The Vital Necessity of Very Old Books
Every Age Echoes with Its Own Ideas. Ancient Voices Offer a Way to Cut Through the Noise. A Response to a Critic of Old Books
For its Self-Indulgence issue in December 1973, National Lampoon dreamt up a spoof publication called Me Magazine, billed as “The ultimate special interest magazine.” Addressed to Mr. Walter J. Arnholt, the cover featured the same Mr. Arnholt, led with an editorial by Mr. Arnholt, contained letters to the editor by Mr. Arnholt, and then ran through the …
