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 relatively large audience. Following a dispute with owner Eltinge Warner over an unprinted article mocking the national grief over President Warren G. Harding's death, Mencken and Nathan departed the publication to create The American Mercury in 1924. After their departure, Warner sold the publication to press mogul William Randolph Hearst. Although circulation increased under Hearst's ownership and he merged it with what had been McClure's, the magazine's content declined in quality.

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The Smart Set ceased publication in 1930. Back issues are often held by research libraries and digital archives.