Love Conquers All

A collection of superb - and superbly funny - essays by that incomparable master of urbane nuttiness, Robert Benchley! An Algonquin Roundtable stalwart, Benchley has been the inspiration for countless modern humorists and comics, and his evergreen essays still make readers laugh out loud. From advice to the man left to his own devices: "...go in and set the table according to the instructions in the cook-book for a Washington's Birthday party, light the candles, and with one of them set fire to the house." to the home study of opera: "The basis of "Die Meister-Genossenschaft" is an old legend of Germany which tells how the Whale got his Stomach." to Benchley's famous take on dentistry: "There is probably no moment more appalling than that in which the tongue, running idly over the teeth in a moment of care-free play, comes suddenly upon the ragged edge of a space from which the old familiar filling has disappeared." these delightful offerings will provide the reader with hours of unmatched entertainment. With marvelous illustrations by Gluyas Williams.