George Horace Lorimer

George Horace Lorimer
George Horace Lorimer was an American journalist, author, and editor best known for his long tenure as the editor of "The Saturday Evening Post" from 1899 to 1937. Under his leadership, the magazine became one of the most widely read publications in the United States, featuring contributions from prominent writers like Jack London and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Lorimer also authored several successful books, including "Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son," a popular collection of fictional letters offering business advice. His work reflected themes of American ambition and self-reliance, resonating with the rising middle class during his era.

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I   t was shortly after ten o'clock one morning when Ezra Simpkins, a reporter from the Boston Banner, entered the Oriental Building, that dingy pile of brick and brownstone which covers a block on Sixth Avenue, and began to hunt for the office of the Royal Society of Egyptian Exploration and Research. After wandering through a labyrinth of halls, he finally found it on the second floor. A few... more...

Dear Pierrepont: Your Ma got back safe this morning and she wants me to be sure to tell you not to over-study, and I want to tell you to be sure not to under-study. What we’re really sending you to Harvard for is to get a little of the education that’s so good and plenty there. When it’s passed around you don’t want to be bashful, but reach right out and take a big helping every time, for I... more...

I CARLSBAD, October 4, 189-. Dear Pierrepont: I'm sorry you ask so many questions that you haven't a right to ask, because you put yourself in the position of the inquisitive bull-pup who started out to smell the third rail on the trolley right-of-way—you're going to be full of information in a minute. In the first place, it looks as if business might be pretty good this fall, and... more...