Or goes to an American play?
This man's lectures were rescued from a fire and published as Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy. His best known work supports Catholic emancipation and was written under an alias as Peter Plymley's Letters. Wikipedia suggests he inspired the character of Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey. This man's recipe for salad states "let onion atoms lurk within the bowl and, scare suspected, animate the whole." He may be most famous for asking the rhetorical question "who reads an American book? Or goes to an American play?" For 10 points, name this famous English wit.
This man's lectures were rescued from a fire and published as Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy.
Sydney Smith