Bert Leston Taylor’s The So-Called Human Race collects the witty paragraphs and verses of “B.L.T.,” the celebrated newspaper columnist whose “A Line o’ Type or Two” ran in the Chicago Tribune. His column helped define the American newspaper humour column.
Sharp, playful, and skeptical, the selections poke fun at human folly and the passing scene. The book is a fine example of the columnist’s art and a record of early-twentieth-century newspaper wit. This edition is a clean, public-domain text prepared for comfortable reading. Download the free EPUB of this collection from a master of the humorous column.