Happy Days, 1880–1892

Happy Days, 1880–1892 (1940) is the first of an autobiographical trilogy by H.L. Mencken, covering his days as a child in Baltimore, Maryland.

The book was received with some surprise by Mencken's readers, since, unlike his commentaries on current events, it is written with great warmth and affection. Mencken's childhood was apparently happy and secure, and he enjoyed both living through it and reminiscing about it in later years.

H. L. Mencken

Selected works	George Bernard Shaw: His Plays (1905) The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1907) A Book of Prefaces (1917) In Defense of Women (1918) The American Language (1919) The Libido for the Ugly (1926) Menckeneana: A Schimpflexikon (1928) Treatise on the Gods (1930) Happy Days, 1880–1892 (1940)

Related articles	H. L. Mencken House Bathtub hoax August Mencken Sr. August Mencken Jr.

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