Life, 1913-06-26 · page 38 of 45
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This page is primarily **advertising and book reviews** rather than political satire or cartoons. The main content includes: 1. **Gibson's Rye whiskey advertisement** — a traditional pitch emphasizing 80 years of quality, purity, and mellowness. Standard early 20th-century liquor marketing. 2. **Book reviews and listings** — contemporary literature recommendations, including novels and academic works. "The Amateur Gentleman" by Jeffery Farnol is prominently featured as "a big novel of the year in America and Great Britain." 3. **Period advertisements** — including Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires and Rad-Bridge Whist Accessories. The page reflects early 1910s consumer culture and literary tastes but contains no political satire, caricatures, or social commentary requiring historical context to decode. It's a straightforward commercial and cultural content page.
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The Mountain Divide, by Frank H. Spearman. (Chas. Scribner's Sons.) A Wanderer in Florence, by E. V. Lucas. (The MacMillan Co, New York.) Le Gentleman, by Ethel Sidgwick. GIBSON'S RYE (Small, Maynard & Co.) A WHISKEY OF TRADITIONS The Social Cancer, by Jose Rizal. RADITIONAL for high quality, absolute World Book Co) ne purity, satisfying richness, velvety mellowness, The Old Colonial System, by G. L. T delightful fragrance —nearly 80 years the Beer. (MacMillan Co.) | whiskey standard of the world. Every drop The Evolution of States, by J. M. = _ of Gibson's is made from selected, matured Robertson: (Go BP) Futaam'a:Sons,). The Balkan War, by Philip Gibbs. rye and sparkling sprin Gites: ripened in a fixed tem- (Small, Maynard & Co.) perature, and held i in ghé original wood. We especially Germany and the German Emperor commend thes ‘f is af finest old whiskey by Herbert Perris. (Henry Holt & Co.) money can b arerooms:to order Art in Egypt, by G. Maspero. (Charles of your deal fj ii Scribner's Sons.) _ i i W fiji sealed demijohns, Our Vanishing Wild Life. by William express prepai sioe per galk T. Hornaday, Se. D, (Scribner’s.) The Life of the Spider, by J. H. Fabre. (Dodd, Mead & Co.) Adnam’s Orchard, by Sarah Grand. (Appleton.) The Shadow, by Arthur Stringer. (Century Co.) » Socialism Summed Up, by Morris Hill- quit. (H. K. Fly Co.) History of Plymouth Plantation, by Wm. Bradford. (Houghton, Miffin & Co.) Immigration and Labor, by Isaac A. A List of Books A big novel of the year in Hourwich, Ph. D. (G. P. Putnam's , Sons.) America and Great Britain Travel Pictures, by Bhawani Singh. (This list of books published during (Longmans, Green & Co., New York.) a student of contemporary litereture. A Crdical Evangelion, by J. Rameay ‘0 book is given here unless it has re- ATE R Macdonald. (The Open Court Publish- ceived a more or less extended re AM U ing Co., Chicago.) in some authoritative periodical or news- The Stock Exchange from Within, by paper.) GENTLEMA N Wm. C. VanAntwerp. Dawn in Darkest Africa, by Harris. Amony Congo Cannibals, by John Il. By JEFFERY FARNOL (Dutton.) Weeks. (J. B. Lippincott & Co., Phila, ii Author of “The Broad Highway” The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon, : - " by Josephine Daskam Bacon. (Apple- Grose Views, by Wilfred S. Jackson. A thoroughly wholesome story of ton’s.) ae Hs Gene wee een) 1 romantic adventure that delights every The Debt, by William Westrup. (T. econ wees oe a reader. Discriminating critics are Y. Crowell Co.) B. Channing. (MacMillan. . . ‘ , - Receut B i ‘aed prea pariciee te pronouncing “The Amateur Gentle- John o' Jamestown, by Vaughan Kes- i san” , "s best novel,” “bet- ter. (Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis.) China, by J. O. P. Bland. (J. B. Lip- man” “Mr. Farnol’s best novel,” ‘bet: pincott & Co., Phila.) ter than ‘The Broad Highway’,” etc. Rid Uphill Club, be B. M. Bower. With the Victorious Bulgarians, by . (Little, Brokn & Co. Licut. Hermencgild Wagner. (Hough- 625 pages. Fully illustrated. $1.40 net; The Legend of Jerry Ladd, by Roy ton. Mifflin Co.) ieee by ‘mail, $ Rolfe Gilson. (Doubleday, Page & Co.) Greek Thinkers, by Theodor Gom- LITTLE, BROWN & CO., Publishers, Boston ee tei oe Baa Renter ts Translated by G. G. Berv;. (Mur- Tee DE See Gey. ce, Suahhs 3) ee . BRIDGE WHIST (Little, Brown & Co.) Economie Psychotechnics, by Prof RAD- ae SITE ned France from Within, by Mile. Claire Hugo Munsterberg. Steamship Conquest of the World, by De' Prat, «(G; HeDoren'Co:) F, A. Talbot. (J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia.) The Battleship, by Walter Wood. (FE. Dutton & Co.) With Master Minds, by Herman Bern- stein. (Universal Series Publishing Co.) | ta The Home Book of Verse, sclected and 7 A t bil Ti arranged by Burion Egbert Stevenson: utomobue 11res (Henry Holt & Co.) 4 The form and shape of automobile tires are stan Superiority is based on material and workmanship. The material from which Kelly-Springfeld Tires are made represents seventeca The Story of a Roundhouse and years of experience, As for workmanship—we believe no other company of prominence CikerFocrien by John Mateheld.” (Stac KELLY-SPRINGFIELD. TIRE COMPANY, Cor. Bway. and 7th St., N. ¥. Millan Co., New York.) ( Brach oew ia New Yok, Char, Phinda, Bot s Pgs The Inner Life, by C. H. A. Bjerre- . Lee Angeles, Cleveland, Baltimore, Seattle, Ain Akroa, gaard. (Theosophical Publishing Co.) 2 Peet ev etl! aby tineonge ‘Columbus, Ohio. fey Bering Ti ad Raber CoH Heaton, Texas. The Four Men, by Hilaire Belloc. ‘South'n Hdwe. & Woodstock Co., [Lal New Qrteans La. Athen Tee & Seo Co, Tica Fl (Bobbs-Merrill Co.) Fer Gist Sanh. Co- ledignepeta, Ind. & D. Froake & Co, Charieden, S.¢ cs comicbooks.com