A witty study of the history of entertaining traces the art of hospitality from the modern day back in time to the time of the ancient Greeks, looking at such famous (or infamous) hosts as Gertrude Stein, Adolf Hitler, King Louis XIV, and the Roman emperors along the way. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Pearson's Magazine (1899-1925), a monthly magazine devoted to literature, politics, and the arts, was founded as a New York affiliate of the London periodical of the same name, part of which it reprinted. From 1916 to 1923, it was edited by Frank Harris.

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