Life, 1911-08-03 · page 38 of 40
Life — August 3, 1911 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book notices**, not political satire. The dominant content is a full-page advertisement for William J. Locke's novel *The Glory of Clementina*, published by John Lane Company at $1.30. The copy emphasizes Locke's reputation as "the best writer of fiction today" and claims booksellers expect record sales. The right column contains routine "Books Received" listings—standard publishing notices of new titles with prices. Below that is an advertisement for Old Overholt Rye whiskey (playing on timelessness: "keeps pace with the times by being as good as it used to be") and an ad for paper fasteners claiming 75 million units sold annually. **There is no political cartoon or satire on this page.** It represents typical early 20th-century magazine content mixing literature promotion with commercial advertising, all framed within *Life* magazine's broader editorial space.
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LOCKE'S GREAT NOVEL The Glory Clementina NOW READY Everything good, ‘‘ Locke-wise,"" may be said of William J. Locke’s latest and best novel, The Glory af Clementina. It will be a delight to the novel-reading public, who, for a large part, hold him first in their carts as the best writer of fiction today. The booksellers of the United States and Great Britain have prepared for a greater sale of The Glory of Clementina than of any other novel published this summer. For SaLe At ALL BooKk STORES $1.30 fixed price, everywhere. Posta~e 12 cents JOHN LANE COMPANY, NEW YORK The Same Old" Whiskey | keeps pace with the times by being as g as it used to be Old Overholt Rye Dependably the same—always— mellow, rich, pure—a deli- Dy ciousness never to be for- gotten Books Received The Miller of Old Church, by Ellen gow. (Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.35.) rchy, by Sewell Ford. (Edward J Clode. $1.25 net.) The Young Idea, by Parker H. Fill- more. (John Lane Company. $1.25 net.) The Corner of Harley Street. Some familiar correspondence of Peter Hard- ing, M.D. (Houghton Mifflin Co. $1.25 net.) The Man With the Scar, by Warren and Alice Fones. (R. G. Badger, Bos ton, Mass. $1.50.) Notable Men of Chicago, and Their City, (Published by the Chicago Daily Journal.) The Power and the Glory, by MacGowan Cooke. (Doubleday, F Co., $1.20.) When Love Calls Men to Arms, by Stephen Chalmers. (Small, Maynard & Co., B Mass., $1.50.) using WASHBURNE’S PATI 75, 000, 000 BRIGHTEN UP kaxstenxte reins Es 4 be wed repeatedly and “they feat work Made L 3 bor ea, Put up in bram bases of 10 fasteners each. HANDSOME COMPACT STRONG No Slipping, NEVER A\ll tationers, Send 10¢ for sample box of $9, assorted, Muscated booklet free. Liberal discount to the trade. The O. K. Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N, Y., U.S. A. x9 10 comicbooks.com