"The Practical Cogitator Or The Thinker's Anthology" 1945 CURTIS, Charles P Jr. and GREENSLET, Ferris Science Fiction

"The Practical Cogitator Or The Thinker's Anthology" 1945 CURTIS, Charles P Jr. and GREENSLET, Ferris Science FictionCURTIS, Charles P Jr., GREENSLET, Ferris [577] pp. Houghton Mifflin Company 1945 7 1 2" x 4 3 4" Two extraordinary men of intellect, Charles P. Curtis, Jr. and Ferris Greenslet, selected and edited a compendium entitled, The Practical Cogitator The Thinkers Anthology. Curtis, a Boston Lawyer who taught Constitutional Law at Harvard, and Greenslet, Literary Editor at Houghton Mifflin, spent almost a decade in an ambitious undertaking almost beyond the

He was largely responsible for turning the simple seaside resort of Newport

Set on the facing page of each drawing is a short essay on the drinking establishment (written by Gordon Kahn and Al Hirschfeld)

or more simply Gargantua

His output was prodigious

readers are transported to the thrilling world of detective fiction

) Around the Bend (Brummmmmmmmmmmmmmm)…" Wolfe's essay for Esquire and this

and traveling bon vivant turns his sights on the American dreamscape

Gouache depicting a butler stand(ing) serving up martinis & flowers

Exquisite colour photographs of the serving of this `lux' item

Doomed from its 1881 conception

15 full-page illustrations and decorative endpapers

and the left hand should be the first to grip the club