the lives and times of archy & mehitabel

"This archy omnibus is complete with three famous Marquis titles - archy and mehitabel, archy's life of mehitabel, and archy does his part - along with the incomparable illustrations of George Herriman and now an affectionate introduction by E. B. White. . . . archy, the gay little cockroach, and mehitabel, the morally careless cat, first made their appearance in Don Marquis's Sun Dial column back in 1916-1918. . . . Perhaps the best description of Marquis's humor has been given by E. B. White: Marquis was, and is, to me a very funny man, his product rich and satisfying, full of sad beauty, bawdy adventure, political wisdom, and wild surmise, full of pain and jollity, full of exact and inspired writing.