"The standing figures, left to right, are Edward R. Pease (1857-1955), Sidney Webb (1859-1947), and George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). The kneeling figures, worshipping a pile of books, left to right, are H.G. Wells (1866-1946), Charles Charrington (1854-1926), Aylmer Maude (1858-1938), G.R. Stirling Taylor (1873-1939), F. Lawson Dodd (1868-1962), Maud Pember Reeves (1865-1953), Mary Hankinson (1868-1952), Mabel Atkinson (1876-1958), Lilian Augusta Dawson (1874-?), and Caroline Townshend (1878-1944).
The books being worshipped can also be identified. Starting at the top are books by George Bernard Shaw: Plays Pleasant, Plays Unpleasant, Plays for Puritans, Man & Superman, Getting Married, and Common Sense of MT, i.e. Common Sense of Municipal Trading. Next are books by Sidney and Beatrice Webb: Minority Report on the Poor Law, Industrial Democracy, History of Trade Unionism, and English Local Government. Finally, on the bottom of the pile, is the general publication Fabian Tracts and Essays."
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The books being worshipped can also be identified. Starting at the top are books by George Bernard Shaw: Plays Pleasant, Plays Unpleasant, Plays for Puritans, Man & Superman, Getting Married, and Common Sense of MT, i.e. Common Sense of Municipal Trading. Next are books by Sidney and Beatrice Webb: Minority Report on the Poor Law, Industrial Democracy, History of Trade Unionism, and English Local Government. Finally, on the bottom of the pile, is the general publication Fabian Tracts and Essays."
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