_As I Remember It_ is a volume of reminiscences, in the most elegant Cabell manner, looking back over his life, his career, and the literary scene of which he was a part. An important source for the study of fantastic literature, and also the literature of the American South.
James Branch Cabell was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. Cabell was well regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when they were most popular. For Cabell, veracity was "the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against human welfare."