Menckeneana: A Schimpflexikon

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Menckeneanea: A Schimpflexikon is a collection of articles and quotations denouncing H. L. Mencken, collected and arranged by Mencken himself.

The word “schimpflexikon” is from the German language, which Mencken spoke fluently; it means, roughly, a dictionary of vituperation.

Since Mencken was, in his day and later, a highly controversial figure, many of the quotations in the book are highly vituperative.

Among the writers quoted or excerpted is William Allen White.

The book was printed in a very small edition, and is considered a rarity today.

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