Frank Crowninshield

Frank Crowninshield was an American journalist and critic of art and theater. He edited Vanity Fair magazine for twenty one years, from 1914 to 1935, and turned it into one of the leading literary and cultural magazines of its day. He championed modern artists and writers, and he was known as a wit and a host. Manners for the Metropolis is an early humorous guide to New York social life.