The Wasp — 1879 — page 60: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily a **Literary Review section** rather than political cartoons. The small decorative illustrations at the top left and right are generic satirical vignettes typical of the era's magazine design. The main content reviews "The Man on the Fence," a book the critic dismisses as poorly written, noting it was "evidently written with the intention of giving employment to a few printers and destroying a quantity of paper." The review criticizes the protagonist's implausible actions—sitting on a fence for extended periods—and attacks the author's moral agenda about political neutrality. The page includes various humorous brief items about contemporary life (romantic mishaps, accidents, observations), characteristic of 19th-century satirical magazines' miscellaneous humor sections. **No identifiable political figures appear** in the visible cartoons or text.