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Title: One Hundred Cartoons

Illustrator: Oscar Edward Cesare

Release date: September 8, 2021 [eBook #66242]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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ONE HUNDRED CARTOONS BY CESARE

ONE HUNDRED

CARTOONS BY CESARE

SKETCH OF THE ARTIST

BY HIMSELF

ONE HUNDRED
CARTOONS BY CESARE




BOSTON

Small, Maynard & Company

MCMXVI


Copyright, 1916
By SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(Incorporated)


Printers
S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U.S.A.



To
M. P. C.

GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS MADE TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORK SUN AND OF HARPER’S WEEKLY FOR PERMISSION TO REPRINT HERE DRAWINGS THAT FIRST APPEARED IN THOSE PUBLICATIONS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

 PAGE
Sketch of the artist, by himselfFrontispiece
They are all red to him1
“What have you done with your brother Abel?”3
The Kaiser: “My heart bleeds for Antwerp, too”5
The honorable ally7
The snowman9
A great disaster. A great victory11
The hyphen13
Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions: “England expects—”15
To-morrow’s guide: “These are the ruins of William the Second"17
War’s edict19
The colossus21
Christmas morning23
What is truth?25
“By the beard of the Prophet, our future lies in the East!”27
Playful29
The law-breaker31
Washington’s Birthday: 1732-191533
Tirpitz: “Dreadful! Too bad!"35
The wash37
Peace39
Resurrected41
The great ally43
Who said sick?45
“How happy could i be with neither—”47
The furrow49
The Sublime Port51
The storm53
Halted55
Spring fever57
Out of the depths59
The Lusitania crisis61
Cold as the iceberg63
The wake65
The fifth circle of Hell67
War staggered: “What crimes are committed in my name!"69
The octopus71
Spring, 191573
Cabaret Rouge75
“Very clever, but how long can he keep it there?”77
Cease firing!79
The spirit of ’4881
No mercy83
Dropping the pilot85
In the Englishman’s home87
The voice of the people89
“The glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome”91
“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me”93
“Et tu, Brute?”95
One hundred years97
Going! Going!99
Dividends on “a scrap of paper"101
Belgium restored103
Dulcis amor patriae105
Honey107
The goose-step109
Between the devil and the deep sea111
Always sure to report113
Hoisting it again115
Münschausen117
Too late again119
Forcing the Dardanelles—a nightmare121
“Close up these factories! Sherman was right. Be neutral!”123
They agree on one thing: “Guilty!"125
Will he get him?127
Emperor William introduces peace129
The dual throne131
Hunger, the peacemaker133
Another eviction135
On wheels137
A frightful jest139
The international law court141
Christmas cheer, 1915143
Bringing up reinforcements145
Ecce homo!147
Washing his hands149
There’s many a slip151
These died that these might live (?)153
The phantom convoy155
The man with the sword157
Printemps159
The American war-dog161
The riddles163
“Le jour de gloire est arrivé”165
On the road167
The hostage169
“Why continue the struggle? Can’t you see we’ve won on sea and land?”171
“Now remember what I told you”173
Atlas175
The German submarine commander’s accurate conception of the boat he blew up177
“I can not tell a lie: he did it with his little submarine”179
Awaiting orders—which flag?181
“It is not Germany’s fault if peace is still withheld from the nations of Europe”183
“Go easy with that, John!”185
“Unceasing was the play of wretched hands”187
Thirsty189
Grief191
Via Verdun193
“The situation continues satisfactory”195
May the sparks never reach it197
“Let the bugles sound the Truce of God to the whole world forever!”199

ONE   HUNDRED
CARTOONS   BY   CESARE

{1} 

THEY ARE ALL RED TO HIM

{2} 

{3} 

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH YOUR BROTHER ABEL?”

