Life, 1911-04-06 · page 43 of 76
Life — April 6, 1911 — page 43: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine features a satirical silhouette cartoon by Angus MacDonald titled "The New World and the Old." The image depicts four figures in profile walking together: a fashionably dressed woman with an elaborate hat and small dog, two formally dressed men in bowler hats, and a slouching figure on the right. The cartoon likely contrasts American and European social types or attitudes—"new" versus "old" world sensibilities. The exaggerated fashions and formal postures suggest satire of pretension or social affectation. The disheveled figure at right may represent a counterpoint to the refined Europeans or Americans. The page's main content is a "Confidential Book Guide"—book reviews discussing contemporary novels by Wells, Galsworthy, Bennett, and others, making this primarily a literary criticism section rather than political commentary.
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pregnates the supposedly bureaucratic correspondence with her elfish and yet genuinely alluring personality is what gives the book its individuality. T whole affair is told with so much verve, is so freshly phrased and so manifestly bubbling with the same instinctive self- The Adventures of James Capen Adams, Mountaineer and Grisly Bear Hunter of California, by Theodore H. Hittell. A new edition of a curious and interesting record of frontier life, long 0} Appreciations and Cri of Charles Dickens, by G. C. Chesterton. A collection of papers written as prefaces to THE NEW WORLD AND THE OLD expression that is characteristic of Molly herself, that one is tempted to put the cart before the horse and give Molly the credit for having inspired the author instead of praising the author for having created Molly. J. B, Kerfoot, the novels. Violently epigrammatic, b tently illuminating. Denry the Audacious, by Arnold Bennett. See above. ~ The Great Illusion, by See above. Howard's End, by Edward M. Forster A delightfully handled story, dealing with Norman Angell ANGUS MAL DONALL: #0) the comparative dynamic efficiencies of four contrastel temperan be The Jopanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, ed by Elizabeth Bis! Spontancous outpourings of the faith and fancy of a trained literary mind, Jean Christophe, by Romain Rolland. The translation of two-fifths of the original French work. The deeply interesting be- sinning of what is said to be a remarkable whol Justice, by John Galsworthy. An excellet example of the reuniting of a play life, literature and the drama. Marie-Claire, by Marguerite Audoux. \ modern classic. An autobiographical sketch by-a Parisian seamstress, Molly Make-Believe, by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. *e above. The New Machiavelli, by H. G. Wells. The personal and political reminiscences of a discredited English statesman and. the quintessence of Mr, Wells's social philoso- Phy One Way Out, by “William Carleton.” The personal statement of a New England clerk’s escape from economic dependence. _,The Winning Fight, by Herbert Kaufman, Short papers containing straight talk on con: temporary conditions, personal efficiency and practical ideals, comicbooks.com