Tuesday, October 9, 2018

The New Yorker covers: May 7, 1938


In a 1697 play entitled The Mourning Bride, William Congreve famously wrote: “Musick has Charms to soothe a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.” On a more humble level, music may bring a smile to a reader’s lips, when depicted on a magazine cover.


William Cotton
(covers untitled until February 1993)

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