AMERICANS Drawn by CHARLES DANA GIBSON _New York_: R. H. RUSSELL, _London_: JOHN LANE 1900 THIS is the fifth book in the regular series of Mr. Gibsons published drawings, consisting of DRAWINGS BY C. D. GIBSON No. 1 PICTURES OF PEOPLE No. 2 SKETCHES AND CARTOONS No. 3 THE EDUCATION OF MR. PIPP No. 4 AMERICANS No. 5 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. [Illustration] [Illustration: FORE! THE AMERICAN GIRL TO ALL THE WORLD.] [Illustration: NOT THE SEA SERPENT, BUT FAR MORE DANGEROUS.] [Illustration: OF COURSE YOU CAN TELL FORTUNES WITH CARDS. 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.] [Illustration: RIVAL BEAUTIES.] [Illustration: WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.] [Illustration: A SENSELESS AFTER-DINNER CUSTOM. SO THINKS THE YOUNG MAN WHO MUST LISTEN TO HER FATHER’S FRIENDS DURING THE NEXT HOUR.] [Illustration: MELTING.] [Illustration: THEIR FIRST QUARREL. AND THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES.] [Illustration: A WORD TO THE WISE. HAVE A BOOK IN CASE YOU ARE BORED.] [Illustration: _Manager_: UNLESS YOU BRACE UP I’LL HAVE TO BREAK OUR CONTRACT. “DON’T SAY THAT! I HAVE A CHILD AND TWO HUSBANDS TO SUPPORT.”] [Illustration: THE SUPPER. SHALL IT BE WHAT SHE IS ACCUSTOMED TO OR THE BEST HE CAN AFFORD?] [Illustration: _Enthusiastic Young Miss_: TO THINK OF YOUR BEING A REAL LITERARY MAN! I DO SO LONG TO KNOW HOW YOU WRITE THINGS. CANT YOU EXPLAIN IT? _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.] [Illustration: TO BACHELORS WHO WISH TO AVOID COMPETITION. THERE ARE SOME ADVANTAGES IN TAKING YOUR VACATION EARLY IN THE SEASON.]