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Nikoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
The Eastern Illustrated Papers
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This is a sentence from Mark Twain's The Californian's Tale. Could you please help me understand the meaning of "the Eastern illustrated papers"? Thank you.
"t was delightful to be in such a place, after long weeks of daily and nightly familiarity with miners' cabins--with all which this implies of dirt floor, never-made beds, tin plates and cups, bacon and beans and black coffee, and nothing of ornament but war pictures from the Eastern illustrated papers tacked to the log walls."
This is a sentence from Mark Twain's The Californian's Tale. Could you please help me understand the meaning of "the Eastern illustrated papers"? Thank you.
"t was delightful to be in such a place, after long weeks of daily and nightly familiarity with miners' cabins--with all which this implies of dirt floor, never-made beds, tin plates and cups, bacon and beans and black coffee, and nothing of ornament but war pictures from the Eastern illustrated papers tacked to the log walls."
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I believe Mark Twain is referring to pictures that look Chinese or Japanese. Here's an example.
- I believe Mark Twain is referring to pictures that look Chinese or Japanese.
- Here's an example.
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