Life — November 23, 1911 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 892 This page discusses **Dr. Thomas R. Lounsbury of Yale**, a literary critic who wrote for Harper's Magazine about university English education. The article critiques his pessimistic views on undergraduate writing composition. The two illustrations appear to be: 1. **"The Street Masher in Eden"** — a sketch showing a man accosting a woman, captioned "Sir! I don't know you from Adam!" This likely satirizes inappropriate social behavior. 2. **"Across the Bridge of Size"** — a caricatured portrait of a bald man in formal dress, presumably Lounsbury himself, used to accompany the critical discussion of his views on English instruction. The page's satire targets Lounsbury's pessimism about teaching writing, arguing his views are overly harsh on both students and composition instruction's potential.