happens to me when I try to educate hemispheres, as no other magazine in the world has ever before done, and gives myself through the medium of the you the interpretations on all sides of all vital questions. The five chief departments t cheap reprints of the classics. I have of Current Literature are: a read much of Charles Lamb, because I could not get Darwin. The bookseller A Review of the World didn’t happen to have it. A neighbor . . A eects . of mine has read Shakespeare nearly A_comprehensive review of the news of the times by the Editor-in-Chief. “ a 7 , This is the chief feature of the magazine and one of surpassing interest and through, because he couldn't get value. 2 Dumas. Is there not a clue in this P. ° hi F d circumstance to the unexpected popu- ersons in the oregroun larity of certain authors? Whenever Every month Current Literature devotes a large section accompanied by fine I read the statistics from the libraries photographs, to biographical details of men and women of the moment. These to the effect that Milton is being wide- character sketches are of the people who are making history. t ly read, because “ Paradise Lost” has ° G q been taken out so much, I invariably Science and Discovery I suspect that the readers who took the .. The achievements of the toilers in these two great branches of human activ- ‘ blind bard's masterpiece couldn't get ity are completely recorded month by month under the above heading. Subjects * the Peendh dttactive stacy the it are dealt with clearly in a popular way and the bearing and value of each new 1 French detective: story they actually scientific discovery are fully discussed. sough’ But I am wandering from the point. Music and Drama Not that itimatters; ‘The objection to In addition to critical reviews of the most important dramatic and musical t irrelevancy never appealed to: ‘me works, and personal details regarding dramatists, actors and musicians, this de- Shakespeare is the least relevant of partment includes a condensation of one of the most successful plays of the I writers. He is perpetually interrupt- month. 9 Religion and Ethics f a A r These two subjects are of profound concern to every thinking man. Each 0 he Latest Book on Auction Bridge month the leading articles and books pertaining to them are passed in review. 2 This section is edited in a broad, impartial spirit, absolutely without bias. OMPLETE “HELLESPONT" UCTION BRIDGE °f rin,Ssturéey Concise and comprehensive—including the laws of Auction Bridge. Cloth, $1.25 net. B. LIPPINCOTT CO. PHILADELPHIA CURRENT LITERATURE PUBLISHING COMPANY 134-140 WEST 29th STREET - - + + + NEW YORK CITY comicbooks.com