Cartoons (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from CartoonsThe subtle lineaments of character, the features of the soul, should appear in the distorted, but familiar visage, and the relation of con duct to results must be perceived by the intuitions of genius.The French Finance Minister was drawn in 1787 as the royal cook, with apron and cap, armed with an immense carving knife, addressing a congregation of poultry, representing the Assembly of Notables. The legend ran in this way - Minister: Dear people whom I govern, i have assembled you to ascertain with what sauce you would like to be eaten P The poultry, at once, and vociferously But we do not wish to be eaten at all. The Minister severely, whetting his knife: That is no answer to my question - a cartoon which makes the banishment of Calonne, the decapitation of Louis sixteenth, and the catastrophe of Waterloo intelligible.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.