The Wasp — 1890 — page 367: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements and humorous editorial content** rather than political cartooning. The visible illustrations include: - **L.A. Berteling's scientific optician advertisement** (left) with a caricatured face - **A "Poets and Editors" cartoon** (center-right) depicting what appears to be a confrontation between literary figures, with accompanying dialogue mocking amateur poets and editors rejecting poorly written work The humor targets **struggling writers and amateur poets** submitting bad work to magazines. The dialogue satirizes both editors rejecting submissions and poets defending their mediocre verses—a timeless literary joke about the gap between aspiring writers' self-assessment and editorial standards. The rest of the page contains period furniture, photography, and other commercial advertisements typical of 1880s-90s American magazines.