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RAEMAEKERS’ CARTOONS WITH ACCOMPANYING NOTES BY WELL-KNOWN ENGLISH WRITERS WITH AN APPRECIATION FROM H. H. ASQUITH, PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1916


Photograph by Miss D. Compton Collier

Copyright, 1916, by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
List of Cartoons and the Descriptive Notes
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Portrait of Louis Raemaekers
Introduction Francis Stopford
An Appreciation from the Prime Minister H. H. Asquith
Christendom After Twenty CenturiesFrancis Stopford8
A Stable peaceEden Phillpotts10
The Massacre of the InnocentsE. Charles Vivian12
BernhardiismHilaire Belloc14
From Liège to Aix-La-ChapelleFrancis Stopford16
Spoils for the VictorsHilaire Belloc18
The Very Stones Cry OutBernard Vaughan, S. J.20
Satan's PartnerG. K. Chesterton22
Thrown to the SwineThe Dean of St. Paul's24
The Land MineHerbert Warren26
"For Your Motherland"Eden Phillpotts28
The German LoanE. Charles Vivian30
Europe, 1916G. K. Chesterton32
The Next to Be Kicked Out—Dumba's MasterArthur Pollen34
The Friendly VisitorH. DeVere Stacpoole36
"To Your Health, Civilization!"The Dean of St. Paul's38
Fox Tirpitz Preaching to the GeeseHerbert Warren40
The PrisonersEden Phillpotts42
It's UnbelievableHilaire Belloc44
Kreuzland, Kreuzland Über AllesThe Dean of St. Paul's46
The Ex-convictHilaire Belloc48
Miss CavellG. K. Chesterton50
The HostagesJohn Oxenham52
King Albert's Answer to the PopeE. Charles Vivian54
The Gas FiendEden Phillpotts56
The German TangoJohn Buchan58
The Zeppelin TriumphW. L. Courtney60
Keeping Out the EnemyH. DeVere Stacpoole62
The German OfferHilaire Belloc64
The Wolf TrapHerbert Warren66
Ahasuerus IIJohn Buchan68
Our Candid FriendThe Dean of St. Paul's70
Peace and InterventionBoyd Cable72
Little Red Riding HoodH. DeVere Stacpoole74
The Sea MineArthur Pollen76
"Seduction"G. K. Chesterton78
Murder on the High SeasArthur Pollen80
Ad FinemJohn Oxenham82
"U'S"Arthur Pollen84
Mater DolorosaEden Phillpotts86
"Gott Strafe Italien!"Ralph D. Blumenfeld88
SerbiaSir Sidney Lee90
"Just a Moment—I'm Coming"Boyd Cable92
The Holy WarBoyd Cable94
"Gott Mit Uns"Eden Phillpotts96
The Widows of BelgiumThe Dean of St. Paul's98
The Harvest Is RipeWilliam Mitchell Ramsay100
"Unmasked"Boyd Cable102
The Great SurpriseG. K. Chesterton104
Thou Art the Man!John Oxenham106
SympathyRalph D. Blumenfeld108
The RefugeesJoseph Thorp110
"The Junker"Clive Holland112
"Au Milieu De Fantômes Tristes Et Sans Nombre"Alice Meynell114
Bluebeard's ChamberWilliam Mitchell Ramsay116
The RaidArthur Pollen118
Better a Living Dog Than a Dead LionArthur Shadwell120
"The Burden of the Intolerable Day"William Mitchell Ramsay122
Eagle in Hen-runBoyd Cable124
The FutureSidney Lee126
Christ or Odin?Bernard Vaughan128
FerdinandEdmund Gosse130
JuggernautJohn Oxenham132
Michael and the MarksW. M. J. Williams134
Their BeresinaJohn Oxenham136
New Peace OffersW. L. Courtney138
The Shields of RosselaereWilliam Mitchell Ramsay140
The Obstinacy of NicholasJoseph Thorp142
The Order of MeritRalph D. Blumenfeld144
