May Lamberton Becker

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Discussion of the best books for children: "The Story of Horace" by Alice M. Coats and "The Hired Man's Elephant" by Phil Strong.

From Wikipedia:
May Lamberton Becker made her name as a literary critic and for more than forty years wrote a weekly 'Readers Guide', first with the New York Evening Post, then with the Saturday Review of Literature and finally in the weekly book section of the New York Herald Tribune, of which she later became literary editor. She was well known as a lecturer on literature and drama. She wrote a number of introductions for the Rainbow Classics series of children's books and after the move of her daughter to England in 1927 she was a frequent visitor and wrote a number of 'Letters from London' for her newspaper. At the end of her life was an occasional contributor to The Times Literary Supplement.

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

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