This book by W.Heath Robinson was published in 1916. In these carefully PC days when we are mostly trying to embrace all nations and eradicate fear-driven ridicule, it's rather like peeking at a 'What The Butler Saw' on the pier, naughtily flicking through these charicatures of the 'Hun,' big bellied in their fussy Prussian uniforms with the spiked helmets. In 1916 it must have been hard to find anything to laugh about. A war that should never have happened. Sounds familiar. Not quick to learn as a species are we?
I like best the little silhouettes, especially 'The Captive.'
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