Symbol and Satire in the
French Revolution
By Ernest F. Henderson
Ph.D. (Berlin), L.H.D. (Trinity)
80. With 171 Illustrations Reproduced from
Contemporary Prints. $4.00 net. By mail, $4.25
Contents: Introductory—Liberty—Equality
—Fraternity—Flight—Probation—Downfall—
Massacre—War—Proscription—
Terror—Idolatry—Reaction—Index.
Of books on the French Revolution there
have been many, but Mr. Henderson's Symbol
and Satire covers a field almost untouched. It
draws art into the service of history in a
wholly original way. Incidentally it gives a
very full series, beautifully reproduced, of the
extant broadsides, allegories, caricatures, and
cartoons. But the work is much more than a
mere collection of illustrations. Based mainly
on original material and written with a keen
eye for the dramatic, the book is likely to
prove the most popular succinct history of the
Revolution that has appeared since Carlyle.
The results of modern research are embodied
in it and it will prove as interesting to the
student as to the general reader.
New York G. P. Putnam's Sons London
