SOURCE: "The New Yorker," in H. L. Mencken and the Debunkers, The University of Georgia Press, 1984, pp. 177-91.
Martin is an American critic and educator. In the following excerpt, he examines the development of a distinctive brand of humor and satire in the New Yorker.
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