Life, People—and Books I A CHRISTMAS GARLAND,by Max Beerbohm. SEVEN MEN AND TWO OTHERS, by Max Beerbohm ..
... right. While you read them you can—almostthink you are reading a story by James or Wells or Hardy. Almost, but not quite. Joseph Conrad, for example, never wrote a story about a white man in the jungle who discovered with horror that Christmas Day is a feast ...