Life, 1886-07-01 · page 6 of 18
Life — July 1, 1886 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 6 This page features a complex satirical illustration titled "An American Tragedy" positioned vertically on the left side. The cartoon appears to depict chaotic scenes stacked vertically, likely satirizing American life or politics, though the specific subject requires clearer resolution to identify definitively. The right side contains book reviews praising a work by Mr. Howe, followed by a humorous anecdote titled "ONLY ONCE OVER" about a barber claiming to have inherited butchering talent from his father. There's also commentary on French weapons development—a gun designed to fire manuscript poems—presented as satirical commentary on wartime innovation. The page blends literary criticism with social humor typical of Life's satirical approach during this period.
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HE old charm is never wanting in the first hundred pages of the story and the closing chapters, when the scene is laid at Three Rivers, There is nothing quite so entertaining in his other stories as the adventures of 7zbby Cole and Pdge and King at the western singing conventions. One could have traveled throughout the whole novel with such amusing companions. And those inimitable scenes between 77ddy and his wife, when the latter was trying to be cross with her half-tipsy husband !— they redeem the book from its greatest fault. We have sincere admiration for the work of Mr. Howe. We believe that he will surpass his much-praised first story. There are evidences of growth in the right direction in a “Moonlight Boy;” but he must keep close to that country where his deepest experiences have been felt. Droch. . PRICES FOR MAKING e NEW BOOKS «+ 'N AMERICAN FOUR-IN-HAND IN BRITAIN, By Andrew Carnegie. Chas. Scribner's Sons. Children of the Earth, By Annie Robert- son Macfarlane. Henry Holt & Co. Southern California, By Theodore S, Van Dyke. Fords, Howard & Hulbert, New York. The Man Who Was Guilty, By Flora Haines Loughead. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Series. Aspirations. A Novel. By Helen Hays. Thomas Whittaker, New York. EARIUL REDUCTION LAGIES WHITE, x6 RESSING SACI HE French are making a new gun intended to discharge manuscript spring poems into the ranks of the enemy; but the Germans heard of it through a spy, and are manufacturing a mortar that will shoot a whole spring poet a distance of nine miles. The penetrating power of these guns must be left to the imagination. An iron- clad editorial office would be no defence at all. ATUL SACRITICE) MACNIFICENT < SYRAPPERS ONY ON DOLLAR EACH! AM AMERICAN TOWN ONLY ONCE OVER. USTOMER (in barber's chair): Were you ever a’butcher ? Barber: No, sir, But my fadder vas a butcher by dot Vashington market. He vas a good butcher. Customer: You have inherited his talent. Only once over, please. Bt Re! A DRY Goons SHoP & ° a z ° a s i g 4 a = o 3 2 Zz = 2 g z uf a ul = < & B uw = - = —} rs = 3 [a = a z g 6 ze Q 5 °o x a r z AND THE JAPANESE VIRLAGE NoW TRAVELING IN THIS CouNnTRY, SEND ABROAD EXHIBIT |. COMPANIONS-IN-ARMS—T wins. comicbooks.com