Philip Guedalla
Philip Guedalla
Philip Guedallawas a British barrister, and a popular historical and travel writer and biographer. His wit and epigrams are well-known, one example being "Even reviewers read a Preface," another being "History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other." He also was the originator of a now-common theory on Henry James, writing that "The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth12 March 1889
The Crimean War is one of the bad jokes of history.
The Lord Chief Justice of England recently said that the greater part of his judicial time was spent investigating collisions between propelled vehicles, each on its own side of the road, each sounding its horn and each stationary.
The preface is the most important part of a book. Even reviewers read a preface.
The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds.