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This is a contents page from Life magazine listing article and illustration titles with their page numbers. It's not a cartoon or comic page itself, but rather a table of contents showing the magazine's contents. The listings reveal Life's typical satirical coverage of the era, including pieces like "Give Literature a Chance," "Good Remedy, A," "Narrow Escape, A," and "Not Easily Embarrassed." These titles suggest social commentary on American life, manners, and contemporary issues. Without seeing the actual illustrations or articles, I cannot identify specific figures or explain particular satire. However, the sheer variety of short, punchy titles indicates Life's format of mixing humorous commentary, illustrations, and brief pieces targeting various aspects of American society and culture for satirical treatment.
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Give Literature a Chance . Glimpse into the Future, A Glories of Literature, The Glorious Fourth, The Glorious West, The Going to Ruin... Golden Opportunity, A Good Luck Good Novel and some V erses, A Good Patient, A * Good Remedy, A. Grateful Public, A . Great Descent, A Uprising, ‘A Growing City, 4 Actor who Thought he a Lady, The . Handsome would ‘t M Hanson, G. E. . arsh Treatment wthorne, Julian . y Bank Deposit, A + 363 + 310 93 19 82 » 298 "178 » 136 ‘291 + 135 136 1, 40 + 342 - 178 + 179 » 53 » 135 He could not Wait . elings Height of Selfis Herford, O. He was “He was Greeted with a Flood of Tears” e He Wasn't Going Feagher He i He was Over Sensitive He Went Wrong Hint to the Apostles, ete. His Friend aS His Last Cigar . His Letter His One Infirmity . Historical Incident, An Hofmann’s Rival Home Base, The Home Thrust, A Hood, C.N.. Hopeful Outlook, Horrid Affection Household Hints How it Works How it Works in Our How Little we can Tell How Solomon Got Left How the Great Reforme: How the Royal Bengal 1 Lunch How the Snow and “Rain Combined How to be Rid of the Surplus. Hoyt, A. E. Hunti ness, The . ig the Fox i in America’ Iconoclastic Spirit, The Idea, An . — Idle Tdyiler Ignorant Sinner, An Impending Disgrace Important. Advertisement . Ina Storage Warehouse . In Church Indication of Good ‘Taste, An Infallible Safeguard In Germany . ortune Time, ‘An . lligent Understanding, An epted Letter, An g * Tnteresting. Items about Literary Peo- ple : é ue Interesting to Musicians | In the Conservatory In the Gladsome Springtime In the Meantime In the Spring + 261 » 366 CONTENTS. PAGE. In the Spring a School-boy's Fancy doesn’t turn, etc In the West . . In Times of Peace Prepare for War In Volapuk fa ok Irvin Russell's Poems . Isolated Instance, An . It does make a Difference I Told You So . It’s a Poor Rule, etc. . Its Probable Cause : “It's Worry that Kills” . It was . + 34t January Jonah’. | Joys of Spring, Just Fancy The Knowing the Manners of the People . Lamentable Precocity of a New York Lasting Gift, A . Latest Thing in F “ads Laughing Waters Lawnces, The P Laying Down the Law Leap Year. ‘ Leap Year in Florida Leap Year Pleasures Leap Year Reverie, A Li enten Observances $ Féte Champétre Box. a 8 s Political Weather Bureau s Puzzle Department Lire Little Latin, A. . Loan of a Bite, The Look Out . Lost Opportunity, A Love Game, A Luders, C. H. Maiden’s Reply, The . Making a Knight of it Man of High Berth, A Man to b ‘Avoided, Many Virtues of the Southern } egro, The Man who Ate too many Oy: sters, March . - : March Reverie Margery May : May in New The England . MeVickar, W.B.. Metcalfe 3 “124 1 154, 168, 182, 198, 212, 268, 282, 296, 312, 340, Merciful Judge, Millennium for ‘American Authors, Minister Phelps Returns to his Aston- ished Family ing Circumstances Montaigne Moore's Insult, The . More Injustice to Ireland More Interesting Matter . More Prodigies . Morning—Evening Mother Goose . a Movements in High Air | Mr. Blaine’s Health : Mr, Eaton and Yale College Mr. James’ Estimate of Mr. Stevenson 2 Mr. Smith, of New York. Murder in his Heart Musical Announcement Mutual Benefits . My Love's Love Narrow Escape, A . National Game, The Neglecting Her Work New Cathedral, The . . Newcomb, Edward A. I’. New Dish, New Edition of George Meredith's Works, The : New Light on W: ashington Polish, The . . : Reading of an Old Proverb School, The : heory of Gravitation, ‘A. vy View of the Hansom, The y View of the Mighty, etc., Next. . Next Morning, The e Question, A ight of Terror, A ight’s Rest, A x ineteenth Century Prophet, / Noble Life, A oi: gale No Concealment None of his Funeral None Too Large ‘ **No Noose is Good Noose” No Resemblance No Room for Doubt e of Conscience ly Embarrassed . “Nothing is Here for Tears” Nothing New under the Sun Not in a Proper Frame of Mind Not Since os Not Such a Bad Tdea : Not the Boy’s Fault Not the Kind of a Bird he wa: Not this Time Not to be Imposed U pon” Not to be Laughed At Not What he Wanted . Novelists to Dine * Novel of Romantic Adventure, 4 Nutritious and Medicinal . Obituary na Objectional Quality, An. so eG Observations . . 103, 119, 133, idental sw ahs O'Connor's Hamlet Of Course Offer, . Offlen Dihit ‘ Oh, ’tis Love. . Old Inhabitant Still Ahead, The Omnibus ad des Gloriam . One Better . One Can't be too Careful . One Cause for Complaint One Drawback oy Hy FA ORE One Effect of Civil Service Reforms One Way of Facing, ete. . One Way Out of It a Only Terror could Beauchamp Only Way, The. . . On the Rialto. . On the Sanity of Literary Men . On the Way to Colorado Springs Opening the Season 4 . 333 Ordering a Meal sq ee ge aa eR Organ Grinder, The . 2... 52 Original Prodigy, The... . . I Otempora! Omores! . . . - . 35 Other Hearts will Ache + 367 Other Kind, The . 287 Other Side, The : . 150 Our Advice ee ee 19, 43, 73 Our Dog. . ay 90 hions in ‘Houses ai & | 213 comicbooks.com