Life, 1914-09-10 · page 33 of 48
Life — September 10, 1914 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a book review section and two unrelated comic strips. "The Master Key" (top right) shows a symbolic image of a dollar sign with radiating lines—likely representing money's power or enlightenment in American culture. "He Knew the Lake" is a six-panel comic strip depicting someone attempting to impress others by diving into a lake. The progression shows the diver jumping confidently, then struggling underwater, emerging soaked and bedraggled, and finally being struck by lightning. The humor relies on physical comedy and the contrast between the character's initial confidence and humiliating failure—a common theme in early 20th-century newspaper comics. The "master key" title appears to be unrelated satirical commentary on the books reviewed above.
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Confidential Book Guide The Art of Spiritual Harmony, by Wassily Kandinsky. The esthetic basis of post-impressionism, analyzed by one of its leading artists. Burbury Stoke, by William John Hopkins. A quiet story of a New England summer. Chance in Chains, by Guy Thorne. A_ ragtime tale of Monte Carlo by the ‘author of “When It Was Dark”. The Conquest of the Tropics, by Frederick Upham Adams. A defensive but interesting history of the United Fruit Company. Dreams, by Henri Bergson. A crystalline essay by the French philosopher. Five Plays, by Lord Dunsany, The first American appear- ance of the work of this Irish symbolist. Florian Mayr, by Ernst von Wolzogen. An amusing mus- ical novel, translated from the German, The Health Master, by Samucl Hopkins Adams. A most readable story about a doctor, a special assignment, and a series of talks on hygicne. Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny's First Play, by George Bernard Shaw. Also a Shavian treatise on Parents and Children and a new Shakespearean essay. Penrod, by Booth Tarkington. Picked pages from the his- tory of a sure-enough boy. The Precipice, by Elia W. Peatie, Last call for one of the nice novels of the season. The Price of Love, by Arnold Bennett. An amusing Five Towns’ story with a delightful heroine. The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists, by Robert Tressall. Two years from an English workman's life. A vivid statement of the conservative point of view. The Salamander, by Owen Johnson. A salad of sensation- alism and sociology. The Titan, by Theodore Dreiser. A forceful, fictionalized biography of Charles Yerkes. What Will People Say? by Rupert Hughes. New York of the moment. A clever novel and a speaking likeness. HE KNEW THE LAKE Ccomicbooks.com