Life — June 26, 1913 — page 42: what you’re looking at

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$400,000,000 Crooxtars To sunD THE Panama Canal— ‘The glant lock gites of “The whole thing is stupendous,‘ prodigious, . overwhelming.’’ The Panama Number. (July) SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE will tell the story of the completed canal, how it will be operated, its uses and value to the United States and the world Panama’s Bridge of Water The Defence of the Canal How it was built, how it will be operated, is told by JOSEPH BUCKLIN BISHOP, By former Secretary of War HENRY L. STIMSON. Its fortifications and strategic Secretary of the lethmian Canal Commission. value in the event of war. What the Canal will Accomplish “The Panama Pacific” By EMORY R. JOHNSON, Government Expert on Traffic. Its value to com. International Exposition of 1915, by ELMER GREY. How it will look, the build- merce, saving in time to the ships of the world. * ings, the beautiful courts and watergates, the rich color scheme. * * The Panama Number will have a series of 16 full page illustrations made directly from Wonderful P. ictures in Color nature in the natural colors that reveal the scenes of the canal with all the realism and convincing truth of a personal visit. The number will be a very notable one also for its other contents. The two greatest novels of the year Mrs. Wharton’s The Custom of the Country John Galsworthy’s The Dark Flower (The Love Life of a Man) are continued and both reach situations of absorbing interest. Mary R. S. Andrews, author of “The Perfect Tribute,” contributes one of her delightful stories about college life, “Amici” —full of humor and sentiment. H. G. Dwight writes of “Mohammedan Holidays,” scenes in Constantinople. Ernest Peixotto describes his journey across Titicaca, with a glimpse of Bolivia. Lake Titicaca lies over 12,000 feet above the sea. SPECIAL « A reprint of the earlier chapters of Mrs. Wharton's * story will be sent free to any one ugon request. $3.00 a year CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, NEW YORK | Au \ car q i car, | time. jon it: i i Made comicbooks.com