Originally published in 1921, "How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types" is a pseudoscientific look at human types and stereotypes.

"Elsie Lincoln Benedict is known nationally, having conducted lecture courses in many of the large Eastern cities. Her work is based upon the practical methods of modern science as worked out in the world's leading laboratories where exhaustive tests are applied to determine individual types, talents, vocational bents and possibilities."—San Francisco Bulletin.