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$Ham Mukasa and Apollo Kaggwa Identifier: sirbenjaminstone02ston (find matches) Title: Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, M.P Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Stone, John Benjamin, Sir, 1838-1914 MacDonagh, Michael, 1862-1946 Subjects: Great Britain. Parliament Statesmen Publisher: London : Cassell Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Africawon the esteem and regard of all who were broughtinto relations with them by their intelligence and alert-ness, the keen interest they displayed in the wondersof civilisation, their agreeable ways, and, above all,the contagious glint of good humour in their eyes, andthe genial expansiveness of their smiles. The Katikirowas the taller of the two, being a couple of inches oversix feet, and well built in proportion. He became aChristian at an early age, and to him, mainly, is duethe progress of Uganda from a barbarous and unrulyto an orderly and industrious community. He was asked what were his impressions of England. First, he replied, that you have no mosquitoes;second, that your roads are all good, and that youhave many horses and carriages; thirdly, that yourhouses are large and well built; fourthly, that you livetogether in great crowds; and lastly, that you havea splendid police force, which prevents fighting in thestreets, and keeps order even when many are gatheredtogether. Text Appearing After Image: MR. F. CARRUTHERS GOULD Mr. F. Carruthers Gould— F. C. G.—has won\Aorld-wide fame by his political cartoons in theWestminster Gazette. He has a wonderful instinct for the idea which bestsimis up the comedy of the political situation of the hour,and a genius for giving it vivid and mellow expressionin drawing. Dm-ing almost every week for many yearshe has produced some political cartoons. The originahty,hmnour, and force of his work are, in the circumstances,very remarkable. It is interesting to note, too, the variedsomces from which he obtains his ideas. Folk lore,natm-al histoiy, mythology, fable, ancient history, areturned to excellent account in hitting off the passinghttle shams and insincerities of public Hfe. Mr. Goidd is a keen poHtician, with strong Liberalconvictions, but his caricatures are absolutely free frompersonal ill-feeling. The liberties he takes with tlie facesand figures of his subjects are always too good-humom-edto give offence. Indeed, many a politician owes Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.$
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