MY CARICATURE OF MR. GLADSTONE.

THE CONFESSIONS OF A CARICATURIST

BY

HARRY FURNISS

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME I

NEW YORK AND LONDON:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
1902.

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS,
LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.

[All rights reserved.]
December, 1901.

PREFACE.

If, in these volumes, I have made some joke at a friend'sexpense, let that friend take it in the spirit intended, and—Iapologise beforehand.

In America apology in journalism is unknown. The exceptionis the well-known story of the man whose death was publishedin the obituary column. He rushed into the office ofthe paper and cried out to the editor:

"Look here, sur, what do you mean by this? You havepublished two columns and a half of my obituary, and here Iam as large as life!"

The editor looked up and coolly said, "Sur, I am vury sorry,I reckon there is a mistake some place, but it kean't be helped.You are killed by the Jersey Eagle, you are to the worldburied. We nevur correct anything, and we nevur apologise inAmurrican papers."

"That won't do for me, sur. My wife's in tears; my friendsare laughing at me; my business will be ruined,—you mustapologise."

"No, si—ree, an Amurrican editor nevur apologises."

"Well, sur, I'll take the law on you right away. I'm off tomy attorney."

"Wait one minute, sur—just one minute. You are are-nowned and popular citizen: the Jersey Eagle has killed you—forthat I am vury, vury sorry, and to show you my respectI will to-morrow find room for you—in the births column."

Now do not let any editor imagine these pages are myprofessional obituary,—my autobiography. If by mistake hedoes, then let him place me immediately in their birthscolumn. I am in my forties, and there is quite time for me toprepare and publish two more volumes of my "Confessions"from my first to my second birth, and many other things, beforeI am fifty.

London, 1901.