Joshua J. Friedman on Nostr: Ready for a vintage Atlantic joke? In 1890, when Thomas Bailey Aldrich was deposed as ...
Ready for a vintage Atlantic joke?
In 1890, when Thomas Bailey Aldrich was deposed as editor, he nursed his ego by mocking his successor at literary salons.
"Why is Horace Scudder greater than Moses?" he'd ask.
"Moses dried up the Red Sea once only. Scudder dries up the Atlantic monthly!"
In 1890, when Thomas Bailey Aldrich was deposed as editor, he nursed his ego by mocking his successor at literary salons.
"Why is Horace Scudder greater than Moses?" he'd ask.
"Moses dried up the Red Sea once only. Scudder dries up the Atlantic monthly!"