THE Mysterious Stranger AND OTHER CARTOONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE Mysterious Stranger AND OTHER CARTOONS BY JOHN T. McCUTCHEON _Author of Cartoons, Bird Center Cartoons, Etc._ [Illustration] New York McClure, Phillips & Co. 1905 _Copyright, 1905, by_ McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. _Published, October, 1905_ _The Cartoons in this collection were originally published in “The Chicago Tribune” and the “Chicago Record-Herald” and are reprinted in this form by permission of the publishers._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _INTRODUCTORY NOTE_ _These cartoons have been reprinted in the hope that they may have a permanent interest because of the great historical importance of the period they encompass. In the last two or three years the world has moved with more than its usual alacrity. It has been a history-making epoch. There has been a war that WAS a war. There have been disasters almost without parallel; and we have weathered as pleasant a presidential campaign as the oldest inhabitant can remember. Mr. Roosevelt has been insured to us for another four years and his activities in peace and in war and in sports have been a source of unending inspiration to the cartoonist. In addition, the nation has achieved merited glory because of the great exposition held in St. Louis, and last, but not least, Missouri has taken it into her head to go Republican._ _The importance of these affairs is our excuse for hoping that the cartoons appearing in this collection may have more than an ephemeral interest, and with respectful humility, we hereby dedicate them to that grand old man—sometimes so foolish but always so well-meaning—our Uncle Sam._ _JOHN T. MCCUTCHEON_ _October 18, 1905_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE Mysterious Stranger AND OTHER CARTOONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE PRESIDENTIAL HOLIDAY [Illustration: HE ARRIVES IN “SAN ANTONE” TO ATTEND A REUNION OF THE ROUGH RIDERS. ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE PRESIDENTIAL HOLIDAY [Illustration: