The Atlantic Extra

Beginning with this issue, the ATLANTIC is adding to its regular table of contents a special section of sixteen or more pages which will be known as the Atlantic Extra and which will enable the writer to get to the heart of his subject in more depth and in more vivid detail than would be possible in an article of customary length. The Extra might be the inside picture of a unique and vulnerable city like Hong Kong, or a smashing revelation of the narcotic trade in America, or an illuminating personal story such as Bishop Henry K. Sherrill is now writing about his ministry. We have been experimenting in this direction for some months, and t he response from our readers is most reassuring: “The tendency today,” says Walter Lippmann, “is to publish too many short things. I like best your issues in which you have encouraged at least one contributor to go into a subject in depth.”

In April we shall publish our Special Supplement on Money in American Life; in May the Atlantic Extra will he “The Bitter 30s: From a Personal History” by Alfred Kazin, the magnificent recapture of an eager, troubled era; in June it will be “The Magic of the British Monarchy” by Kingsley Martin, the former editor of the NEW STATESMAN. These will set the pace for what is to follow.