Innerhalb der Darstellung unten rechts von der Mitte signiert: "C. D. Gibson"; unterhalb der Darstellung links bezeichnet: "COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY LIFE PUBLISHING CO."; unterhalb davon in der Mitte bezeichnet: ""I SEE THE GOVERNOR COMMENDS WAR AS A MEANS OF KEEPING ALIVE 'THE GREAT FIGHTING VIRTUES,' AND, OF COURSE, / WAR is [kursiv hervorgehoben] A GOOD THING WHILE IT LASTS. BUT, AFTER ALL, CHARLES, DO YOU FEEL THAT WAR IS TRULY PROFITABLE? AS FOR / ME, UNATHLETIC AS I AM, AND NEAR-SIGHTED, I COULD HARDLY DO EXCELLENT WORK IN WAR. I MIGHT BRAIN A CHILD OR TWO, / AND MAYBE SHOOT SOME WOMEN, BUT I OWN I DON´T FIND THE IDEA WHOLLY ENGAGING, AND IN THE SPRING MONTHS I CAN HARDEN MY / HEART MORE AGREEABLY BY RIDING A BICYCLE IN THE AFTERNOON DOWN FIFTH AVENUE. IT´S A GOOD HAZARD ALL THE WAY, AND / THERE´S THIS ADVANTAGE ABOURT IT, THAT YOU DON´T CATCH FEVERS, AND, IF YOU´RE NOT KILLED, YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH.""

Alter Bestand der Bibliothek; 1900 erworben.