Life, 1887 · page 2 of 3
Life — 1887 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a contents page listing articles and illustrations from Life magazine. Without seeing the actual cartoon images on this page, I cannot identify specific figures, caricatures, or satire. The table of contents shows titles like "Placing the Responsibility," "Pleasantly Put," "Poets on Summer," and various other short pieces typical of Life's satirical format. Some entries suggest social commentary—"Social Customs in Boston," "Society Movements," "Warning to Farmers"—but the contents listing alone doesn't reveal the visual satire or political references that would have made these pieces meaningful to contemporary readers. To explain what specific cartoons meant, I would need to see the actual illustrated content referenced in these titles.
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PAGE. Placing the Responsibility ee 6 299 Pleasantly Put . woe ee WNT Poets on Summer, Phe eo ome « Police Inspectorship, The . . . . 80 Poor Innocent . . re) : Poor Unfortunate, A. . . . . . 288 Pope... eee ee ee 282 Popular Song. | tote ee 240 Portrait of a Gentleman... . . 228 PositivelySo. . . . 2. 1. . 338 Possibly. . 2371 Potentate's Thanksgiving, The | + 304 Power of Caricature, The . . - 26 Pumpkin with the P_. ect ow 278 Pratt, AnnaM . . . . . 50 Precaution . . ». 339 Prescription fora Summer Tonic | | 39 Presenceof Mind . . oo e 1 Procession of the Year, ‘The. . . + 373 Prodigies . bg a wb % 80K Profitable Scheme,A | | |... 109 Prompt Action . oe Se Proverblets . 67, 123, 138 Quartet, A Quiet Word with Mecenas, Quite Knowing . Railroad of Lo Rapid Transit Race Day, ¢ Rather Enjoying It Rea Reali ation, The Reasonable Recommendation, A Reducing the Surplus . Refutation, A Religion as She is Known Remarkable Case, A Remarkable Memories Reminiscence of the Dog Days « Resignation . . oe + 322 | Respect and Deference te go Emigration. . » 364 Retribution... see + 62 Reuben . . . oo + 35 Revenge is Sweet... eg Revenge of Jacob, The . . . . 81 Rhymes of the New Y ; . 374 Rice, K. McDowell . . - 151 | Risks of Safety, The ee « SBE Rivals, The." . ; + 251 Robin Hood and the Abbot « . 3 Romance in High Life... .,. 296 Romantic Love and Personal Beauty’ . 160 Romantic Soul, A... eee 47 Royal Infant, The : + 259 Safe from Prosecution —. - . 26 Saltus, Edgar, A New Novel by Saratoga Saturday Review Saved from the Basket September Squibs Seven Up. . Shakespeare Out of Doors he was a Forward Miss . Volvre Parcas . Nation of Emigrants 39, 206, 273, 303 CONTENTS. Slight Change, A Slight Difference, A Social Customs in Boston . Society Flower, The Society Item . . Society Movements So Considerate . SolIt Does . . . Some Autumn Thoughts = Some Fine Property Some Irish Notes Some Spirited Repartee ¥ Some Summer Publications . Something About a Little Writer : a 8 Song of a Shepherd, A Song of the Sea, A. . Known Souvent La Femme Varie Speaking from Experience Steady Improvement, A Step toward the Millenium erry, DeWitt . evenson, Robert Louis . ‘ory of Narcissus, The . Stove, Lamp and Misplaced The a Stroke of Busines: | Student and the Editor, The Suggestions . Sunday Morning in Rome. Supply Greater than the Demand, The Surprising Discovery, A . ¢ 3 Sympathetic Auditor, A Tale of a Foot Tall Boy . . Taste of His Own Medicine, AC hanks Awf'ly . hanksgiving Approacheth - Thanksgiving Fable, A That Kind of a Mind . hat was the Question heir C hristmas Dinner . 7 Thoughtful to the Last. Three Ghosts who Met on Christmas Eve 3 Thought It Strange 4 Throop, G. a se tly under ead Lightning ne : 4:30 AM. : le: 2 A.M % ‘oan Unpaid Bill . To be Envied To Katydids Too Late . foo Much ‘oo Wet... ‘o the Admiral . To the Man who Took Away their Heaven . P ramping for a Dinner butes from the Illustrious. iumph of the West . _— roubled Waters of True Love, “The . True Greatness . Truth According to Mark Rutherford, The ee Truthful Romance, ‘A ae Trying Situation, A Trying Moment, A. rurkey who didn't Believe.in Xmas Tuxedo Park oo. | Two Fragments Tyrrell, Henry . Under Full Sail . Ungentle Shower, An . Unintentional 4 Unkind . Unparalleled Parallel, An’ Unprecedented Offer. . | Untamed . Upon a Cast | Up with the a Urban Phenomenon : Uses of Advertising, The . | Utilizing Its Advantages . Value of that Last Minute Van Santvoord, H. Vengeance | Very Depressing | Very Latest, The Visitor Carries The. . Visit to the Thistle, A Too Much’ Freight, ~ | Vladimir Vix . | Vocal “Want Column Wanted to Chop It. Warning, A... Warning to Farmers, A Warning to Lovers Washington, From . Wasn't Hungry . We Americans Weather Signs . . Wedding Guest, The . Welch, Frank B. Well Named . : Western Newspaper Art What Can be Said . What Chance for Art... What He Wanted to Know . What Makes a Successful Book What the Wild Waves Say at | Long What they Think of the Message : What Troubled Him : What Cupid Sings... Where is the Forest of Arden? . Where’s your Turkey ? Whither. ; Who Help Themselves | | Whole Case in a Nutshell, 1 The: 7 | Wicked Pastime, A ae Widow's Weeds . Wilde . With a Four-in-Hand Woman's Reason, Woolf, M.A... ; Word for the Philistines, A. Word of Warning, A Worm Turns, The . Wrecked by Fashion Wrong Door, The . Wrong Result, The | Yale vs. Princeton . Ye Scheme of Ye Turkye . Ye Scenes of’ Nature Youthful Courtesy . Youthful Hopes . | You Too may have a Statue. Zimmerman, G. de L. . PRESS OF FLEWING, BREWSTER & Attey, 31-33 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com