"Chrestomathy", from the Greek for "useful learning", is defined as a selection of choice literary passages by one author. The material which eventually made it into Mencken's second chrestomathy was discovered by Mencken's biographer Teachout in 1992, after more than 30 years in storage, and is filled with the trademark common sense and barbed wit of this great social critic.
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"Chrestomathy", from the Greek for "useful learning", is defined as a selection of choice literary passages by one author. The material which eventually made it into Mencken's second chrestomathy was discovered by Mencken's biographer Teachout in 1992, after more than 30 years in storage, and is filled with the trademark common sense and barbed wit of this great social critic.
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Like the first volume, this second helping of Mencken's works gives us some of his very best (or worst) writings. H.L. mocks, ridicules, muckrakes, and lampoons his way across the American culture of the early 20th century.
Begun by Mencken himself, and completed after his death, this poisonous little volume is a fit companion to the original chrestomathy.
