Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the bottom in fountain pen, "Somerset Maugham." An excerpt from The Summing Up, his literary memoir, in part: "I have read lately two or three books in which a claim is made to form an exact science of criticism. They have not convinced me that such a thing is possible. Criticism to my mind is a personal matter, but there is nothing against that if the critic has a great personality. It is dangerous for him to look upon his activity as creative. His business is to guide, to appraise, and to point to new avenues of creation, the most enthralling of human activities, than with the function proper to him." In fine condition. Accompanied by a small unsigned portrait of the author.Format: Souvenir Typescript