Life, 1893-05-25 · page 7 of 14
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 333 This page contains two distinct sections: **Upper section:** A serious editorial discussion about Abraham Lincoln biographies, specifically comparing John T. Morse Jr.'s work with earlier treatments. The author defends Lincoln's intellect and judgment against critics, arguing he should be evaluated by historical impact rather than military tactics. **Lower cartoons:** Two satirical sketches with accompanying dialogue. "The Boss Contractor" depicts a giraffe-like creature, apparently mocking someone's implausible claims. "The Mote in the Eye" presents a conversation between characters (Melton and others) discussing a man who smokes cigarettes, chews tobacco, and has poor table manners—used to satirize hypocrisy about judging others' vices. The page blends serious literary criticism with light social satire typical of Life magazine's format.
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-LIFE- Persons inclined to confuse their wé//s and shalls and shoulds and woulds will get much benefit from Mr. Morse’s interpolated corrections of Mr. Lincoln's errors in those particulars. They stand in striking evidence of the superior- ity of the War President's education to his scholarship. As to McClellan (and every Lincoln biographer's views of McClellan are only second in importance to his views of Lincoln) Mr. Morse tries very hard to be fair; telling what McClellan did well, what he didn’t do, what he ought to have done, what he suffered from men and circumstances, and what in one important case he was prevented from doing by a blunder of Lincoln's, ‘Cooks, warriors and authors,” says Birrell, “must be judged by the effects they produce.” But McClellan, it seems, is to be judged by the effect he produces on the mind of the student of history, which certainly is not the sort of effect a military man would wish his fame to rest upon. E. S. Martin, NEW BOOKS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Two volumes. By John T. Morse, Jr. ton and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Ruminations. By Paul Siegvolk. New York and London: G. P. Put- nam's Sons, In the Bundle of Time. By Arlo Bates. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Convent Life of George Sand. Translated by Maria Ellery } : Boston : Roberts proces, Tae GY manent Fleeting Thoughts, By Caroline Edwards Prentiss. New York and London: G, P. Putnam's Sons, Bos- The Loves of Paut Fenly. By Anna M. Fitch. New ¥ : as re folk, ly. By ‘itch. lew York and London: Lost Itiusions, By Honoré de Balzac, Translated by Katharine Pres cot Wormeley, Boston: Roberts Brothers. Ranch Verses. By William Lawrence Chittenden. New York and P. "s Sons, London Putnam’ Napoleon. By William O'Connor Morris. New York and London: G. P, Putnam's Sons, Excursions in Criticism. By William Watson. New York: Macmillan and Company. Social Strugelers. By H.H, Boyesen. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Rheingrafenstein, By Ritter Dande- lyon. New York: G. W, Dillingha. “So MR, HENPECK HAS RUN OFF AND LEFT HIS W “1 pon'T BLAME HIM, I GUESS HE GOT TIRED wOssED.” “Tt CAN'T BE THAT. OF BEING HE RAN OFF WITH THE COOK,” THE MOTE IN THE EYE. ef I NEVER knew a man so set against anything as he is against cigarettes.” “ Who is?” “Melton. He can’t see a man smoking one without The Boa Constrictor: Jimmixy! BEFORE I SWALLOWED HIM! Wuy pips't I MAKE SURF THAT GIRAFFE WAS DEAD making some insulting remark, He says they are disgusting.” “Melton? Melton? 0, yes, I think I recall him now. He is a big, fat fellow isn’t he?" “Yes.” “ Chews tobacco, smells of onions, and eats with his knife?” “ That's the man.” OKES: Gilleland is so stupid that many peo- ple think him wise. MEEKISON: His case is even worse than that. He is so stupid that he thinks himself wi: comicbooks.com