Comments on: A passing thought about Jacob Heilbrunn, or how Autolycus lost his charm

By: Roger Kimball

Roger Kimball — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:13:07 +0000

“Ben” is correct. I am orthographically challenged. Always have been. I am thinking of asking for special dispensation to compensate me for the deficiency. In the meantime, I am always grateful to readers who point out typos.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:22:43 +0000

How interestingly disturbing. I’m quite certain Roger would never make such a grotesque error. Instead, his is far greater. Roger simply cannot spell correctly.

http://thedrunkablog.blogspot.com/2005/05/mentioning-prager-again.html

Thankfully, in the information age your inadequacy took less than one minute to locate. Imagine if I really tried.

By: Fausta

Fausta — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:00:59 +0000

Tell us what you really think, Roger!

By: Jon Motherwell

Jon Motherwell — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:13:13 +0000

Yes, that was a disgracefully bad book; fortunately I figured that out by leafing through it at a bookstore so I did not have to buy it. My condolences to Mr. Kimball for having to plow through Heilbrunn’s deadly prose and hate filled screed. On the other hand, maybe it was not his prose at all.

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:09:45 +0000

Perhaps he’s a cultural Robin Hood, stealing from the witty to give to the dull.

Mark Twain, I believe. And now, having potentially embarrassed myself greatly, I shall toddle off to google.