Life, 1886-11-25 · page 7 of 16
Life — November 25, 1886 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This page contains **three distinct sections**: 1. **Book Reviews** - A literary section listing new publications from the 1880s, including works on cooking, travel, and history. This appears to be standard magazine content rather than satire. 2. **"How to Cook"** - A humorous anecdote about a woman instructing a tramp on cooking beefsteak, with the joke being his insistence on broiling rather than roasting ("I may be a tramp, but I'm no ostrich"). This is gentle domestic humor. 3. **"Who Did It?"** - The right side features **untitled cartoon sketches** showing chairs tipping over and a device malfunctioning. The caption "WHO DID IT?" suggests these are meant to humorously depict accidents or pranks, though without clearer context, the specific satirical target remains unclear. The page mixes literary content with light humor typical of *Life* magazine's era.
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“ELE E-- more serious poems, in a handsome volume of 100 pages en- titled “Songs and Satires” (Ticknor). It is in the lighter vein that Mr. Roche is most pleasing, and the best of these are “ A Title Clear,” “The Twin Relic,” and “ What the Telegraph Said,” ending: <i “What message carries the lightning slave Over the mountains, under the sea? And this the answer the ticker gave — “Wheat is quiet at 83.’” Droch, * * * 6c WO COMEDIES,” by F. Donaldson, Jr., from the press of Cupples, Upham & Co., of Boston, is one of the daintiest bits of book making we have seen this season. + NEW BOOKS - ALE ROUND THE CLOCK. By Robert Ellice Mack. Illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Pictures and Songs for Little Children. New York: E. P, Dutton & Co, Under the Mistletoe, By Lizzie Lawson and Robert Ellice Mack. New York : E. 'P. Dutton & Co. Christmas Roses, By Lizzie Lawson and Robert Ellice Mack, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, “ Manners Makyth Man.” By the author of * How to be Happy though Married.” New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Songs and Satires. By James Jeffrey Roche. Boston: Ticknor & Co. English Actors. Their characteristics and Methods. A discourse by Henry Irving. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. Rankell's Remains. By Barrett Wendell. Boston: Ticknor & Co. Our Little Ones: By William T. Adams (Oliver Optic). Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Fair Ines. By Thomas Hood. Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Zigzag Journeys in the Sunny South, By H. Butterworth, Boston: Estes & Lauriat, Chatterbox. By J. Erskine Clarke, M.A. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, St, Nicholas, Volume XIII., from October, 1885, to October, 1886. In two parts. New York: The Century Co. The Century Magazine. May, 1886, to October, 1886. New York: The Century Co, In Memoriam, Helen Hunt Jackson (H. H.) Denver: Frank S, Thayer. The Old Garden, and other Verses. By Margaret Deland, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Two Comedies. An Ill Wind and An Abject Apology. By F. Donaldson, Jr, Boston : Cupples, Upham & Co. The Venerable Bede, By The Prig. New York: Henry Holt & Co, America Heraldica. A compilation of coats-of-arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800. Edited by E. de V. Vermont, Illustrated by Henry Rykers. New York: Brentano Brothers. T is reported that the statue of Liberty is turning this way with a reproachful look on her face. HOW TO COOK. 6¢ 7 SEE you fry your beefsteak,” remarked the tramp with his mouth full. “Yes,” said the woman shortly, “ how would you have it cooked. Roasted?” “No, certainly not. Broiled, madame, broiled. I may be a tramp,” he added, plaintively, “ but I’m no ostrich.” T has been ascertained that there are several spots in the Atlantic Ocean which are over four miles in depth. This sort of thing makes us feel nervous about crossing the ocean. WHO DID comicbooks.com