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Russell Lynes

From the book, The Tastemakers , copyright 1949, 1953, 1954 by J. Russell Lynes, published by Harper & Brothers.
Russell Lynes, Managing Editor of Harper’s Magazine , is the author of Snobs and Guests as well as The Tastemakers , in which this article appears. This current best-seller discusses the evolution of American taste in the past century.

Articles by this Author

What was Whistler’s mother really thinking about? You might find out in the
The Parlor, October 1963 | Vol. 14, No. 6
You entered it only rarely, and you weren’t meant to be comfortable there. But every house had to have one, no matter how high the cost