Life, 1912-11-28 · page 41 of 44
Life — November 28, 1912 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **book reviews and advertisements** rather than political satire. The upper left lists recent book publications with prices—typical literary fare of the era including works by P.G. Wodehouse and references to the Titanic disaster (indicating this is post-1912). The main visual content comprises two **product advertisements**: 1. **Carstairs Rye whiskey** (lower left): A standard alcohol ad claiming superiority ("cannot be equaled, much less eclipsed"), with a numbered-label bottle illustration. 2. **Golden State Limited train service** (right): A romantic travel advertisement for the Rock Island Lines route to California, featuring an illustration of a cowboy on horseback and flowery language about escaping winter for sunshine and luxury rail travel. Both ads are straightforward commercial appeals typical of Life's era—no political commentary or satire is evident. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and leisure advertising.
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Books Received The Prince and Betty, by Wodehouse. (W. J. Watt & Co. The Bawlerout, by Forrest Halsey. (Desmond FitzGerald, Inc. 75 cents.) The White Waterfall, by J. F. Dwyer. (Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.20.) Champ Clark, by W. L. Webb. (Neale Pub. Co. $1.00.) Loss of the SS. Titenic, by Lawrence Beesley. (Houghton Mifflin Co. $1.20.) Wayside Blossoms, by M. M. Bray. (Richard G. Badger.) A Little Book of Nonsense. (The MacMillan Co. $1.25.) Brothers Karam by Constance Garnett. (The MacMillan Co. $1.50.) Hendrik Ibsen, by Otto Heller. (Houghton Mifflin Co. $2.00.) English Literature Medieval, by W. ¥ Ker. (Henry Holt Co. 50 cents.) Buddhism, by Mrs. Rhys Davids. (Henry Holt Co. 50 cents.) English Sects. by W. B. Selbie. (Henry Holt Co. 0 cents.) The World's Leading Poets, by H. W. Boynton. (Henry Holt Co. $1.75.) The World's Leading Painters, by Geo. B. Rose. (Henry Holt Co. $1.75.) Roger of Cicily, by Edmund Curtis, M.A. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.50.) The Life of Mirabeau, by S. G. TalJen- tyre. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $3.50.) Palmers Green, by Stewart Caven. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.25.) You can’t get away from it— Carstairs Rye cannot 4 be equaled, much less eclipsed. The Numbered La shows our Botting, ‘7°! Say “Yes!” to , CALIFORNIA Kings and Gods of Egypt, by Alexan- dre Moret. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $2.00.) A Man in the Open, by Roger Pocock. (Bobbs-Merrill Co. $1.35.) Why Women Are So, by Mary Rob- erts Coolidge. (Henry Holt & Co. $1.50.) Phoebe, Ernest and Cupid, by Inez Haynes Gillmore. (Henry Holt & Co $1.35.) Making a Business Woman, by Anne Shannon Monroe. (Henry Holt & Co. —Leave the chill of winter behind you and find the fiushof roses, the sun-gilded mis- sions, the out-door cheer of road and rill, the charms of a radiant sea. And in three days you're there if you go that luxury way by the Golden State Limited via Rock Island Lines — No Excess Fare — The trair that gives you a cordial welcome any evening at Chicago or St. Louis and carries you off on the levelest tracks into the land of loaf- awhile, Big berths that mean perfect rest, di ing service that means appetite, a buffet-library- observation car, Victrola music, barber, valet— everything that could make this part of your journey a happy sojourn in itself is provided by this peerless and princely train. The through fast “Californian” and other good eine with standard and tourist sleeping cars, every jcago. St. Louis. Kani ity, St. Serephe® ‘Omaha and Memphis for the Pacific Const Beautiful free booklet senton request L. M. ALLEN, Passenger Traffic Manager Room 241 La Salle Station, Chicago. Rock Island Missions, by Louise Creighton, (Henry Holt & Co. 50 cents.) Master Mariners, by John R. Spears. (Henry Holt & Co. 50 cents.) Political Economy, by S. J. Chapman, M.A. M. Com. (Henry Holt & Co. 50 cents.) Village Life in America, by Caroline Cowles Richards. (Henry Holt & Co. 50 cents.) The Making of the New Testament, by Benjamin W. Bacon, D.D. (Henry Holt & Co. 50 cents.) comicbooks.com