In his New York career he has made only three mistakes in judgment: his house in Park Hill, the play he wrote, and leaving the _World_. The first he _may_ sell, the second he can live down, but the third is irreparable,--if not to him, assuredly to us. --_William Johnston_ * * * * * [Illustration: BY ALFRED FRUEH] * * * * * UNSOLICITED--EVEN UNCALLED FOR--TESTIMONIALS Damn the speeches, go ahead and eat. --_Admiral Farragut_ * * * * * From somewhere in England, April something, 19-5. In my opinion Irvin Cobb is one of the ---- ---- that ever lived! --_K. of K._ * * * * * “Cobb’s Anatomy” to me is bigger, is funnier, than “John Brown’s Body.” --_An Admirer_ * * * * * DEAR COBB: Always leave the table a little bit sober. Yours, --_Ralph W. Emerson_ * * * * * IRVIN S. COBB: Appetite and capacity, now and forever, one and inseparable. --_D. Webster_ * * * * * [Illustration: IRVIN COBB His Book] TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Emboldened text is surrounded by equals signs: =bold=. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Irvin Cobb, His Book:, by Various