Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: A snapshot from 1916...

This little book is quite interesting as it provides a snapshot of what can be regarded as a "Best Books" list from 1916. Remarkably, most of the books are still in what is regarded as the upper tier of literature. Not surprisingly it has a strong British emphasis. About 10-15% of the authors were "unknowns" in my eyes - either authors that represented classics from the "past" or "modern" authors that have passed into the hidden realm of time in less than a century. The latter gives me hope that the avalanche of many modern publications will be covered by the same eternal dust as a future reader looks backwards.Regardless, a fun (and short) read for people interested in the perspectives of the western canon as viewed from 1916.