Life, 1883 · page 2 of 7
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This appears to be a contents page from Life magazine listing article and cartoon titles. Without seeing the actual cartoon images themselves, I cannot identify specific figures, caricatures, or political references depicted on this page. The table of contents shows titles like "Calve Canem," "Carrying the War into Africa," "Case of Conscience," and "Dramatic Criticism"—suggesting a mix of satirical commentary, social observation, and cultural criticism typical of Life's format. To explain what specific cartoons meant to contemporary readers, I would need to see the actual illustrations, as the page titles alone don't convey the visual satire, caricatures, or political allusions that made Life's content meaningful to its audience.
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Calve Canem.. Can She Come in. Candor. ..... Canonchet Prize Fight, Carleton, Henry Guy Carrying the War into Africa. Case of Conscience, A. Casuistry, A Cat and Mice..... Cave Babem.... Census, The. on Cerebro-Spinal Meningiti Charity and Gratitude. Chelli, Giovanni...... China.... China Painting Chinese... Chiropodist, Christmas... . Church, Edward A Circumstances Alter Cases. Coal..... Coasting. . Code for Anglomaniacs, A Co-Educated Girl, Th Co-Education .......... . Cold Comfort.. Cold Cut, A.... Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice. +325, 243 Collier, Thos. $ saesaweeiSS3 17 Concerning the Dude. . 162 Confessions of a Poet 263 Conkling, Susan Consoled Censpicuous Closeness....... Cook, The..... f Cupid, To... Cynical Remarks . Davis, David Deacon, The, and the Bugs. Death of Ponce de Leon, The. Declined with Thanks.... Defective Society Reporter, A Definitions...... .....+.+ Democratic Sancho Panza, Th x Demoralizing Effect of Five O'clock Teas. Devil, The.. Diagnosis, A. Difference of Opinion, A. Dime Novel, The........ Direct from Moscow Distinction, A.... Dog Pound, The. CONTENTS. PAGE, Dog Show, The......... sezeel 233 Doleful Ballad, A... + 132 Dollars or Damnation... + 262 Drama, The. n 35447, $9. 72, 83, 95, 218, 131, 143, 165, 179. 189, 203, 214, 227 Dramatic Critici 29 Druggist’s Clerk, The 297 Drummer, The. 80 Du Maurier. seeesee 209 Dude, The. -165, 182, 204, 221, 252, 257 Dude, Concerning the........ 163 Dudley Bangs’s Hack Ride. 121 Duty on Works of Art, The. 210 Dyspepsia.,.........22--- 189 Each to this Trade .. - 4 Eheu Fugaces., 164 Eighty-two and Ei hty- -thres. 8 Embarrass de Choix. 153 Emerson, Henry... 156 End of the Season...... c 75 Englyshe Nobelman, An 55 Estranged . 5 Evolution in the Ohio Valley... Exclusive Sensation, An Excursion Boat, The. =xemplary..... Exporto Crede.. Extra ! Attempted Assassination coos 45 Fable for the Brave, A........2.00+ A80Senw water anes a s00: 230 Fables.......... oe 12 Fables in Four Lines. oes . ur Father and the S—n, The ..... Ferguson, Edwin..... Fire Escapes. First Hog, The. First Hop of the Season, The. First of May, The. Fit, A...... Flattery . Floater, A Forced Treen Forebodings.. Forgot the Details, see Fox and Crow... French Flats. French Terror, Freghquill, Ebenezer. Frog, The ..... Frogs ...... . Fruits of the Dime Novel. ..........scceceecesescrsreeeee BIZ 36 Gilded Wooing, The.. 80 Gilded Youth, A...... 87 Goats-You-Please Race. . 195 Going for the Doctor. 262 Gone !........ee0e 149 comicbooks.com