Life, 1903-11-26 · page 6 of 20
Life — November 26, 1903 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains book reviews in the "Latest Books" section, not political cartoons. The three cartoon panels below the text are humorous illustrations accompanying a joke about a brass band rather than political satire. The cartoons show the "Coontown Brass Band" in sequence: (1) their drum sits unused against a wall, (2) band members rush to grab it, and (3) labeled "Their Funeral March," they chaotically carry the drum in a disorderly procession. The joke plays on the band's incompetence and the funeral march's association with solemn ceremony—here depicted as chaotic slapstick. The term "Coontown" reflects period racial stereotyping common in early 1900s American humor magazines, though the satire targets the band's musical ineptitude rather than making a specific political point.
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W ITH sout-satisfying At directness James L, Ford, in The Brazen Calf, gibbets that worship of snob- bery whose votaries are legion, and whose ited organ is the society page of the Mr. Ford has done us a most He has tipped with vective and acceptable service. satire the blunt arrows of our © our unuttered thoughts. rs of his book willever made arti Few r upon a (Dodd, ¥ Areall can read for ht fiction, a book one . finish without 1 at least re- Hie amuse a bad taste in the mouth, with a vag object of many av crowded bookstalls. A Sequence in Hearts, bs mem se of past pleasure, in search on book is Itis ry life, One such Mary an interesting story of contempo whose characters are drawn with u skill and eff cot Company, tiveness. (The J. B. Lip Philadelphia -LEPE The Career of Mrs, Osborn is light fiction flimsy construction of iving the adven- aw girly and Mere flimsiness, how- ous chaperon. no detriment to ginge Beginning most of her chap- rriving at the play in the middle nd act. (The Smart Set Publish- $1.50.) ters is li of the sec ing Company A. T. Quiller-Couch, in his tale of the Wesleys of Methodist fame, called Hetty Westy, has combined, with success and to ourentertainment, his fondness for dabbling in past records and his skill in story-telling. He has given to a historical treatise the form and the spirit of a strong piece of fie- tion—a feat which recent experiences have brought us to look upon as an impossibility. (The Macmillan Company. $1.50.) adoxical to be disappointed but it is our expectations pts that govern the issue ly Mar- It may be ps in a pretty story and not our re Alice Brown's past work, garet Warrener and The Mannerings, have led us to expect more from their author pretty and conventional story espe than a CORNET VS HORNET. THE WEES IN THE RASS DRUM DIDN'T CUT ANY rroURE gracefully developed, and such, and such only, is Judgment. (Harper and Broth- ers, $1.25.) By another of those coincidences, whose frequency has almost the force of law, the same season which has given us an extended biography of Helen Keller brings us a similar volume dealing with Laura Bridg- man, Dr, Howe's Famous Pupit, and What He Taught Her, by Maud Howe and ence Howe Hull. ‘fo those specifically interested in this branch of education, the volumes will prove of complementary inter- est. To the casual reader Miss Keller's life will be the active. (Little, Brown and Company, Boston.) The hour required to read Mr. Ernest H Crosby's Tolstoi and His Message is far from wasted. A short biographical sketch is followed by a forceful exposition of the great Russian's creed of non-resistance This, as expounded by his American dis- le, whatever thought of its expediency, is at least refreshing for the simple common sense with which it faces may be an issue obscured by centuries of theological (The Funk and Wagnalls Com- J.B. Ker sophistry. pany. 50¢.) UNTIL THE RAND STRUCK UP THEIR FUNERAL MARCH comicbooks.com