Friends, farewell!
1909
Frank Nankivell's 1909 Puck magazine cover, titled 'The Undiscovered Club,' gathers a hilarious lineup of everything that's mythical, impossible, or frustratingly out of reach. Set against an icy backdrop featuring the North and South Poles, the scene includes a politician hugging a money bag labeled 'Honest Graft,' a tired figure clutching 'The Great American Novel,' and a contraption for 'Perpetual Motion.' It's a sharp satire on turn-of-the-century obsessions, lumping together political corruption, literary dreams, and world peace with literary ghosts like 'Lost Lenore' and historical puzzles like 'The Man in the Iron Mask.'