Archy and Mehitabel
work by Marquis
Archy and Mehitabel, collection of humorous stories by Don Marquis, originally published from 1916 in Marquisâs newspaper columns âThe Sun Dialâ in the New York Evening Sun and âThe Lanternâ in the New York Herald Tribune and published in book form in 1927. The stories centre on Archy, a philosophical cockroach who types messages to the author in lowercase letters (he is unable to activate the typewriterâs shift mechanism), and Mehitabel, a free-spirited alley cat...