Life, 1903-11-05 · page 12 of 38
Life — November 5, 1903 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page reviews recent books rather than presenting political cartoons. The skeleton illustration on the left appears to be decorative artwork accompanying book reviews. The bottom cartoon, titled "The Proper Way to Address a Gentleman," shows two men in formal dress. One appears to be instructing the other on etiquette, likely satirizing proper social conventions or formality of the era. The caption references "the latest work on etiquette," suggesting the joke concerns absurd or overly rigid rules of gentlemanly conduct. The page primarily consists of book reviews discussing titles like *The Red Rangers*, *Neil Angus McTodd*, and *Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler's Place and Power*—various adventure and social novels of the period. The reviews provide context about contemporary American and British literature rather than political commentary.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
a Michigan sailor, uncouth and unlet- tered, but withal a man one would be glad to shake hands with and is glad to read about. (A. S. Barnes and Com- pany. $1.25.) Under the title In the Guardianship of God Mrs. Flora Annie Steele pub- lishes a volume of short stories of British India. Now if there is one field preempted, staked out and secured by all the formalities of the literary land office, it is this, and Mrs. ele's stories suffer toan undeserved degree from fact that they formally challenge parison with their bett (The Ma millan Company. $1.50.) From the dizzy altitudes of make-be- lieve, from Graustark and Castle Craney- crow, George Barr McCutcheon has come down with a thud to real life in Clay ana, His history of The Sherrods is intended to be both idyllic and tragic. Tn fact, it is extremely Little Boy (in museum): wnat 18 THAT funny,and so natv to be almost worth ermkxon:LOOKiNo!TaDIOs 1A (Dodd, Mead and C MTHAT, NY SON, 8 THE SKELETON OF AN AMERICAN COOK, LAST SEEN IN 1905, THK The Change of Heart is a collection of SPECIES 18 LONG SINCE EXTINCT." six short love stories by Margaret Sutton Briscoe, Nice little magaziney love stories three love stories anda most hissable villain, rather surprised to find themselves between The book is frankly an appeal tothe gallery — board covers. That's all.” (Harper and and is liable to score. (The Book Lover Brothers. $1.25.) J.B. Kerfoot. Press. $1.50. " , OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED. In MeTodd C. J. Cuteliffe Hyne intro- Hagar. A dramatic poem in three acts, By duces us to another adventurous mariner. Rollin J, Wells, (The Broadway Pubilshing Neil Angus MeTodd, second engineer Company.) Scotchman and ne’er-do-well, is at least a Verses and Prove, By John Alfred Woods, (Bonnell, Silver and Company. $1.00.) One Hundred Choice Selections, Falted by Charles C, Shoemaker, (The Peon Publishing Company, Philadelpbia.) ¢ and consistent liar, and ences, as set forth through Mr Hyne, are thoroughly amusing. (The Mae- millan Company. $1.50.) Ellen Thorneyeroft Fowler's Place and Porer is a novel with a purpose, addressed to the patriotie Briton Neither its religious nor its political ideas —and its aims are chiefly re: ligious and political —are i with the present ge tion. Perhaps the final decls of the hero, when he has been made Prime Minister, that “the main- is the fear of the Lord” suggest the measure of the book's realism. (D. ENE THWING'S story of a noteton and Company. $1.50.) days in the Michigan back- woods, The Ked gers by name, is a Samuel Merwin, joint author of | introduction into current fiction of Calumet K, which will be remem- scarded dramatic vogue, the “tank a striking bit of description A few of the many specialties are of Western hustling, has published ckwoeds school comn cement, the a story of his own called His Little log rolling, the country dance and free World. This, being interpreted, is “THE PROPER WAY TO ADDRESS A GENTLEMAN.” fight and the forest Gres. There also the little world of one Hunch Badeau, YROM TUE LATEST WORK ON ETIQUETTE. comicbooks.com