The editor of the New York Times Magazine gives further details about this controversial account.

Veteran editor Robert Vare talks about why he loves magazine journalism, what makes The Atlantic distinctive, and the challenges of whittling down a "best of" collection of Atlantic writings

An editor who brings to his own writing the accuracy of an historian and the humor and judgment of a native philosopher, FREDERICK LEWIS ALLEN was the Assistant Editor of the Atlantic from 1914 to 1916, the Managing Editor of Century in 1916-1917, and after eighteen years’ experience on the staff of Harper’s became its Editor in Chief in 1941. With the yardstick which he applied so skillfully in his beloved best-seller Only Yesterday he measures the growth, maturity, and influence of American periodicals.

The associate editor of the ATLANTIC, whose lead essay in our Accent on Living has prompted many a reader to turn first to that department, CHARLES W. MORTON here describes an innocent venture in magazine publishing.