After Dinner
A humorist who has been too often punished for his lighthearted ability to speak, SIR ALAN PATRICK HERBERT is one of the most famous contributors to Punch and was, in a more serious mood, a member of Parliament from Oxford University from 1935 to 1950. Atlantic readers will remember him for his irresistible parody of Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Soho, for his delightful novel of the Thames, The Water Gipsies, and for his ballads and She-Shanties, which are quoted by all lovers of light verse.