[List of Illustrations]
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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 himself][Frontispiece]
[They are all red to him][1]
[“What have you done with your brother Abel?”][3]
[The Kaiser: “My heart bleeds for Antwerp, too”][5]
[The honorable ally][7]
[The snowman][9]
[A great disaster. A great victory][11]
[The hyphen][13]
[Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions: “England expects—”][15]
[To-morrow’s guide: “These are the ruins of William the Second"][17]
[War’s edict][19]
[The colossus][21]
[Christmas morning][23]
[What is truth?][25]
[“By the beard of the Prophet, our future lies in the East!”][27]
[Playful][29]
[The law-breaker][31]
[Washington’s Birthday: 1732-1915][33]
[Tirpitz: “Dreadful! Too bad!"][35]
[The wash][37]
[Peace][39]
[Resurrected][41]
[The great ally][43]
[Who said sick?][45]
[“How happy could i be with neither—”][47]
[The furrow][49]
[The Sublime Port][51]
[The storm][53]
[Halted][55]
[Spring fever][57]
[Out of the depths][59]
[The Lusitania crisis][61]
[Cold as the iceberg][63]
[The wake][65]
[The fifth circle of Hell][67]
[War staggered: “What crimes are committed in my name!"][69]
[The octopus][71]
[Spring, 1915][73]
[Cabaret Rouge][75]
[“Very clever, but how long can he keep it there?”][77]
[Cease firing!][79]
[The spirit of ’48][81]
[No mercy][83]
[Dropping the pilot][85]
[In the Englishman’s home][87]
[The voice of the people][89]
[“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 years][97]
[Going! Going!][99]
[Dividends on “a scrap of paper"][101]
[Belgium restored][103]
[Dulcis amor patriae][105]
[Honey][107]
[The goose-step][109]
[Between the devil and the deep sea][111]
[Always sure to report][113]
[Hoisting it again][115]
[Münschausen][117]
[Too late again][119]
[Forcing the Dardanelles—a nightmare][121]
[“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 peace][129]
[The dual throne][131]
[Hunger, the peacemaker][133]
[Another eviction][135]
[On wheels][137]
[A frightful jest][139]
[The international law court][141]
[Christmas cheer, 1915][143]
[Bringing up reinforcements][145]
[Ecce homo!][147]
[Washing his hands][149]
[There’s many a slip][151]
[These died that these might live (?)][153]
[The phantom convoy][155]
[The man with the sword][157]
[Printemps][159]
[The American war-dog][161]
[The riddles][163]
[“Le jour de gloire est arrivé”][165]
[On the road][167]
[The hostage][169]
[“Why continue the struggle? Can’t you see we’ve won on sea and land?”][171]
[“Now remember what I told you”][173]
[Atlas][175]
[The German submarine commander’s accurate conception of the boat he blew up][177]
[“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]
[Thirsty][189]
[Grief][191]
[Via Verdun][193]
[“The situation continues satisfactory”][195]
[May the sparks never reach it][197]
[“Let the bugles sound the Truce of God to the whole world forever!”][199]

ONE HUNDRED
CARTOONS BY CESARE

THEY ARE ALL RED TO HIM

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH YOUR BROTHER ABEL?”

Suggested by Dorè’s picture

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

THE HONORABLE ALLY

THE SNOWMAN

A GREAT DISASTER

A GREAT VICTORY

THE HYPHEN

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

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

WAR’S EDICT

THE COLOSSUS

CHRISTMAS MORNING

WHAT IS TRUTH?

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

PLAYFUL

THE LAW-BREAKER

WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY

1732-1915

TIRPITZ: “DREADFUL! TOO BAD!”

THE WASH

PEACE

RESURRECTED

THE GREAT ALLY

WHO SAID SICK?

“HOW HAPPY COULD I BE WITH NEITHER—”

THE FURROW

THE SUBLIME PORT

THE STORM

HALTED

(The earthquake, January 15, 1915)

SPRING FEVER

OUT OF THE DEPTHS

THE LUSITANIA CRISIS

COLD AS THE ICEBERG

(After the sinking of the Lusitania, 1915)

THE WAKE

THE FIFTH CIRCLE OF HELL

“Away! Down there to the other dogs!”

Inferno Canto VIII

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

THE OCTOPUS

SPRING, 1915

CABARET ROUGE

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

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

CEASE FIRING

THE SPIRIT OF ’48

“Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten”

NO MERCY

DROPPING THE PILOT

IN THE ENGLISHMAN’S HOME

(The British Isles are bombarded.—Cable dispatch)

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

(The Italian people clamor for war. Cable dispatch)

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

“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)

“ET TU, BRUTE?”

ONE HUNDRED YEARS

GOING! GOING!

(August, 1915)

DIVIDENDS ON “A SCRAP OF PAPER”

BELGIUM RESTORED

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

DULCIS AMOR PATRIAE

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

HONEY

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

THE GOOSE-STEP

BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA

ALWAYS SURE TO REPORT

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

HOISTING IT AGAIN

MÜNCHAUSEN

TOO LATE AGAIN

FORCING THE DARDANELLES—A NIGHTMARE

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

THEY AGREE ON ONE THING: “GUILTY!”

WILL HE GET HIM?

(The Russian army escapes Hindenburg, winter, 1915)

EMPEROR WILLIAM INTRODUCES PEACE

(A German peace rumor, September 3, 1915)

THE DUAL THRONE