Robert N. Linscott’s Followers (2)

Robert N. Linscott

Born

in Woburn, Massachusetts, The United States

May 01, 1886

Died

September 25, 1964

edit data

Robert Newton Linscott (May 1, 1886 – September 25, 1964) was an American editor. From 1904 to 1944, Linscott was an editor at Houghton-Mifflin. He served as editor for early Truman Capote and Carson McCullers works. From 1944 until his retirement in 1957, Linscott was the senior editor for Random House.

Linscott himself edited a number of collections for both houses, among them Best American Humorous Short Stories (1945), Best Short Stories of Bret Harte (1947), The World's Great Thinkers: A Boston Reader (1948), Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1957), and Letters and Poems of Emily Dickinson (1959).

Combine Editions
Robert N. Linscott’s books

Average rating: 4.19 · 1,064 ratings · 77 reviews · 23 distinct works

	The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Robert N. Linscott (Editor / Contributor), S.J. Perelman (Contributor) , Damon Runyon (Contributor) 3.55 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1945 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man and Man: The Social Philosophers 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1947 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man and the State: The Political Philosophers (The World's Great Thinkers Vol. 3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1947	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Omnibus of Modern American Humor liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1942 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A guide to good reading, with practical directions for the use of The children's hour in the home 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comic Relief: An Omnibus of Modern American Humor 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boys Book of Battles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	State of Mind: a Boston reader by Robert N. Linscott (Editor), John C. Farrar (Series Editor) , Roger W. Straus Jr. (Series Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1948 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov, Robert N. Linscott (Contributor) 4.27 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 1932 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems & Letters of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson (Editor), Robert N. Linscott 4.25 avg rating — 1,051 ratings — published 1959 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Robert N. Linscott…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The History Book ...: RECENTLY ACQUIRED BOOKS	666	815	Jan 19, 2019 11:16AM