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From the Estate of
MARY E. DAY
Gift of
SHERMAN DAY '96
and
HARRY V.DAY '95 S
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FIFTY CARICATURES
by MAX BEERBOHM

FIFTY CARICATURES
dtf MAX BEERBOHM

NEW YORK MCMXIII
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CONTENTS.
I. Amurath and Amurazzle.
2. Mr. Asquith in Office.
j". Dawning of a Horrid Doubt.
4. "The Rising Hope of the Stern, Unbending Tories''
J. On Circuit.
6. Mr. Joseph Pennell, thinking of the old 'un.
7. Rentrde of Mr. George Moore.
8. Mr. Bernard Shaw.
g. Some Ministers of the Crown.
10. Sir Edward Carson.
11. Signor D ' Annunzio.
12. Mr. /"ohn Masefield.
13. The Torch.
14. M. Rodin.
15. Lord Londonderry and Others.
16. Sir Edgar Speyer.
17. Sir Edward Grey.
18. Mr. Charles Brookfield.
iq. A Loathsome Proposal.
20. Mr. George Grossmith.
21. Lord Charles Beresford.
22. Mr. Lloyd George and his Guardian.
27. Lord Rosebery.
24. Cecils in Conclave.
2J. Mr. Thomas Hardy.

CONTENTS— continued.
26. Girth.
27. M. Rostand.
28. Mr. Reginald McKenna.
29. Lord Alexander Thynne.
30. Almost like Simony.
31. Lord Chesterfield.
32. Cold-Shouldered Yet.
33. Herr Hauptmann.
34. Such Good "Copy."
33. Signor Caruso.
36. Mr. Balfour — A Frieze.
37. A Milestone.
38. Evenings in Printing House Square.
3g. Colonel Seeley.
40. Members of the Academic Committee.
41. Leaders of Cashmiote Society.
42. Annual Banquet.
43. Mr. Roger Fry.
44. A Study in Democratic Assimilation.
4$. The Twentieth Century.
46. Dons of Magdalen.
47. Are we as welcome as ever?
48. Duties and Diversions of this sweeter, simpler Reign.
4g. Mr. Henry Chaplin.
50. Lord Lansdowne.

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AMURATB AND AMURAZZLB
Ms. Balfour : " What virtuosity How sure, how firm a touch ! What vine!
Wluxt brio I What an instrument ! "

iffl. ASQUITH IN OFFICE
' Come one, come all, this rock shall fiy
From its firm base as soon as /."

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Dawning 0/ a horrid doubt as to the Divine Right.

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" THE RISING HOPS OF THE STERN UNBENDING TORIES," LORD HALSBURY
Lord Alvkrstone (to Mr. F. E. Smith): " Experto crede, my young friend. If you cherish,
for no matter how remote a future, hopes of the Woolsack, put them from you."

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ON CIRCUIT
Mr. Justice DArling (to his Marshal) : " Ok, and get some bells sewn
on this cap, will you ? "

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Mr. Joseph Pennell thinking of the old 'un.

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RENTRE'E OF MR. GEORGE MOORE INTO CHELSEA
Artist's Model : " Ought to be ashamed o\ yerself— coming an taking the bread
out o' its poor girls' mouths."

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MR. BERNARD SHAW
Mild surprise of one who, revisiting England after long absence^ finds that the
dear fellow has not moved.

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Some Ministers of (he Crown, who {monstrous though it seem) have severallv same
spare pounds to invest, implore Sir Rufus Isaacs io tell them if he knows of any stocks
whLk they could buy without fear of ultimate profit.

SIR EDWARD CARSON

SIGNOR OABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO

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A swear-word in a rustic slum
A simple swear-word is to some,
To Mase field something more.

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THE TORCH
Mr. H. B. Irving (to Mr. Winston Churchill): "Going to make a speech!
Why not one of your Father's f"

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Lord Londonderry and Lord Curzon explaining to tlie Duke of Devonshire a joke
of Mr, Gosse's.

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INSATIATE
Sir Edgar Speyer meditating a yet wider control of our traction

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Sir Edward Grey wondering whether, after all, hi is so wise as he looks and
sounds in the House of Commons.

IN ST. JAMES'S PALACE
Mr. Brookfield (.with whom is Mr. Bendall) trying to fall under the spell o,
the Modern Drama.

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A LOATHSOME PROPOSAL
Mr. Archer (Hon. Sec. of Reformed Spelling League): "/ want to rip you up
and hack you about and then sew you together again on an entirely
new system"
Muse of the English Language : " Oh ? May I ask why f
Mr. Archer: " To please Mr. Andrew Carnegie?

MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH

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, Lord Charles Beresford balancing personal grievances with national despairs,
and so remaining breezy.

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Mr. Lloyd George and his Guardian

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CECILS IN CONCLAVE

Mr. Thomas Hardy composing a lyric.

Ms. Hawtrey (to Mr. Du Mauribr): " Stick to the quiet method, and you'll
be just the same presently"

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MR. REGINALD McKENNA

Lord Alexander Thynne enchanting the Labour Party.

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ALMOST LIKE SIMONT
Mr. Harold Begbie loth to receive, even from Sir William Robertson Nicoll,
payment for such work as his.

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LORD CHESTERFIELD

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COLD*SHOULDERED YET
Mr. Bonar Law (to Tariff Reform): "It's a quee-er thing, laddie, but there's
evidently a sor-rt of a somewhat about ye that does not inspire confidence."

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Gerhardi Hauptmann making the most of the Riviera di Levante.

SUCH GOOD "COPY"
Our Yellow Press : "Aoh, light up yer torch and come along, .Bellona,
do ! Hingland and Germany's got to fight it aht ! '

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Mr. Balfour— A Frieze.

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EVENINGS IN PRINTING HOUSE SQUARE
Lord Northcliffe: "Help! Again I feel the demons of Sensationalism rising in me. Hold me fast
Curb mc, if you love me I"

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-Colonel Seeley over/tears, in the reading room of the C-v-lry Club, talk about the Territorials,

Members of the Academic* Committee discussing whether at future meetings an Agenda Paper shall be
provided, and, if sot what on earth to put into it.

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LEADERS OF CASHMIOTE SOCIETY
Mr. Sargent (to Cook's Interpreter): " What is it they want' What f . . . No! confound it: really this is too bad! Don't they
know that I've made up my mind, absolutely and irrevocably, not to accept any more commissions ? "

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Annual Banquet— A Suggestion to the New English Art Club.

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MR. ROGER FRY
' We needs must love the higkest when, we see it.'

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Scion of
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A STUDY IN DEMOCRATIC ASSIMILATION

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AND ONLY JUST THIRTEEN!
The Grave Misgivings of the Nineteenth Century, and the wicked amusement of the Eighteenth in
watching the Progress (or whatever it is) of the Twentieth.

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Duties and Diversions o' this Sweeter, Simpler Reign. King George inspecting an Infant School.

MR. HENRY CHAPLIN

LORD LANSDOWNE

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