Suggested by Dorè’s picture

{4} 

{5} 

THE KAISER: “MY HEART BLEEDS FOR ANTWERP, TOO”

{6} 

{7} 

THE HONORABLE ALLY

{8} 

{9} 

THE SNOWMAN

{10} 

{11} 

A GREAT DISASTER

A GREAT VICTORY

{12} 

{13} 

THE HYPHEN

{14} 

{15} 

LLOYD GEORGE, MINISTER OF MUNITIONS: “ENGLAND EXPECTS—”

{16} 

{17} 

TO-MORROW’S GUIDE: “THESE ARE THE RUINS OF WILLIAM THE SECOND”

{18} 

{19} 

WAR’S EDICT

{20} 

{21} 

THE COLOSSUS

{22} 

{23} 

CHRISTMAS MORNING

{24} 

{25} 

WHAT IS TRUTH?

{26} 

{27} 

“BY THE BEARD OF THE PROPHET, OUR FUTURE LIES IN THE EAST!”

{28} 

{29} 

PLAYFUL

{30} 

{31} 

THE LAW-BREAKER

{32} 

{33} 

WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY

1732-1915

{34} 

{35} 

TIRPITZ: “DREADFUL! TOO BAD!”

{36} 

{37} 

THE WASH

{38} 

{39} 

PEACE

{40} 

{41} 

RESURRECTED

{42} 

{43} 

THE GREAT ALLY

{44} 

{45} 

WHO SAID SICK?

{46} 

{47} 

“HOW HAPPY COULD I BE WITH NEITHER—”

{48} 

{49} 

THE FURROW

{50} 

{51} 

THE SUBLIME PORT

{52} 

{53} 

THE STORM

{54} 

{55} 

HALTED

(The earthquake, January 15, 1915)

{56} 

{57} 

SPRING FEVER

{58} 

{59} 

OUT OF THE DEPTHS

{60} 

{61} 

THE LUSITANIA CRISIS

{62} 

{63} 

COLD AS THE ICEBERG

(After the sinking of the Lusitania, 1915)

{64} 

{65} 

THE WAKE

{66} 

{67} 

THE FIFTH CIRCLE OF HELL

“Away! Down there to the other dogs!”

Inferno Canto VIII

{68} 

{69} 

WAR, STAGGERED: “WHAT CRIMES ARE COMMITTED IN MY NAME!”

{70} 

{71} 

THE OCTOPUS

{72} 

{73} 

SPRING, 1915

{74} 

{75} 

CABARET ROUGE

(The Germans capture Cabaret Rouge, June 12, 1915)

{76} 

{77} 

“VERY CLEVER, BUT HOW LONG CAN HE KEEP IT THERE?”

{78} 

{79} 

CEASE FIRING

{80} 

{81} 

THE SPIRIT OF ’48

“Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten”

{82} 

{83} 

NO MERCY

{84} 

{85} 

DROPPING THE PILOT

{86} 

{87} 

IN THE ENGLISHMAN’S HOME

(The British Isles are bombarded.—Cable dispatch)

{88} 

{89} 

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

(The Italian people clamor for war. Cable dispatch)

{90} 

{91} 

“THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE AND THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROME”

{92} 

{93} 

“INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME”

(Karlsruhe bombarded by Allied aviators in retaliation.—Cable dispatch, June 1915)

{94} 

{95} 

“ET TU, BRUTE?”

{96} 

{97} 

ONE HUNDRED YEARS

{98} 

{99} 

GOING! GOING!

(August, 1915)

{100} 

{101} 

DIVIDENDS ON “A SCRAP OF PAPER”

{102} 

{103} 

BELGIUM RESTORED

(Germany is to restore monuments and architecture damaged in last summer’s invasion.—Wireless dispatch, August, 1915)

{104} 

{105} 

DULCIS AMOR PATRIAE

(President Poincaré, in a bill, will ask for 400,000 recruits between 18 and 19 years old—Cable dispatch, September, 1915)

{106} 

{107} 

HONEY

(The Germans and Austrians recapture Peremysl, September, 1915)

{108} 

{109} 

THE GOOSE-STEP

{110} 

{111} 

BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA

{112} 

{113} 

ALWAYS SURE TO REPORT

(German admiralty in doubt as to sinking of ships, as submarines have not yet reported.—Cable dispatch)

{114} 

{115} 

HOISTING IT AGAIN

{116} 

{117} 

MÜNCHAUSEN

{118} 

{119} 

TOO LATE AGAIN

{120} 

{121} 

FORCING THE DARDANELLES—A NIGHTMARE

{122} 

{123} 

“CLOSE UP THESE FACTORIES! SHERMAN WAS RIGHT. BE NEUTRAL!”

