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Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) was an English parodist and caricaturist. His first book, The Works of Max Beerbohm, was published in 1896. Having been interviewed by George Bernard Shaw himself, in 1898 he followed Shaw as drama critic for the Saturday Review, on whose staff he remained until 1910. From 1935 onwards, he was an occasional radio broadcaster, talking about cars and carriages and music halls for the BBC. His wit is shown often enough in his caricatures but his letters contain a carefully blended humour-a gentle admonishing of the excesses of the day-whilst remaining firmly tongue in cheek. Beerbohm's best known works are: Yet Again (1909), A Christmas Garland (1912), a parody of literary styles, and Seven Men (1919),... Read more

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...had that. From end to end of the toy-shop that exhibited him not one of thehorses was thus graced. Their flanks were mere wood, painted white, with arbitrary blotches of grey here and there. Miserable creatures! Itwas difficult to believe that they had souls. No wonder they werecheap, and 'went off, ' as the shopman said, so quickly, whilst hestayed grandly on, cynosure of eyes that dared not hope for him. Intobondage they went off, those others, and would be worked to death, doubtless, by brutal little boys. When, one fine day, a lady was actually not shocked by the pricedemanded for him, his pride was hurt. And when, that evening, he waspacked in brown paper and hoisted to the roof of a four-wheeler, hefaced the future fiercely. Who was this lady that her child should darebestride him? With a biblical 'ha, ha, ' he vowed that the child shouldnot stay long in saddle: he must be thrown--badly--even though it washis seventh birthday. But this wicked intention vanished while thechild...