Cartoons by McCutcheon A selection of one hundred drawings

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_CARTOONS BY McCUTCHEON_

_CARTOONS BY McCUTCHEON_

_A Selection of One Hundred Drawings By JOHN T. McCUTCHEON INCLUDING THE FAMOUS “BOY IN SPRINGTIME” SERIES, ETC._

_CHICAGO_ _A. C. McCLURG & CO_ _1904_

COPYRIGHT BY A. C. MCCLURG & CO. 1903

Published May 2, 1903 Second Edition, May 20, 1903 Third Edition, June 20, 1903 Fourth Edition, July 15, 1903 Fifth Edition, January 1, 1904

_The cartoons in this volume originally appeared in “The Chicago Record-Herald,” and they are now reprinted through the courtesy of the publisher of that paper, Mr. Frank B. Noyes._

UNIVERSITY PRESS · JOHN WILSON AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

_CONCERNING MR. McCUTCHEON’S CARTOONS_

_Those who have studied and admired Mr. McCutcheon’s cartoons in the daily press doubtless have been favorably impressed by the two eminent characteristics of his intent. First, he cartoons public men without grossly insulting them. Second, he recognizes the very large and important fact that political events do not fill the entire horizon of the American people. It has not been very many years since the newspaper cartoon was a savage caricature of some public man who had been guilty of entertaining tariff opinions that did not agree with the tariff opinions of the man who controlled the newspaper. It was supposed to supplement the efforts of the editorial in which the leaders of the opposition were termed “reptiles.”_

¶ _The first-class, modern newspaper seems to have awakened to the fact that our mundane existence is not entirely wrapped up in politics. Also, that a man may disagree with us and still have some of the attributes of humanity._

¶ _In Mr. McCutcheon’s cartoons we admire the clever execution, and the gentle humor which diffuses all of his work, but I dare say that more than all we admire him for his considerate treatment of public men and his blessed wisdom in getting away from the hackneyed political subjects and giving us a few pictures of that every-day life which is our real interest._

_George Ade_

_Chicago, March 1, 1903._

A BOY IN SPRINGTIME

A BOY IN SPRINGTIME

A BOY IN SPRINGTIME

A BOY IN SPRINGTIME

A BOY IN SPRINGTIME

THE FRENCH EMISSARY STUDIES OUR INDUSTRIAL METHODS

THE FRENCH EMISSARY STUDIES OUR INDUSTRIAL METHODS

THE FRENCH EMISSARY STUDIES OUR INDUSTRIAL METHODS

THE FRENCH EMISSARY STUDIES OUR INDUSTRIAL METHODS

THE COLISEUM HORSE SHOW

AT LAST WE ARE TO HAVE FOX HUNTING NEAR CHICAGO

A SUNDAY TROLLEY TRIP ALONG THE NORTH SHORE

SUNDAY IN LINCOLN PARK

DERBY DAY

THE LAKE FOREST HORSE SHOW

THE WOMEN’S GOLF TOURNAMENT

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME

THE VACATION SEASON

READING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

CIRCUS DAY

THE DINNER-HORN AT HARVEST-TIME

THE COUNTY FAIR

THE OPENING DAY OF THE COLLEGES

THE COLLEGES ARE NOW IN FULL BLAST

THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

A BOY IN FALL-TIME

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

ENTERTAINING PRINCE HENRY

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS RESTING AT OYSTER BAY

OUR PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS SOME OF HIS FRIENDS AT OYSTER BAY

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT VISITS MR. CLEVELAND AT PRINCETON

BEAR HUNTING IN MIASMA, MISSISSIPPI

CAMPAIGNING WITH BATHHOUSE JOHN

CAMPAIGNING WITH BATHHOUSE JOHN

OUR CHICAGO ALDERMEN IN NEW YORK

OUR CHICAGO ALDERMEN IN BOSTON

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

A BOY IN WINTER-TIME

MR. MORGAN VISITS KING EDWARD

KING EDWARD MEETS MR. MORGAN

MR. MORGAN MEETS THE KAISER

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DELIVERS AN ADDRESS TO THE TRUST MAGNATES

THE SPEAKER THAT SPOKE AT THE WRONG TIME

SOCIAL HAPPENINGS AT BIRD CENTER, ILLINOIS

A RECEPTION IN THE K. OF P. HALL IN HONOR OF THE HON. EPHRAIM PUMPHREY, CONGRESSMAN-ELECT

SOCIAL HAPPENINGS AT BIRD CENTER, ILLINOIS

MRS. RILEY WITHERSBY ENTERTAINS THE BIRD CENTER READING CIRCLE

SOCIAL HAPPENINGS AT BIRD CENTER, ILLINOIS

MRS. SMILEY W. GREENE, WIFE OF THE POPULAR UNDERTAKER, CELEBRATES THANKSGIVING BY ENTERTAINING THE DANCING CLUB

THE WAR MANŒUVRES, THE GALLANT GENERALS, AND THE ARMY MULES WHO DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS ALL IN FUN

THE NAVAL MANŒUVRES AT NEWPORT

DECORATION DAY

THE INGLORIOUS FIFTH

JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING DAY

JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS

HAVE YOU EVER HAD THIS EXPERIENCE?

A PICTORIAL SERMONETTE

THE WOMAN WHO TELLS HER HUSBAND ALL HER PETTY TROUBLES

A PICTORIAL SERMONETTE

A PICTORIAL SERMONETTE

THE MAN WHO HAD NO RIGHT TO TALK

A PICTORIAL SERMONETTE

ON THE IMAGINATIVE MAN WHO WORKS HIMSELF INTO A PASSION BECAUSE HE THINKS SOME ONE MAY INSULT HIM

A PICTORIAL SERMONETTE

ONE OF THE PERILS OF THOSE WHOSE POSITIONS IN SOCIETY ARE NOT SECURE

MR. LUGUBRIOUS BLUE AND MR. SMILEY GLADD ON THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION

A CARIBBEAN SCHÜTZENFEST

OR, THE SHIP THAT WAS MUCH THE WORSE FOR WAR

SHERLOCK HOLMES ANALYZES A PERFECT STRANGER

THE SYMPATHETIC COAL DEALER AND THE MAN WHO HAD TO HAVE A TON OF COAL

DOES THE END JUSTIFY THE MEANNESS?

THE COAL INVESTIGATION