Life, 1901-09-19 · page 7 of 20
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# "The Iron Duke" - Page 227 of Life Magazine This page features a photograph of **The Iron Duke statue** with a caption noting it "is now on its way to Pittsburgh." The statue depicts an equestrian figure with an American flag, representing a military leader (likely from the American Civil War era, given the uniform and flag style). The image shows the monument on what appears to be a transport platform or cart. The context suggests this is documenting the relocation of a notable historical statue. Without the magazine's date visible, the specific political significance of moving this statue is unclear, though such relocations often reflected changing public sentiment about historical figures or were practical matters of urban development and monument placement. The page's primary content is book reviews, with the statue serving as a secondary illustration.
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RESIDENCE OF JOHN 8. GRABB, OF CHICAGO. ‘This structure bas a historical interest, having heen used at one time hy the British Parliament. ties are well masked. (McClure, Phillips and Com- pany. $1.50.) James Jeflrey Koche's volume, By- Ways of War, is a the various filibustering expeditions against and Nicaragua undertaken between 1840 and Ithough containing matter for a hundred it is inevitable that, as history, the subject should not be so interesting. (Small, Maynard and Company. $1.50.) Montanye, by William O. Stoddard, a story of New York in the last months of British occupation, consists of a bad English officer, a brave Yankee privateersman and a lovely maiden, well mixed, seasoned with a glimpse George Washington, and served in chapters. (Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia.) R. 0. Prowse devotes the four hundred pages of Voysey to the exhaustive study of an utterly common- place liaison, An occasional page of rather good is the book's only excuse for (The Macmillan Company. $1.50.) ather a good picture of Maryland life just before the is given in Frederick Emory’s novel, A Maryland Manor, ‘The author's style is pleasant and the story not uninteresting, (Frederick A. Stokes Company.) One of the worst books of the season is by Miles, and is called Three Men and a Woman. characters and plot are equally bad, and it is worth while to avoid it. (G. W. Dillingham Company.) J. B, Kerfoot. im ix yea ipe, ir) He cy THE IRON OUKE. (This statue 1s now on Its way to Pittsburg.) comicbooks.com