New York Sketches

"""His voice rumbles with authority through sentences of surpassing grace. In his more than fifty years at the New Yorker, White set a standard of writerly craft for that supremely well-wrought magazine. In genial, perfectly poised essay after essay, he has wielded the English language with as much clarity and control as any American of his time.""-- ""Some of the finest examples of contemporary, genuinely American prose. White's style incorporates eloquence without affectation, profundity without pomposity, and wit without frivolity or hostility. Like his predecessors Thoreau and Twain, White's creative, humane, and graceful perceptions are an education for the sensibilities.""-- ""Washington Post"" ""The variety of subject matter to be found in these graceful pages is enormous. But no matter what his subject, Mr. White always writes about it in a prose that is a joy to read."" -- ""New York Times"""