Harper's Magazine, oldest U.S. national monthly, last week got its sixth editor in 91 years. He was Frederick Lewis Allen, a Harper's assistant editor for nine years, associate editor for ten, author of two excellent books of contemporary history (Only Yesterday, Since Yesterday).
Virtually raised on famed U. S. monthlies, lean, 51-year-old Editor Allen, once a Harvard English instructor, got his publishing start in 1914 as assistant to the Atlantic Monthly's Editor Ellery Sedgwick, edited Century, has himself contributed to most of the slick-paper magazines. Says he of his new job: "It doesn't...
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