Life, 1903-02-26 · page 8 of 24
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# "Life's Fashion Plates" & "Bad Boy" This page features book reviews and two satirical illustrations. The upper cartoon, titled "Life's Fashion Plates: Court Costume for Non-Military American Ambassador," depicts a portly gentleman in elaborate formal dress with a large bow tie, appearing to mock diplomatic fashion standards—likely critiquing overdressed American officials abroad. The lower illustration, captioned "Bad Boy," shows a mischievous child in period clothing causing minor havoc (appears to involve overturned objects), a common satirical theme in *Life* magazine about childhood mischief and parental exasperation. The surrounding text reviews contemporary books, including works about Morocco, Egypt, and various literary collections. The cartoons employ *Life*'s typical approach: visual humor about social pretension and everyday domestic scenarios that would resonate with educated American readers of the era.
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A NEW volume of reminiscences, b: LA. the author of The Martyrdom of an Empress, bears the title of A Dogfed Coronet. ‘Its five hundred pages of engag- ing gossip are written in a most entertain- ing style, and range from pictures of events and characters on the diplomatic stage in Egypt afier the Arabi Pasha rebellion to the author's adventures during exile, (Iarper and Brothers. 1 American ssitated by financial disaster. $2.25.) Mr. A. J. Dawson has achieved remark- able results in his story of Morocco, called Hidden Man It is a real story of real y bit at the gates of strange cities and in the bazaars where news and gossi sold. To write it the author has first become @ Moor, and his tale-is saturated with the spirit of (A. S. Barnes and Company. $1.50.) Pr or George of the Babylonians and / an account of the work past fitty years by excavators and scholars, and an analysis and summary of the re- sults to date, which will interest many who like to keep abreast of other work than their own, although they may not care to follow all the included i tial su (Charles Scribner's Sons. $1 “The Man in the Street” Stories from odspeed's History yrians contains ‘complished in the ssion. -LIFE- York Times have been issued in book form, and their humor is vouched for in an introduction by Chauncey Depew. ‘This is c{ul handicap for a young book just out in life, but there are so many in the collection that it 1 in spite of it. (J. shing Company. good stori should sue Ogilvie Pub $1.00.) Geor, Gilbert's novel, Jn the Shadow of the Purple, is written with the avowed object of clearing the honor of Mrs. Fitzherbert, wife of George IV. This is rather a work of supercrogation, as Mrs. Fitzherbert’s honesty is acknowl- edged. The book, however, is fairly interesting. (R Fenno and Company. $1.50. Tsabel 1 from the the fifty informa by the v stories vell's Stories in Stone wan Forum is one of even varieties of canned n now so fecely suppiied ous publishers. These stone" are a rather per- functory compi Roman history and mythology with a d cided tinny flavor. (The Maen Jan Company. $1.50. tion of COURT COSTUME POR NON-MILITARY AMERICAN AMBASSADOR. A really beautiful volume, called Quest of the Holy Grail, contains a series of reproductions from Edwin Abbey's frieze in the Boston Public Library, aud a hetic and charming interpretation and paraphrase of the holy legends by (Curtis and Cameron, J.B. Kerfoot. symp: Ferris Greenslet. Boston.) map Roy! LIFE’S FASHION PLATES. OTHER BOOKS Ré CEIVED. Pickett’s Charge and Other Poems. By Fred Emerson Brooks, (Forbes and Compans, Boston, $1.25.) Frederick Watker. By Ciementina Black. (EF. P, Dutton and Company, 5c.) Cunid te King. A book ot verses by Roy Far- rell Greene. (Hichard D. Badger, Boston.) Christian Scterce. A comedy by M. M. Man- gasarian. (M. M. Mangasartan, Chicago.) Rollicking Thymes, By NW. Bingbam. (Henry A. Dickerman abd Son.) Lore Sonnets of an Office Boy. By S. E. Kiser, (Forbes and Company, Bostou, 60¢,) The Book of Weddings. By Mrs Burton Kio land. “An. etiquette book tilustrated by photo- graphic reproductions of floral and table decora- tous, (Doubleday, Page wud Company. $1.20.) How to Mate Rugs’ By Candace Wheeler. (Doubleday, Page aud Company. $1.00.) Millionaires of America. & portfolio of clever caricatures by de Fornaro, (TI -) Let Heros de Roman. An edition of Botlean’s dialogue, witn Introduction and notes by Thomas Frederick Crane. (Ginn and Company, Boston, Te.) Mozart misicians, by Ed and Company. $1 Translations trom Old English Poetry. by Albert 8. Cook aud Chauncey f. (Ginn and Company, Boston. A Treasury of Humorous Poetry. Falted by Frederic Lawrence Kuowles, (Dana, Estes and neva V. Wolcott. Company, Boston.) Ringe of Smoke. Ty G (The Electric Press, Wilmington, Delaware.) Tn Merry Mord. A book of verses by Nixon Waterman, (Forbes and Company, Boston, $1.25.) Tha Life and Repentanre of Mary Magdalene. By Lewis Wager Reprinted with notes by Fred efic Ives Carpenter from the original edition of 1566, (The Untversity of Chicago Press.) Clotstrat Strains, By Lavts Alexander Rob- ertson, (A, M, Robertson, San Francisco. 7 A blography fn the sertes npon master Ureakspear. (EP. Dutton Edited Tinker comicbooks.com