A slim 1917 pamphlet, issued under the shared pseudonym Owen Hatteras, in which two editors of The Smart Set profile each other. It opens with a jab at biography itself, then offers quick, gossipy portraits of George Jean Nathan the drama critic and H. L. Mencken the Baltimore journalist, their habits, prejudices, early careers and literary tastes.
A playful curiosity for admirers of Mencken and of the literary bohemia of 1910s New York. Download the free EPUB.