Life, 1915-09-23 · page 46 of 48
Life — September 23, 1915 — page 46: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **table of contents and advertisements page** from *The October Scribner* magazine issue, not a satirical cartoon page. The main editorial content advertises Scribner's upcoming articles about **World War I**: General Joffre (French military commander at the Battle of the Marne), accounts by Edith Wharton from the front lines in France, and British battle reporting. These represent contemporary coverage of the ongoing European conflict. The only notable satirical reference is "**Misgivings of a Male Suffragette**"—a humorous piece by an anonymous author questioning feminism ("I am a feminist, yet of late I have had a doubt"), which appears to mock men sympathetic to women's suffrage during this period of active suffragette activism. The rest consists of book listings and advertisements for products like the Hartford Auto Jack and Cascade Whiskey. This is essentially a magazine contents page with period advertising.
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LIFE Books Received ® The Historic Thames, by Hilaire Bel- loc. (E. P. Dutton & Co, 40 cents.) Rosalind in Arden, by H. B, Marriott Watson. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) Under the Greenwood Tree, by Thomas Hardy, (E. P, Dutton & Co, 40 cents.) The Plough of Shame, by Mary B. Whiting. E. P. Dutton & Co. 4o cents.) A Lost Endeavor, by Guy Boothby. The House of Cobwebs, by George Gis- sing. (E. P. Dutton & Co, 40 cents.) The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) Queen Anne, by Herbert Paul. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54), by Edward A. Parry. (E. P. Dutton & Co, 40 cents.) The Epistles of Atkins, by James Milne. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) : The October ——=} cribner A remarkable article by CAPTAIN X, of the French Staff, about | General Joffre The Victor of the Marne With military maps showing how the battle was fought and) won. The inside story by a soldier. By Edith Wharton: Her account of her extraordinary ex- periences In Lorraine and the Vosges. In the front line of the trenches, in bombarded towns. By E. Alexander Powell: “On the British Battle Line.” Vivid, thrilling pictures of the British fighters. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Toy Theatre and how it affected his play-writing when a man, by Branper Marruews. With pictures of the “Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured.” Misgivings of a Male Suffragette, by an author who prefers to remain unknown. “Tam a feminist, yet of late I have had a doubt.” Portugal’s Battle Abbeys and Coimbra, by Ernest Perxorro. TIllus- trated by the author. Another of Araisteap C. Gorpon’s deliciously droll and humorous stories of the old South, The King’s Harnt. ** Coggie,”? by Joun R. Spears. The story of ‘“ Coggie” and his pal and of some strange doings in a frontier town. Other notable short stories and poems. The Vassar semi-centennial: its relation to the suffrage movement (‘The Point of View”). American historical frontispiece in colors: “ The Constitutional Conven- tion, 1787,” George Washington presiding, Alexander Hamilton making his great speech. HA IRTFORD SUSPENSION co: ELV. HARTFORD, DRESIOENT # 192 MORGAN ST. JERSEY CNN: J. a Prophets, Priests and Kings, by A. G. Gardner, (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) Kings in Exile, by Alphonse Daudet. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) The Master Beggars of Belgium L. Cope Cornford. (E. P, Dutton & 40 cents.) Love-letters of a Worldly Woman, by Mrs. W. K. Clifford. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) Bubble Fortune, a Story of 1720, by Gilbert Sheldon. (E, P. Dutton & Co 4o cents.) The Lore of the Wanderer, by George Goodchild. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) Round the Galley Fire, by W. Clark Russell. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 4o cents.) Cashel Byron's Profession, by Bernard Shaw. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 4o cents.) Selected Essays on Literary Subjects, by Right Hon. George W. E. Russell. (E. P. Dutton & Co. 40 cents.) MeLLow as MoonuicHt We do not claim to be exclusive in our desire to produce extra- ordinary wi