Americans, Drawn by Charles Dana Gibson

Each book contains eighty-four of Mr. Gibson’s best cartoons, and all are uniform in size, shape and binding. Thanks are due Messrs. Mitchell & Miller and Charles Scribners Sons, for their co-operation in making this volume as representative and complete as possible.

Copyright by MITCHELL & MILLER.

Copyright by CHARLES SCRIBNERS & SONS.

THE book is published in Great Britain by especial arrangement with Mr. James Henderson, the proprietor of the English copyright of some of the drawings.

Printed in the United States of America.

Entered at Stationers Hall.

PRESS OF THE J. W. PRATT CO., NEW YORK.

THE AMERICAN GIRL TO ALL THE WORLD.]

FOR INSTANCE, IF THE JACK OF CLUBS COMES BETWEEN THE FOUR AND THE TEN OF DIAMONDS, AND THE FOLLOWING CARD HAPPENS TO BE THE DEUCE OF SPADES, IT MEANS THAT THE NEXT OFFER OF MARRIAGE SHOULD BE ACCEPTED.]

SO THINKS THE YOUNG MAN WHO MUST LISTEN TO HER FATHER’S FRIENDS DURING THE NEXT HOUR.]

AND THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES.]

HAVE A BOOK IN CASE YOU ARE BORED.]

“DON’T SAY THAT! I HAVE A CHILD AND TWO HUSBANDS TO SUPPORT.”]

SHALL IT BE WHAT SHE IS ACCUSTOMED TO OR THE BEST HE CAN AFFORD?]

Venerable Hack: IT IS THE SIMPLEST THING. YOU HAVE A MIND SUITABLY PREPARED. YOU GET AN IDEA. THE IDEA BEING INTRODUCED INTO THE MIND CAUSES FERMENTATION, DURING WHICH A SCUM RISES TO THE TOP AND IS CAREFULLY REMOVED, LEAVING A RESIDUE OF CLEAR THOUGHT. THIS YOU BOTTLE UP FOR YOUR OWN USE. THE SCUM YOU SELL TO A PUBLISHER.]

THERE ARE SOME ADVANTAGES IN TAKING YOUR VACATION EARLY IN THE SEASON.]

ANYWHERE IN THE MOUNTAINS.]

ANYWHERE ALONG THE COAST.]

BE READ TO. IT SAVES THE EYES FOR BETTER THINGS.]

DEDICATED TO EXTRAVAGANT WOMEN.]

TREAT YOUR AMERICAN WIFE WITH KINDNESS.]

KEEP CLOSE TO NATURE.]

YOU WILL SAVE TIME BY KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THE BALL, NOT ON THE PLAYER.]

THE GIRL WHO REFUSED US.]

THE GIRL WHO WANTED A SMALL WAIST.]

PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE THEIR OWN WAY.

THE MAN WHO WANTED TO GET RICH.]

12:20 A. M.: THE HUSBAND WHO WANTS TO GO HOME AND THE WIFE WHO DOESN’T.]

A SOLILOQUY.

“NOW, IF I HANG YOU OVER THIS DARK CORNER, HE WONT SEE YOU; AND IF I HANG YOU IN THE LIGHT, HE WONT DARE.”]

SHOWING THAT EVEN INANIMATE OBJECTS CAN ENTER INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME.]

“I’M UNABLE TO SAY. I WASN’T ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR HUSBAND.”]

BOTH SIDES OF IT.]

She musing: IT SEEMS A PITY TO SPEND TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS TO HAVE A GOWN MADE OVER, WHEN I CAN GET A NEW ONE FOR TWO HUNDRED.]

DO WE SEE SO MUCH OF OLD AGE AND YOUTH BECAUSE THE MIDDLE-AGED MEN HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO DO?]

She: IT TELLS HERE OF A MAN IN CHICAGO WHO HASN’T SPOKEN TO HIS WIFE IN FIFTEEN YEARS.

“PERHAPS HE IS WAITING FOR A CHANCE.”]

SOME LOOK WELL IN IT.]

The Brute: ER--WHAT OTHER INDUCEMENTS DO YOU OFFER?]

“HANGIN’? HANGIN’? WHO’S GOIN’ TO BE HANGED?”