Life, 1905-02-16 · page 16 of 24
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This *Life* magazine page reviews recent publications and includes two satirical cartoons. **Top Cartoon (Limerick):** A humorous illustration accompanying a verse about "young lady named Molly" who ran for a trolley, broke her shoestring, and died of embarrassment. It's light social satire about Victorian propriety and the perils of public mishap. **Bottom Cartoon ("A Special Inducement"):** A sharper satire on early automobile culture. A woman declines a ride as "not exciting enough," whereupon a man ("Mr. Scorcher") invites her with his new chauffeur—who "knows absolutely nothing of automobiles, having just escaped from the asylum for the criminally insane." This mocks both the recklessness of wealthy motorists and the anxieties automobiles provoked in 1900s society. **Book Reviews:** The page discusses works by Gouverneur Morris, Paul Laurence Dunbar (*Heart of Happy Hollow*), and others, with brief critical commentary on their literary merit.
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200 THE LATEST a S Aoote o @ xe OUVERNEUR- MORRIS © has done a nice thing in Ellen and Mr. Man, glimpse of He has given usa fleeting r lost illusions. Few of have kept that heart y appetite for sweets, whether sugarplums or senti- ment, which was once our unappre- e much ciated possession, and we giv gestions as worldly wisdom and Hen and Mr. Man ail our one-time favorites (we know them at a to speaking of our npaired di- rotr gla wely heroine, the toad- hunting villain, the rich hero in dis- ne ise) are served t with a dash of Old Ada’ palates into momentary rejuvenation 2 sauce that tickles r jaded Breaking the zebra to harness and mode} yoking blank verse t n English drama have long been looked upon as equally dificult, Mr. Hagenbeck has accomplished the one and Mr. Stephen Phillips the othe ments remain instances of individual but both achieve- skill rather than genuine triumphs of domestication. The Sin of David, Mr. Phillips's latest work, is especially inter- it brings his experime’ esting in tha as near home and as near the prese! as the England of Cromwell—a daring advance from the court of Herod and the home of Ulysses THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY NAMED MOLLY WHO RAN LIKE THE DEUCE FOR THE TROLLEY TO HER ZEAL SHE PROVED MARTYR, FOR SNAP! WENT HER SHOESTRING— AND OF MORTIPICATION DIED MOLLY “LIFE: The Heart of Happy Hollow, by Paul Laurence Dunbar, is a collection of negro stories and sketches, whose chicf claim to notice lies in the fact that they are offered by their author as interpretations of his own race. As marked neither by atic interest nor by much stories they ‘ much dram technical finis| tine and their appeal is dis- sentimental rather than literary. Hilaire Belloc’s biography of Em- manuel Burden, late wholesale dealer in hardware, of Thames Street, Lon- don, pillar of British Imperialism and coadjutor in the development of Africa, the most diverting piece of satirical writing which ha ne to hand for a long time. It isa delicious picture of John Bull in up-to-date finance, and, incidentally, a most excellent take-off on a form of biographical writing with which we are all too familiar, cx Lilian Bell is. se sometimes enthusiastic, and we have long been used to smile at her caustic cleverness and wince at her enthusi- asms. In her latest book, 4¢ Home metimes witty and with the Jardines, she is in a meltingly A SPECIAL INOUCEMENT. Miss Dash: way : 1 DON'T CARE TO CO AUTOMOBILING, THANKS, IT ISN'T EXCITING ENOUGH. Mr. Scorcher : 1 TWINK YOU'D RNJOV A RIDE WITH MY NEW CHAUFFEUR. ME KNOWS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF AUTOMOBILES, HAVING JUST ESCAPED FROM THE ASYLUM POR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE. comicbooks.com