Reminiscences of Arthur Gilbert Highet, 1955

Biographical Note

Educator

Scope and Contents

Early association with Harry Scherman; experience as reviewer for HARPER'S MAGAZINE; techniques of book selection for Book-of-the-Month Club as explained by Harry Scherman; reading habits as book club judge; memorable book selections; discussion of selections among judges; readers' reports; reviewing publications regularly read

Subjects

• Book-of-the-Month Club.
• Book clubs (Discussion groups)
• Book industries and trade.
• Books--Reviews.
• Educators--Interviews.
• Highet, Gilbert, 1906-1978--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Starr, Louis Morris, 1917-1980, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975