It does seem a shame to let Max Beerbohm pass by without comment. The article aptly describes him as "charming, witty, and elegant...." All of these qualities are on display in his essays, for instance in How Shall I Word It?, about handbooks of form letters for every occasion. Here's an excerpt to give you a flavor of his humor and wit: "But faintly, if we listen hard, is borne up to us a sound of the scratching of innumerable pens—pens whose wielders are all trying, as the author of this handbook urges them, to 'be original, fresh, and interesting' by dint of more or less strict adherence to sample." You can read How Shall I Word It? along with other works by "The Incomparable Max" at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1956/1956-h/1956-h.htm