This collection of Latin dialogues, first published published in 1518 but greatly expanded until 1533, is among the most pleasant reading in the language for students and experts alike. Useful phrases, interesting narratives, humorous character sketches, and social criticism are all to be found here, written in a style rarely matched which prompted the 18th-century translator Nathan Bailey to praise Erasmus "as well for the Usefulness of the Matter of his Colloquies, as the Pleasantness of Style, and Elegancy of the Latin." - Summary by Felipe Vogel