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** from Life magazine listing articles and their page numbers. It's not a cartoon page—it contains no images or satirical drawings to analyze. The table of contents shows the magazine included fiction ("Stolen Sweets," "Strange"), poetry ("St. Valentine's Day"), humor pieces ("Suggestions for Dinner Givers"), and various social commentary pieces ("Terrible Threat, A," "Thackeray Letters"). Without seeing the actual articles or cartoon pages referenced here, I cannot identify specific political figures, events, or satirical targets. To analyze Life's satire from this era, we would need to examine the illustrated pages themselves, not just this index. The publisher is listed as **Fleming, Brewster & Alley** in New York.
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Stolen Sweets Strange. Strephon’s Wail . Strong Bit of Color, A . Valentine's Day. Suggestion, A ‘$6 @« Suggestions for a St. Patrick’s Day Procession + ew 8 Suggestions for Dinner Superfluous Question, A . Surmise, A Sweet Girl Graduate, The. Tale of Two Spirits, A. . é Teachings of Buffalo Bill, T’ he * ‘Tennyson’s Protest. Terrible Effect of th Coal Strikes Terrors of the Tea, Terrible Threat, A . This Morning This Time Sure. . Thoughts from the Poets on Spring. Throop, G.E. . ‘To Aurora. To Captain Williams ToCelia . . To Gilbert and Sullivan To “J. S. of Dale” To Mistress Prue To-morrow’s Bread. Too Heavy . : Took the Bull by the Horns . Too Much Weather | Venus Laments . CONTENTS. To Sir Walter Scott To the Bostonians . . 7 To the Elf on My Calendar « Tough Chicken, A . ‘ To Whom It May Concern Traveling On His Shape . | Triumphant Scepti, ‘The . Triumph of Genius. | Triumph of the Pachyderm, ‘The . Trying to be Popular . Two A.M. . Two Chirosophical Efforts TwoofaKind. .. . Two Rats, The Two Sides to It. | Ultima. U naccountably Overlooked Unanimity ome Uncivilized Bear, he . Uncle Sam’s Picnic . Uncrowned Martyrdom | Undergraduate Arrogance. Underhill, A. 20, 120, Unrecorded Sayings of Great Men . Unseemly Hour, An. Valentine Verse of Hans to Katrina, 26, 145, 221, 234, 259, 294, Van $ antvoord, Verbum Sap . | Verses witha Valentine | Very Catching Very Likely Very Natural . Very Old Family, A. Voice of Warning, The Wail of a Lenten Lover, The Wanted: A Situation . Ward, E. D. . Washington Dots Wedding Gift, A Wedding Journe Welch, POH. '« What Books are made ‘for. What Next? . oe What's ina Name? What the Old Bird Didn't Know Wheelwright’s ‘‘ Drives” at Boston When first the Maid I love, I Wooed When shall We Three Meet Beane ? Where. . Whim Miller . White Lies . Who Opens the Ball? . Who? What? Which? Ww here? Who would be an Heir Apparent ? Why Not ; .. 112, 162, Wife’s Explanation, Will it be War? . Windsor, Fannie. Winter . . Winter Sports Wisdom Let Loose. eee ate Wolseley, General, Approves s of Gen- eral Lee. . yp a Women on the Increase . Yacht Race, The . . Yearn of the Insolvent Swell Yet Again. ce HeRareS Yours Sincerely . Press oF FLemina, Brewster & ALLey, 31-33 West TweNTy-THIRD STREET, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com