Life, 1918-09-05 · page 33 of 34
Life — September 5, 1918 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **book review section** with advertisements, not political satire. The main content lists newly published fiction and poetry, with emphasis on war-related works—reflecting America's WWI involvement (the page mentions "America's active participation in the war"). The single cartoon, titled **"Gunner's Mate,"** depicts two soldiers with a bicycle, likely illustrating military humor about wartime logistics or troop movements. The style suggests early 20th-century American military life. The advertisements—**Tiffany & Co.** (luxury jewelry) and the **Biltmore Hotel** (upscale lodging)—represent typical magazine advertising targets of affluent readers. The page's tone reflects 1917-1918 America: patriotic poetry collections appear alongside war memoirs and accounts of German propaganda, indicating contemporary preoccupation with the global conflict. Nothing here constitutes direct political satire; rather, it documents period concerns and consumer culture.
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Books Received Fiction The Blonde Beast, by Robert Ames Bennet. (Reilly & Britton Company, Chicago, $1.50.) An exciting novel of Americanism and Prussianism in the first year of the war. The Queen's Heart, by J. H. Hildreth. (Marshall Jones Company, Boston, so.) A tineteenth-century romance spun around the Island of Rhodes. Stories of the Steppe, by Maxim Gorki. The Stratford Universal Library. (The Stratford Company, Boston, 25 cents.) Three vivid regional tales with a dream- like quality. of style. What Men Live By, by Leo Tolstoi. The Stratford Universal Library. (The Stratford Company,- 25 cents.) Four short stories in the characteristic spirit of the Russian visionary. Little Black Rabbit, by Kenneth Graham Duffield, (Henry Altemus Com- pany, Philadelphia, $1.25.) The adven- tures of Brer Rabbit and other planta- tion folk told in dialect and adapted for reading aloud. Poetry From the Heart of a Folk, by Waver- ley Turner Carmichael. With an intro- duction by James Holly Hanford. (The Cornhill Company, Boston, $1.) A col- Jection of authentic and o1 of negro life and genius. Messines and Other Poems, by Emile Cammaerts, English translations by Tita Brand-Cammaerts. (John Lane Com- t $1.25.) Belgian poems of the hour, in the original French and with freely rendered translations. Song-Flame, by Amy Sherman Bridg- man, (The Stratford Company, $1.50.) A volume of free-verse, sonnets and lyrics, varying considerably in tenor and content, but with a sustained intensity of thought and feeling. As Thou Wilt and Other Poems, by Ethelwyn Dithridge. (The Stratford Company, $1.) Love lyrics and medita- tive sonnets, most of them taking their TIFFANY & CO. UTILITY AND QUALITY IN JEWELRY, SILVERWARE WATCHES, CLOCKS AND STATIONERY t INTELLIGENT AND CAREFUL SERVICE BY MAIL FIFTH AVENUE & 37™ STREET New YORK Ta ar Ge By) BILTMORE 43rd and 44th Ses. and Madison Ave. Italian Sunken Gardens Fountains: ts flowers, music and tea rooms. POPU OAM dat cette Sass > cue from the prize poem which provides the title of the volume. The Fairy Islands and Other Poems, by Valley Flower. (The Cornhill Com- pany.) A sheaf of simple songs of fancy, with a sprinkling of patriotic verses. The War Out to Win, by Coningsby Dawson. (John Lane Company, $1.25.) An inter- pretative account of America’s active par- ticipation in the war, by the author of “Carry On” and “The Glory of the Trenches.” Germany Her Own Judge, by H. J. Suter-Lerch. (Houghton, Mifflin Com- pany, s0 cents.) An arraignment of Germany framed on German propaganda by a neutral Swiss of cosmopolitan sym- pathies. LL’S well that ends well,” except the end of an annual subscrip- tion to Lire, “GUNNER'S MATE”