Life, 1914-07-09 · page 27 of 40
Life — July 9, 1914 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily a **book review section** titled "Their Yesterdays," listing new publications from the early 1900s, including works by George Moore, H.G. Wells, and Booth Tarkington. The small illustration at bottom depicts a **baseball scene**—three players in vintage uniforms, with the caption "BEAN HIM!" The accompanying note explains this slang term: "Hit him in the head." This is satirizing the crude violence sometimes encouraged in baseball crowds, contrasting brutish fan behavior with the sophisticated literary works reviewed above. The upper photograph appears to show a **theatrical or social gathering scene**, likely illustrating one of the reviewed books' themes (possibly relating to aestheticism or social commentary, given references to "esthetic affectations"). The humor lies in the juxtaposition: refined literary culture above versus base sports culture below—a commentary on American social contrasts that Life magazine frequently explored for its educated readership.
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THEIR YESTERDAYS Cubists and Post-Impressionism, by Arthur Jerome Eddy. The performance and personnel of the extreme modern art movement intelligently discussed by an interested layman, Dodo's Daughter, by E. F. Benson, See preceding page. Five Plays, by Lord Dunsany. See preceding page. Forty Years of It, by Brand Whitlock. The autobiography of a reformer. A book full of a fine optimistic disillu- sionment. Hail and Farewell, Vale, by George Moore. The third volume of a future classic. Full of bad manners, beautiful English and the wine of personality. Joseph Pulitzer, by Alleyne Ireland. A brilliant study of a striking character secn at close range during an cight- months secretaryship. Penrod, by Booth Tarkington. See preceding page. The Precipice, by Elia W. Peatic. An interesting novel of to-day, with the scenes laid in the academic, settlement and social circles of Chicago. The Marryers, by Irving Bacheller. A sugar-and-lime satire on the esthetic affectations and social misapprelensions of Americans abroad. Quick Action, by Robert W. Chambers. Boccaccio tales for blue-stockings. Social Forces in England and America, by H. G. Wells. Essays that tickle the intelligence by their cleverness while they give seriously to think on many subjects. Terry's Japanese Empire. The Imperator of modern guide- books. All the latest improvements and elevators between decks. Vain Oblations, by Katharine Fullerton Gerould. Short stories with a fine finish that box the compass of uncanniness, “BEAN HIM!"* *Note for ignorami—Hit him in the head comicbooks.com