Publisher's Synopsis
Max Beerbohm was a British caricaturist and parodist. As a young man he was considered quite the wit and spent much time in London society. By 35 he was middle aged and a bit dull. Beerbohm was drama critic for the Saturday Review and later did broadcast radio work. This collection of essays includes A Relic, How Shall I word It?, Mobled King, Kolniyatch, No 2 The Pines, A Letter That was not Written, Books within Books, The Golden Drugget, Hosts and Guests, A Point to be Remembered, Servants, Going Out for a Walk, Quia Inperfectum, Something Defeasible, A Clergyman, The Crime, In Home Unblest, William and Mary, On Speaking French, and Laughter.
