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GENTLEMEN -

LET US BE FIRM -FOR THE SAKE OF DEMOCRACY AND THE WOMEN & CHILDREN-

## PURE JAM.

**Lloyd George and Co.** Cartoons by Low from the *Star*. With a Preface by Arnold Bennett. Allen & Unwin, 2s. 6d. net.

HERE is a really joyful book. At half-a-crown it contains more history, more art, more genuine mirth than most ponderous tomes at ten times the price. As Mr. Arnold Bennett explains in an introduction, David Low, born in 1891, is a New Zealander who started his professional career as a caricaturist at 19, when he made a name on the Melbourne Bulletin, largely by his faithful handling of the Rt. Hon. W. M. Hughes. In 1919 he came to London, saw and conquered. Above all he saw our David. He drew him, as no one else has done; he also created "the Marvellous Moke," the sublime two headed Coalition Ass. In

this volume are some of the cartoons that have adorned the *Star*; and here, with freer space, one can fully enjoy the strength and sureness of their line and the marvellous directness and subtlety of their humour. There are but few in the world to-day who can make us laugh. Low can: the stiffest muscles must relax over this book. One cannot but believe that ever Mr. Lloyd George enjoys him though he may hardly relish the knowledge that, as Low sees him now, so assuredly will future generations behold him. Coalition M.P.'s may solemnly assure us that he is a great man, that he is saving the world and so forth; but psychological truth is not in their world, as it is in Low's pencil. He is altogether on the side of the angels. He is a political caricaturist with ideas. Thank Heaven, he is he is still young.

THE DAMAGE

MUST BE REPAIRED

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VIRTUE EMERGE TRUMPHANT, NO QUESTIONS!

A Chapeaugraphic Speech.

[From Lloyd George & Co.]

The collection of queer hats appears to be one of Lid-George's hobbies.