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On the eve of the First World War, two iconoclastic young journalists, H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, were offered the co-editorship of The Smart Set, a New-York based magazine with literary ambitions. During their nine years as co-editors, from 1914 until 1923, Mencken and Nathan transformed The Smart Set into a must-read of the early jazz era, established themselves as two of America's foremost critics, and became bona-fide celebrities in American popular culture. Indeed, "Mencken and Nathan" were at times as popular collectively as they were separately. Among their writings in The Smart Set are a jointly authored series of nine "Conversations," written dialogues between Mencken and Nathan that depict their personal interactions in various circumstances and locales, chronicling a series of events perhaps both real and imagined. Taken together, the "Conversations" offer a plausible if somewhat exaggerated representation of their idiosyncratic relationship as authors and editors. Published here with a new Introduction and Glossary, The Smart Set "Conversations" of H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan are reprinted in the present edition in their entirety. H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan were controversial figures during their era. They were culture warriors, disruptors, instigators, masters of satire and irony. Their writings were often offensive to readers then and will likely engender only greater offense now. Contemporary readers may find The Smart Set "Conversations" to be a timely reflection upon the history of the American public dialog. This edition of The Smart Set "Conversations" is intended for mature readers interested in the history of arts and literature, as well as the American popular culture of the 1920s.

Caricatures by Gene Markey is freely adapted from two of the author's previously published works, including Literary Lights, originally published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf in 1923, and Men About Town, originally published in Chicago by Covici-McGee in 1924. Both titles were published without text, save for brief captions to each caricature, captions that were provided by the author. In the present edition, a new Foreword has been added and the original captions have been retained. In the print edition, Gene Markey's caricatures are printed on every other page.

King of the Black Isles is the first book of poems by J. U. Nicolson, an American poet and translator of poetry whose works initially appeared in Chicago-area newspapers during the early 1920s. King of the Black Isles exhibits Nicolson's appreciation for a variety of poetic forms as well as his inspiration in both classical and traditional subjects. Originally published in 1924 and revised and expanded by Nicolson in 1926, King of the Black Isles is the poet's most personal and representative work.