#1 bestseller for nonfiction in year 1934. Essays on a variety of topics by a leading member of the Algonquin Round Table. Included are his review of O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra," 4 essays from his trip to Russia in the early 1930s, a view of the theatre in Peking (Beijing) and their highly responsive audiences, and many other (highly opinionated) pieces. A delight of 1930s wit and ascerbity.