Life, 1885-12-03 · page 7 of 16
Life — December 3, 1885 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page contains two woodcut illustrations labeled "Heretics: Ancient and Modern," dated A.D. 1555 and A.D. 1885. They appear to be comparative religious satire rather than political commentary. The left image (1555) depicts a martyrdom scene with flames and divine light, showing religious persecution during the Reformation era. The right image (1885) portrays what appears to be a modern figure rejecting or being attacked by a dove (likely representing the Holy Spirit or religious authority). The juxtaposition suggests the magazine is satirizing contemporary religious conflict or heresy accusations of the 1880s by comparing them to historical religious persecution. However, without additional context about specific 1880s religious controversies, the exact target of this satire remains unclear. The page also contains a "Books Received" section listing recent publications.
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- LIFE: “Comfort, by a Coffin,” “ My Ghost,” “Calling the Dead,” | “Counting the Graves,” and “A Dead Man’s Friends.” After careful consideration, we are convinced that Mrs, Piatt’s poems are about the only things that could enliven the pages of our colored contemporary, Puck. | I there is a great deal of this feminine “philosophy of | resignation ;” but there is deeper feeling, loftier fancy, and | truer poetry. Some of her sonnets are stately in thought and | movement, with the completeness of finish which that form of poetry demands. These are fine lines from one of them: . . . | N Mrs. Julia C. R. Dorr’s “ Afternoon Songs” (Scribner's) | “* Come, blessed Darkness, come, and bring thy balm For eyes grown weary of the garish Day ! Come with thy soft, slow steps, thy garments gray, ‘Thy veiling shadows, bearing in thy palm The poppy-seeds of slumber, deep and calm.” . . . | [ee it be frankly added that both these women singers have tenderly touched the better emotions of life. A.D. 1555. HERETICS. ANCIENT AND MODERN. 315 Our protest is against their “luxury of grief,” which makes the only balm for sorrow patient endurance rather than steadfast action. And yet it was a wise poet who wrote: “ Men must work and women must weep.” Droch, BOOKS RECEIVED. DORA'S DEVICE. By G. A, Cather. Philadelphia: T. B. Peter- son Bros. Criss Cross. nam's Sons. Bryant and His Friends, By James Grant Wilson. New York : Fords, Howard & Hulbert. Suzette. A novel. By Mary Speir Tiernan. Holt & Co, Tuscan Cities. By W:D. Howells. andothers. Boston: Ticknor & Co. Worth the Wooing. By Lady Gladys Hamilton. T. B. Peterson & Bros. The Story of the Nations: Rome, By Artbur Gilman, M.A, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Heads and Faces; How to Study Them, By Nelson Sizer and H, S,. Drayton. New York: Fowler & Wells Co. Dress: As it Has Been, Is and Will Be. York : Isaac Walker. By Grace Denio Litchfield. "New York: G.P. Put- New York: Henry Mlustrated by Joseph Pennell Philadelphia : By Isaac Walker, New arlypdone Ff meaperTagerll. ; comicbooks.com