Life, 1889-11-21 · page 7 of 20
Life — November 21, 1889 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 287 The page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"A Nightmare and a Bugbear"** (large illustration): A grotesque creature—appearing to be a skeletal or monstrous horse head—likely represents a cautionary or satirical image, though its specific political target is unclear from context alone. **"A School Episode"**: A humorous anecdote about a child claiming his nose is "blew" (blue from cold), not "blown," correcting his teacher's interpretation. **"A Thanksgiving Study"**: Decorative sketches of turkeys in various poses, presumably for holiday illustration purposes. **"It All Depended on Tim"**: A humorous domestic scene about age calculation between Mrs. Bland and Bridget regarding kerosene storage and age differences. The page represents typical Life magazine fare: a mix of humor, light satire, children's content, and book reviews rather than focused political commentary.
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A SCHOOL [EPISODE. CHID a lad who said, “* My nose is blew ;" But he remarked, in truth it must be told: ‘* Dear teacher, I alluded to its hue ; Not blown, I meant to say, but blue with cold.” ATHANKSGIVING STUDY. Pa Gee s (MOE ral A NIGHTMARE AND A BUGBEAR, American stories (which delighted so many magazine readers) into a volume entitled “Gerald Ffrench’s Friends” (Longmans). The one which it best pleases us to remember is “The Old Man from the Old Country,” a sympathetic study of a delightfully-humorous old character. Other notable books of fiction are Mary Agnes Tincker’s “Two Coronets” (Houghton); “The Romance of Dollard,” by Mary H. Catherwood (Century Co.); Mary Hallock Foote’s “Last Assembly Ball” (Houghton); and that excellent book for children, Andrew Lang's “Blue Fairy Book" (Longmans). Droch. NEW BOOKS. NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS, Mlustrated. By Victor Hugo. 4" Boston: Estes & Lavriat Three Vassar Girls in Russia and Turkey. By Elizabeth W, Champney. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, Zig-Zag Journeys im the British Isles, By H. Butterworth. Boston: Estes & Lauriat. The Knockabout Club in Spain, By Fred, A. Ober. Boston: Estes & Lavriat, The Red Mountain of Alaska, Mlustrated. By Willis Boyd Allen. Boston: Estes & Lauriat. The Earl's Return, Mlustrated. By Owen Meredith, Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Chatterbox, 1889-90. Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Feathers, Furs, and Fins; or, Stories of Animal Life for Children, Wustrated, Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Little Ones’ Annual, Mustrated. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, Queen Hildegarde, By Laura E, Richards. Translated by A. L. Alger. Two volumes in one. IT ALL DEPENDED ON TIM. id Mrs. Bland, the other morning, “ how old are you?” aid Bridget, as she poured three gallons of kerosene on a piece of wood two inches square in the stove, “1 wuz just siven months older than me brother Tim, and if he lives till next October I'll be twinty-four.” ‘©THE magic of a name cannot be felt by one who does not understand its spell,” said Boggs, as he looked at the hieroglyphic brag of a forgotten Pharaoh. comicbooks.com