Word: humors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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LAST ESSAYS OF MAURICE HEWLETT ?Scribner ($2.50). That rare combination of quiet humor and penetrating wisdom which was Hewlett in his earlier years, grew with the man into a rich, mellowed roundness, here shown at its smooth and polished best. The quiet of the little Wiltshire village where he spent his latter days seems to have crept into his writing, giving it a leisured charm which recalls the 18th Century essayists. Yet withal, he can cock an interested and appreciative eye at the doings of quite alien spirits, and can write with gusto about the Cardinal de Retz, that...
...general excitement; one is not so entirely absorbed in following the action, one has leisure to ravel in the luxurious loveliness of Miss Owen, delightful mendacity of Frang Lalor, and the grotesque terror of Grant Mitchell. And repetition seems to rob the situations of none of their humor...
...couple of comedians who try to squeeze humor out of the book by perspiring freely...
There is a subtle humor in the invitation which goes unnoticed by the Bolshevists, who are reported to be in a furor of excitement as to the proper costumes for such an occasion'. Dress suits have been suggested, but knee pants and swords have met with even more favor. And no one has thought to, mention beards and bombs. The civilization of the Soviet has been completed by allowing it to wait at the bedside of a king...
...Irishman without a sense of humor...