Robert Benchley (1889 – 1945) drama critic, humorist and actor. Upon graduating from college (1912) he began his career writing for a number of New York papers. At the time this witty anthropological study of Greenwich Village wildlife was printed, Benchley was serving as a contributing editor for Conde Nast’s Vanity Fair.

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