The Smart Set was a literary magazine founded in America in March 1900 by William d'Alton Mann. It was edited by H. L. Mencken (1914–1923) and George Jean Nathan. Calling itself "a magazine of cleverness," it provided a haven for writers just getting started, as well as for established authors whose more daring efforts could find no other market.
In May 1929 it absorbed The New McClure's Magazine. The last issue was published in July 1930 after h...
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