Life — April 5, 1888 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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» LIFE™ —and that brave heart is the most admirable thing in man as well as the most lovable in woman. * * * T is well that the “ exigencies of the plot” did not require more than two or three glimpses of New York life. They are unconsciously very funny—especially the conver- sation of two brilliant club-men and the brief account of a swell bachelor dinner, given at three o'clock in the after- noon. It may be remarked that even at that unseasonable hour, the young bloods were bombarding a picture of Washington with jam tarts. This is shockingly immoral! * * * A VERY useful and compact “ Story of the City of New York” (Putnam’s) has been compiled and gracefully written by Charles Burr Todd. There was need for just such a book to attract young men and women to the history of the ugly but interesting city in which they live. The elaborate octavos which have preceded it are no doubt very valuable, but there is hardly leisure enough in a New York life-time to read them. The author's object has been “to present a brief but com- prehensive survey of the causes which led to the founding of 195 the city, and of the various agencies which contributed to its marvelous growth, and to combine with this a narrative of such domestic details and romantic or picturesque incidents as would serve to render the picture clear and complete.” There are a host of illustrations—from Manhattan Island before the Dutch to the Goddess of Liberty, and frdm the dynasty of Peter Minuit to Abram S. Hewitt. Droch. NEW BOOKS - (KNICKERBOCKER NUGGETS. The Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Sweet Pansies, New York: E. P, Dutton & Co. The Message of the Dove. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. The Story of the Nations. The Goths. By Henry Bradley. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Makers of Venice. Joy, and other Poems. nain's Sons. By Mrs. Oliphant. New York: Macmillan & Co. By Danske Dandridge. New York: G. P. Put- Bonaventure, Ry George W. Cable. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. The Story of the City of New York. By Charles Burr Todd. Illustrated. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. New York. risk Wonders. By D. R, McAnally, Jr. Boston: Houghton, Miffin & Co. Nos. 13 and 1g, Century Co., Tomb Prize Essays. New York: American Public Health Association. The Great Amherst Mystery. New York: Brentanos, Haschisch. New York: Brentanos. THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY. ACCORDING TO THE ALMANAC, ATRON (to railroad officer): There was no heat in the elevated cars this morning, and I thought the end of my nose would fall off. Ther- mometer down to zero. OFFICER (sarcastical- zy): No heat, and summer only two months off! My dear sir, you should let the thermometer alone and study the almanac. PROPERLY CLAS- SIFIED. OREMAN (making up the forms): Where shall I put this clipping of poetry ? Ep1Tor: Whois it by ? FOREMAN: Walt Whit- man. Epiror: Put it in the Puzzle Department. He (impecunious gentleman of letsure): 1 WAS SORRY AT BEING CALLED OUT YESTERDAY AND LEAV- ING YOU TO PAY THE MINISTER, WHAT DID HE ASK YOU ? She ($40,000 a year): HE ASKED ME WHO YOU WERE. He: WELL? She: AND WHEN I TOLD HIM, HE SAID HE DIDN'T FEEL JUSTIFIED IN CHARGING ME MORE THAN TWO DOLLARS. T doesn't take a kit- ten long to win his purrs. comicbooks.com