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The Smart Set

The Smart Set was an American monthly literary magazine, founded by Colonel William d'Alton Mann and published from March 1900 to June 1930. Its headquarters was in New York City. During its Jazz Age heyday under the editorship of H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, The Smart Set offered many up-and-coming authors their start and gave them access to a…

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Publisher
William d'Alton Mann (1900–1911) John Adams Thayer (1911–1914) Eugene Crowe and Eltinge F. Warner (1914–1930)
Based in
New York City
Categories
Literary magazine
Circulation
250,000 (in 1925)
Country
United States
Final issue
July 1930

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Overview

Early years

Thayer years

Mencken and Nathan years

Decline and final years

Legacy and influence

Editorial tenures

Cover gallery

British edition

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The Smart Set

Top relations

related to Further reading · 51
The Smart Set → American Magazine Journalists, American Modernism, Angoff, Applause Books, Bruce, Carl Richard, Charles, Chicago, Curtiss, Dalhousie University, Detroit, Dictionary, Dissertation, Dolmetsch, Edward, Fitzpatrick, Gale, George Jean Nathan, Hagemann, Halifax
related to Decline and final years · 23
The Smart Set → Although, As, Before, D'Utassey, George D'Utassey, Gilbert, Gilbert's, Hearst's, However, In, Mencken, Morris Gilbert, Nathan, Nathan's, Real Life, Reportedly, True Stories, Unable, Under, Under D'Utassey
related to Early years · 20
The Smart Set → Alton Mann, America, American Civil War, As, Cleverness, Colonel William, Europe, Gilded Age, He, In, Mann, New York City's, New York Society, New York's, The Four Hundred, The Magazine, This, Town Topics, Ward McAllister's, When
related to Legacy and influence · 15
The Smart Set → American, Book Review, Burton Rascoe, Grayson Publishing, Groff Conklin, Hitchcock, In, Louis Kronenberger, On, Reynal, Smart Set Collection, That, The Bachelor's Companion, The New York Times, The Smart Set Anthology
related to Mencken and Nathan years · 14
The Smart Set → Black Mask, Clever Stories, Crowe, Eltinge Warner, France, Having, In, Mencken, Nathan, Sara Golde, Saucy Stories, The, The Parisienne, Warner
related to British edition · 12
The Smart Set → British, Editors, Gillespie, Initially, James, June, Kitty Shannon, Later, London, May, Milne, Thorold
related to External links · 11
The Smart Set → American, British, December, Drexel University's, Internet Archive, January, MJP, Old Magazine Articles, PDFs, Smart SetThe Smart Set, The Modernist Journals Project
related to Thayer years · 9
The Smart Set → Everybody's Magazine, However, John Adams Thayer, Ladies' Home Journal, Mann, New York's, Spring, Thayer, With The Smart Set
Based in · 1
The Smart Set → New York City
Categories · 1
The Smart Set → Literary magazine

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smart magazine set new mencken nathan literary magazine's american editor warner publication mann william thayer would york content published editorship

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The Smart SetBased inNew York City1.00infobox
The Smart SetCategoriesLiterary magazine1.00infobox
The Smart SetCirculation250,000 (in 1925)1.00infobox
The Smart SetCountryUnited States1.00infobox
The Smart SetFinal issueJuly 19301.00infobox
The Smart SetFirst issueMarch 1900 (1900-03)1.00infobox
The Smart SetLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
The Smart SetPublisherWilliam d'Alton Mann (1900–1911) John Adams Thayer (1911–1914) Eugene Crowe and Eltinge F. Warner (1914–1930)1.00infobox
James Branch Cabellinstance ofTowne was the magazine's first editor to actively push to publish new literary talents0.80text
Jack Londoninstance ofHe also oversaw a stable of famous contributors0.80text
Ambrose Bierceinstance ofHe also oversaw a stable of famous contributors0.80text
Theodore Dreiserinstance ofHe also oversaw a stable of famous contributors0.80text

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    The Smart Set

    Nodes90
    Edges89
    Triples170
    Avg. degree1.98
    Density0.022222
    Components1
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