{124} 

{125} 

THEY AGREE ON ONE THING: “GUILTY!”

{126} 

{127} 

WILL HE GET HIM?

(The Russian army escapes Hindenburg, winter, 1915)

{128} 

{129} 

EMPEROR WILLIAM INTRODUCES PEACE

(A German peace rumor, September 3, 1915)

{130} 

{131} 

THE DUAL THRONE

{132} 

{133} 

HUNGER, THE PEACEMAKER

{134} 

{135} 

ANOTHER EVICTION

(November, 1915)

{136} 

{137} 

ON WHEELS

{138} 

{139} 

A FRIGHTFUL JEST

{140} 

{141} 

THE INTERNATIONAL LAW COURT

Belligerent: “Don’t make me laugh,—it’s inappropriate”

{142} 

{143} 

CHRISTMAS CHEER, 1915

{144} 

{145} 

BRINGING UP REINFORCEMENTS

{146} 

{147} 

ECCE HOMO!

(January 9, 1916)

{148} 

{149} 

WASHING HIS HANDS

(January 4, 1916)

{150} 

{151} 

THERE’S MANY A SLIP

{152} 

{153} 

{154} 

“THESE DIED—   THAT THESE MIGHT LIVE” (?)

{155} 

THE PHANTOM CONVOY

{156} 

{157} 

THE MAN WITH THE SWORD

“How will it be with kingdoms and with kings—
With those who shaped him to the thing he is.
When this dumb terror shall reply to God
After the silence of the centuries?”
From “The Man with the Hoe,” by Edwin Markham

{158} 

{159} 

PRINTEMPS

{160} 

{161} 

THE AMERICAN WAR-DOG

(The American-German crisis, January-March, 1916)

{162} 

{163} 

THE RIDDLES

{164} 

{165} 

“LE JOUR DE GLOIRE EST ARRIVÉ”

(Verdun, March, 1916)

{166} 

{167} 

ON THE ROAD

{168} 

{169} 

THE HOSTAGE

(Germany intends to keep conquered territory until the Allies seek peace.—Cable dispatch, March, 1916)

{170} 

{171} 

“WHY CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE? CAN’T YOU SEE WE’VE WON ON SEA AND LAND?”

(Bethmann-Hollweg speaks in the Reichstag, March, 1916)

{172} 

{173} 

“NOW REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU”

{174} 

{175} 

ATLAS

{176} 

{177} 

THE GERMAN SUBMARINE COMMANDER’S ACCURATE CONCEPTION OF THE BOAT HE BLEW UP

(April 14, 1916)

{178} 

{179} 

“I CAN NOT TELL A LIE: HE DID IT WITH HIS LITTLE SUBMARINE”

{180} 

{181} 

AWAITING ORDERS—WHICH FLAG?

(April 21, 1916, before the German reply had been received)

{182} 

{183} 

“IT IS NOT GERMANY’S FAULT IF PEACE IS STILL WITHHELD FROM THE NATIONS OF EUROPE”

(From Germany’s reply to the American note on the submarine issue, May 8, 1916)

{184} 

{185} 

“GO EASY WITH THAT, JOHN!”

{186} 

{187} 

“UNCEASING WAS THE PLAY OF WRETCHED HANDS”

Inferno, Canto XIV

{188} 

{189} 

THIRSTY

(May 14, 1916.—The British surrender at Kut-el-Amara, while the Russians are moving south)

{190} 

{191} 

GRIEF

(On the death of Lord Kitchener, June, 1916)

{192} 

{193} 

VIA VERDUN

{194} 

{195} 

“THE SITUATION CONTINUES SATISFACTORY”

Official Report

{196} 

{197} 

MAY THE SPARKS NEVER REACH IT!

{198} 

{199} 

“LET THE BUGLES SOUND THE TRUCE OF GOD TO THE WHOLE WORLD FOREVER!”

Charles Sumner

{200} 

{201} 

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