Life — January 11, 1883 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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LIFE: Henry Hore Co. HAVE READY Mitchell’s Summer School of Philosophy at Mount Desert. Twenty-four Pen and Ink Drawing s, by JoHN A. MITCHELL, one of the conductors of ** Lire, Ato, $3.50. “There are no dry-as-dust essays, no fine-spun disguisitions in ‘The Summer School of Philosophy at Mount Desert.’ From the first page to the last it is a revel of fairy fun and mis- chievous grace. The wisdom taught is that of “love, and the young men and maidens created by Mr. ¥. A. Mitchell's humorous imagination wander through the book under the ingenious, the saucy, the benignant tuition of the quaintest band of cupids who ever skipped from an artist's pencil. AUl the characteristics of Mount Desert—the charms of the summer sea as viewed by twos, the vigils on the piazza, the bouncing and aburidant buck-board—are suffused with that delicate wit of the pencil in which Thackeray was the great, if untrained, master. Mr. Mitchell is the young Bostonian who several years ago left architecture for the painter's easel, and whose pictures have had success in Paris. . Tribune. WALKER'’'S (Francis A.) POLITICAL ECONOMY. By Francis A. WACKER, President of the Massachusetts Institute of ‘Technology, late Superintendent of the Census. (Vol. V. of The American Science Series.) 8vo., $2.25. President Walker's economical works on ‘' The Wages Question" and on “Money,” not to speak of his great statistical Atlas of the United States, have given him a prominent position on both sides of the Atlantic, In contributing the present work 16 the ‘Ameri. | can Science Series,” he brings to bear not only the powers shown in | his former writings, but the experience of many years as teacherof | political economy in the chair he occupied at Yale before accepting the presidency of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. LYRICAL AND DRAMATIC POEMS, Selected from the works of ROBERT BROWNING. Edited by Epwarp T. Mason. Lg. 12mo. TEN BRINK’S ‘“ EARLY ENGLISH LIT- ERATURE (to Wiclif). Translated by Prof. H. M. Kennepy, 12mo., $2.25. In the Series of LIVES OF AMERICAN WORTHIES. 16mo., $1.25 each. LIFE OF WILLIAM PENN. By Roserr J. BurRDETTE. LIFE OT CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. Cuartes Duprey WaRNER. LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. By W. L. ALpe Despite the humorous character of the books, the truth of history is adhered to. FOR SALE AT THE BOOKSTORES. By | verses, and still cleverer pictures. | well on a prospective course of fun and philosophy. | of the London Punch, and gives excellent promise for the future. | wishes to the newcomer, COMMENTS OF THE PREss. [The Sun.) Tune is a chance for LiFe, a new and not too humorous weekly paper, conducted by John A. Mitchell and Edward S, Martin. It turns'a bright, attractive countenance toward the intending pur- chaser. It fills him up with reasonable fun, sensible comment, clever Lire, we take it, is to be made on the lives of the smartest of the college periodidicals ; and there is a fair opportunity in the bigger world for the sort of wit that has been developed into distinct fedividuality by certain alert young men at Cambridge and elsewhere. But we find nothing amateurish about the newcomer ; it seems to have been born grown up ; it is workman- like in every part. It is fresh, vigorous, gentlemanly, genial and satis- fying. We commend it to at least fifty thousand readers in this town. (4. ¥. World.) Lire, is the title of a new weekly devoted to fun, persifiage and sarcastic illustrations of passing events, which its conductors, Messrs. John Ames Mitchell and Edward S. Martin, announce has “come to stay.” There is room for it, and the first’ number is full of artistic and literary promise. [The Graphic.) A anion and crisp little sisteen-page paper, called Lire, has just made its appearance in this city. If the first number is a forerunner of what is to follow, the reader will not fall asleep over its pages. It numbers among its contributors some well-known /itferateurs of this city. In addition to the reading matter there are some very creditable illustrations. [Mail and Express.) A new weekly paper made its appearance on Thursday, and started J It is pretty and bright in appearance, of convenient size and neat shape, well and clearly printed, and adorned with cuts which are so far ahead of those in other publications of its sort that they seem works of high art. In verse, comment on current affairs, wit and theatrical and social mat- ters, it gives promise of unusual brilliancy and cleverness. [Buffalo Express, Jan. 9.] New York's new “ funny paper,” Lire, has made its first appear- ance with a show of contents that speaks well for its future claims on the attention of the reading world. * # ey command al- ready the pens of some of the best known humorists, such as C. T. | Lanigan, W. L. Alden, G. P. Lathrop and others. ‘The engravings of the number are contributed by distinguished artists, and are beau- tifully printed. The general press ‘work and paper are also notably fine. [Rochester Union and Advertiser] “ Lire” is the name of a new comic ail started in New York, the first number of which is before us. It is somewhat after the style Its illustrations and subject matter are admirable. [Syracuse Herald, Jan. 7.] Tue frst number of the new humorous weekly has appeared in New York city. It is entitled Lire, and has a very attractive appearance. Its fun is of the sort which appeals to an educated taste, and its illus- trations aré clever without bordering upon vulgarity. The title page is a particularly happy hit. The list of contributors includes names as well known as William L, Alden, W. H. Bishop, J. Cheever Good- win, George Parsons Lathrop and J. Brander Matthews. Our good [Brooklyn Daily Times, Jan. 6.) Lire is a sprightly new illustrated paper, published at 1155 Broad- way, New York, and edited by John Ames Mitchell and Edward S. Martin, Its prospectus shows the names of some of the best maga- zine writers of the day, and the contents are cheery, satirical and fa of lessons for snobs. [Norristown Daily Herald.) We have received the first number of Lire, a new humorous and satirical illustrated weekly published in New York. Its. typo- graphical execution is excellent, and its list of contributors con- tains many prominent names. * * Some readers may obj that it doesn't give enough for the money—to cents a copy—but they should remember that ‘valuable goods come in small parcels,” comicbooks.com