A book for all O. Henry fans, and there are many, even today. And more than that, a book for anyone interested in recreating the New York scene of a generation age, for the Richard Harding Davis market, for the market of the Oscar Wilde Discovers America market, etc ... it is a book of personal reminiscences of O. Henry, not a rounded biography, but concentrating on his journalistic career in New York, on his background, associates, and the New York literary scene. Vividly and rather col done, it makes good reading.