ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE. Legend has it that the Algonquin Round Table was the wittiest, most urbane group of people ever to eat in one place at one time. The bon mots that were ascribed to the diners could fill 20 books, yet according to some of its members, the Round Table wasn’t anything much. Maybe so, but the legend lives on through the autobiographies of other table members.
It all started with Alexander Woollcott , columnist, radio personality, and acerbic wit...