Ladies and Gentlemen is a volume of essays, in the most elegant Cabell manner, in the form of imaginary letters to real, legendary, and imaginary persons, discussing a wide range of literary and philosophical matters. It is not only essential to the appreciation of the range of this important author's imagination and concerns, but a very entertaining collection of midnight conversations with, among others, King Tut, Solomon, Julius Caesar, Ananias, Sir Galahad, Hamlet, Tamerlane, Falstaff, Dr. Faustus, George Washintgon, Edgar Allan Poe, John Wilkes Booth, and Cabell's own Jurgen of Poictesme.