I think that they are; and that historians of the future will do well to turn to such books as “Babbitt” for their data on the “typical” American citizen of the third decade of the twentieth century.

C. G. P.

Editor’s Table

As the French say: All generalities are false, even this one.


“The Editor’s Table has no raison d’être,” I said.

“Nor any pièce de résistance,” said my friend.

“Nor is it ever a chef d’oeuvre,” I added.