"And Even Now" by Max Beerbohm offers a captivating collection of essays that delve into the social, literary, and artistic nuances of the early 20th century. Beerbohm's wit and keen observations provide a delightful exploration of personalities, events, and reflections on his contemporary world, creating a literary tapestry that resonates with humor and insight.

I offer here some of the essays that I have written in the course of the past ten years. While I was collecting them and (quite patiently) reading them again, I found that a few of them were in direct reference to the moments at which they were severally composed. It was clear that these must have their dates affixed to them. And for sake of uniformity I have dated all the others, and, doing so, have thought I need not exclude all such topical remarks as in them too were uttered, nor throw into a past tense such of those remarks as I have retained.