The Marshes of PinskAlice Meynell146
God With Us John Buchan148
Ferdinand the ChameleonG. K. Chesterton150
The Latin SistersHorace Annesley Vachell152
MisunderstoodJoseph Thorp154
Prosperity Reigns in FlandersCecil Chesterton156
The Last HohenzollernE. Charles Vivian158
PiracyArthur Pollen160
"Weeping, She Hath Wept"Father Bernard Vaughan162
Military NecessityEden Phillpotts164
Liberté! Liberté, Chérie!John Oxenham166
I—"A Knavish Piece of Work"George Birdwood168
II—"Sisyphus,—His Stone"George Birdwood170
Concrete FoundationsA. Shadwell172
Pallas AtheneHerbert Warner174
The Wonders of CultureClive Holland176
"Folk Who Do Not Understand Them"Bernard Vaughan178
On The Way to CalaisEden Phillpotts180
Von Bethmann-Hollweg and TruthHerbert Warren182
Van Tromp and De RuyterArthur Pollen184
War and ChristCecil Chesterton186
Barbed WireE. Charles Vivian188
The Higher PoliticsBoyd Cable190
The Loan GameW. M. J. Williams192
A War of RapineE. Charles Vivian194
The Dutch JunkersA. Shadwell196
The War MakersJohn Oxenham198
The Christmas of Kultur, A.D. 1915 A. Shadwell200
SerbiaHorace Annesley Vachell202
The Last of the RaceArthur Pollen204
The CurriculumW. M. J. Williams206
The Dutch Journalist to His Belgian ConfrèreG. K. Chesterton 208
A Bored CriticEden Phillpotts210
"The Peace Woman"Clive Holland212
The Self-satisfied BurgherW. L. Courtney 214
The DecadentJohn Oxenham216
Liquid FireClive Holland218
Nish and ParisSidney Lee220
Gott Strafe England!Cecil Chesterton222
The Pacificist Kaiser (The Confederates)Sidney Lee224
DinantW. R. Inge226
"Hesperia" (Wounded First)H. DeVere Stacpoole228
GallipoliG. K. Chesterton230
The Beginning of the Expiation G. K. Chesterton232
The ShirkersSidney Lee234
One of the Kaiser's Many MistakesJohn Oxenham236
Belgium in HollandEdmund Gosse238
SerbiaWilliam Mitchell Ramsay240
Jackals in the Political FieldHerbert Warren242
A Letter from the German TrenchesCecil Chesterton244
His Master's VoiceA. Shadwell246
Hun GenerosityHorace Annesley Vachell248
Easter, 1915G. K. Chesterton250
Pan Germanicus as Peace MakerAlfred Stead252
Gott Mit UnsCecil Chesterton254
Our Lady of AntwerpW. L. Courtney256
DeportationCecil Chesterton258
The German BandJohn Oxenham260
Arcades AmboHorace Annesley Vachell262
"Is It You, Mother?"Sidney Lee264
The Fate of Flemish Art at the Hands of KulturArthur Morrison266
The Graves of All His HopesH. DeVere Stacpoole268
"My Sixth Son is Now Lying Here—Where Are Yours?"H. DeVere Stacpoole270
BunkeredW. R. Inge272
Gott Strafe VerdunW. R. Inge274
The Last ThrowE. Charles Vivian276
The Zeppelin BagClive Holland278
"Come In, Michael, I Have Had a Long Sleep"Horace Annesley Vachell280
Five on a BenchG. K. Chesterton282
What About Peace, Lads?W. R. Inge284
The LiberatorsJoseph Thorp286
Tom Thumb and the GiantE. Charles Vivian288
"We Have Finished Off the Russians"E. Charles Vivian290
Muddle ThroughClive Holland292
My Enemy Is My Best FriendWilliam Mitchell Ramsay294
How I Deal With the Small FryClive Holland296
The Two EaglesA. Shadwell298
London Inside the SavoyE. Charles Vivian300
London Outside the SavoyE. Charles Vivian302
The InvocationA. Shadwell304