Ten celebrated essays by a man universally regarded as a master of the essay form. Included are such classics as "Charles Dickens," "The Art of Donald McGill," "Boys' Weeklies," "Raffles and Miss Blandish," and "Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali." Contents: Charles Dickens Boys' Weeklies Wells, Hitler and the World State The Art of Donald McGill Rudyard Kipling W.B. Yeats Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali Arthur Koestler Raffles and Miss Blandish In Defence of P.G. Wodehouse