This book is a collection of essays and letters penned by Samuel Butler—an English novelist and critic who is best known today for the satirical utopian novel 'Erewhon' and the semi-autobiographical novel 'The Way of All Flesh'. Some of the interesting titles to be found in this book include two letters discussing Charles Darwin's works ('Darwin on the Origin of the Species' and 'Darwin Among the Machines') and 'The English Cricketers'.