Notes and Asides

Setting the Record Straight

1. From the Borzoi (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Publishing Company) Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 5„ a literary newsletter written by Mr. Alfred A. Knopf: “In a recent issue of the national review I note a page headed From the Academy by Russell Kirk. Below Mr. Kirk’s name I read ‘Alfred A. Knopf and Arthur Bestor, Jr., Fascists’; then in the middle of the page I see ‘Mr. Alfred Knopf, publisher of many Liberal books and active over the years in many Liberal causes.’ Confusing?