E. B. White

E. B. White’s parody of “The Greening of America.”

The moon, it turns out, is a great place for men. One sixth gravity must be a lot of fun, and when Armstrong and Aldrin went into their bouncy little …

E. B. White on the New England ornithologist Edward Howe Forbush.

Pres. Johnson recently has been criticized for lifting a beagle by the ears. On several occasions, as a boy, the writer was lifted by his ears, & as far as…

Writing in 1960, E. B. White reflects on the rise of TV advertising and its effects on politics, journalism, and culture.

E. B. White’s 1951 obituary of The New Yorker editor, Harold Ross: “He wanted the magazine to be good, to be funny, and to be fair.”

E. B. White imagines how Hemingway would describe a visit to a restaurant.

Sometimes our affection for N.Y. becomes dulled by familiarity. No building seems high, no subway miraculous no avenue enchanted - al, all commonplace. …

ONWARD & UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about the early Model T Fords and their tricks. Only one page in the current catalogue of Sears, Roebuck is devoted to …

REPORTER AT LARGE. Visit and hike with the Yosian Brotherhood, a walking club which was organized by J. Otis Swift, an emintently practical and …

REPORTER AT LARGE about a visit to the takeoff of the Maryland Hunt Cup running (the thirty-ninth), and description of the race as viewed by an onlooker. …

Visit to the scene of the student's strike at Columbia University. It was the result of the recent expulson of the editor of their college publication,…

Tells of the Olympics that are being held at the Lake Placid Club which was originally started by Melville Dewey as a health resort. Here amidst the …