Dear wit: Letters from the world's wits

by H. Jack Lang

Readers will delight in the worldly wit, clever irony, and biting sarcasm conceived by many of the world's most renowned personalities, past and present.

266 pages, Hardcover

Reviews

[Jon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This classic book has a wonderfully diverse collection of brief letters and telegrams from interesting people over the past 300 years or so.
I have read it and reread it, and refer to it for a good laugh from time to time. This book is one of the very best there is on the subject of clever letters.

[Tom Leland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good fun. My favorite:

Dear Sir:

I am attending the performance at your theater on the eve of September 24. I have seats G-1 and G-2. The reason I am sending you this notification is that I will be accompanied by my wife who will lose a pair of gray suede gloves.

W. C. Fields