Occasionally a book comes to hand that is so satisfactory that one would notchange it in the slightest detail. Miss Lynchs edition of the greatest of allRestora... » 

Occasionally a book comes to hand that is so satisfactory that one would notchange it in the slightest detail. Miss Lynchs edition of the greatest of allRestoration comedies of manners in such a book...A model for 20thcenturyeditors. Choice. A woman who is not a fool can have but one reason forassociating with a man that is says Mirabell the amorous hero of The Way ofthe World. His cleverness must overcome his own foolishness as he tries toextricate himself from one affair in order to pursue another. His new passionis inspired by Mrs. Millimant who confides I love to give pain. Firstperformed in 1700 The Way of the World has since earned a reputation as aplay for connoisseurs a satire whose every word pricks or scratches. Itsportrayal of the petty intrigues and duplicity of genteel society sparesneither coquette nor rascal. «