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Rh of his cartoons, perhaps, was that representing Admiral Dewey on his flagship during the battle of Manila, entitled "Lest We Forget," published when the public was severely criticising that hero for deeding: to his wife a house in Washington given him by friends. This turned the tide in favor of the Admiral, who assured a close friend that he was on the eve of making his permanent home in London, when Davenport's cartoon awakened the American people to an appreciation of what Dewey had accomplished at Manila.

Mr. Davenport entered the lecture field in 1901, and traveled m all parts of the United States, winning success wherever he went; his "Silverton Stories" amused to the utmost degree the noted men of the nation as well as the common people. His book. "The Country Boy." which presented the experiences of himself during his boyhood days is a wonderful mixture of humor and pathos and won the favor of the public at once. He made a visit to the Arabian Desert a few years before his death and secured several of the famous Arabian horses for his stock farm in East Orange, New Jersey. His book, "My Quest of the Arab Horse,' describes his experiences among the Arabs and his personal interview with a sheik, is one of intense interest and exceptional value.