SKETCHES AND CARTOONS BY CHARLES DANA GIBSON [Illustration] NEW YORK: R. H. RUSSELL 1900 THIS is the third book in the regular series of Mr. Gibson’s published drawings, the first one being entitled “Drawings by C. D. Gibson,” the second, “Pictures of People.” Each book contains eighty-four of Mr. Gibson’s best cartoons, and all are uniform in size, shape and binding. Thanks are due to Messrs. Mitchell & Miller, Charles Scribner’s Sons, The S. S. McClure Co. and Harper & Bros., for their kind permission to reproduce a number of the drawings included in this collection. Copyright by Mitchell & Miller. Copyright by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Copyright by The S. S. McClure Co. Copyright by Harper & Bros. COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL. The book is published in Great Britain by the courteous permission of Mr. James Henderson, the proprietor of the English copyright of some of the drawings. Printed in the United States of America. [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration: IS A CADDIE ALWAYS NECESSARY?] [Illustration: THEY ARE ONLY COLLECTING THE USUAL FANS AND GLOVES.] [Illustration: ONE OF THE EMBARRASSMENTS. HAVING YOUR HOST’S VALET UNPACK YOUR VALISE.] [Illustration: HIS CURE NIGHTMARE OF A YOUNG MAN WHO CONTEMPLATED MARRYING FOR MONEY.] [Illustration: THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. “YOU WANT TO MARRY MY DAUGHTER? WHICH ONE OF THE TEN? MAUD, EH?” (_TO CONFIDENTIAL CLERK_) “IS MAUD ENGAGED YET, JOHN?” _Clerk_ (_consulting book_): NOT AT PRESENT, SIR. “THEN PUT THE BARON THROUGH THE USUAL COURSE OF QUESTIONS, AND, IF SATISFACTORY, PUT HIM ON MAUD’S ELIGIBLE LIST. (_TO SUITOR_) AS SOON AS WE CAN ARRANGE THE DESIRABILITY OF THE VARIOUS APPLICANTS WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THE RESULT. GOOD-DAY, SIR.”] [Illustration: THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND HIM. IT TAKES MORE COURAGE TO STAY AT HOME THAN TO RUN AWAY AND FIGHT.] [Illustration: LASTING IMPRESSIONS. _Dick Heavystepper_ (_sweetly_): “I SHALL REMEMBER THIS DANCE FOR MANY A LONG DAY.” “SO SHALL I.”] [Illustration: A LOVE SONG.] [Illustration: ONE OF THE HAZARDS OF GOLF.] [Illustration: A GOOD GAME FOR TWO.] [Illustration: “LONG LIVE THE KING.” --_Richard Harding Davis’ “The King’s Jackal.”_] [Illustration: A CHRISTMAS FANTASY.] [Illustration] [Illustration: “THE FELLOW’S STORY WAS RUDELY TOLD.” --_Anthony Hope’s “Prisoner of Zenda.”_] [Illustration] [Illustration: RUDOLPH RASSENDYLL. --_Anthony Hope’s “Prisoner of Zenda.”_] [Illustration: RUPERT OF HENTZAU. --_Anthony Hope’s “Prisoner of Zenda.”_] [Illustration: A HINT TO FATHERS THIS IS THE THOUGHTFUL PARENT WHO INTRUSTS TO THE LATE-STAYING SUITOR AN IMPORTANT LETTER THAT SHOULD BE MAILED BEFORE ELEVEN P.M.] [Illustration] [Illustration: MR. DOTY’S LITTLE SCHEME FOR RETAINING HIS DAUGHTER.]