Art Young, His Life And Times, Helena Zachos' Copy With Letters, His Illustrated New Year's Greeting Post Cards And Artwork 1933, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, And A 4 Page Publicity Brochure "Books By Art Young" For His Books.

New York: Sheridan House, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Xii, 467 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Helen Zachos' Copy, Annotated And Underlined In A Minute Hand (From The Book Collection Of Social Artist William Gropper, Whose Work With Art Young Is Discussed In The Book). With A Small Archive Of Letters And Illustrated Post Cards From Young To Helena Zachos. Arthur Henry Young (1866 - 1943) Was An American Cartoonist And Writer. He Is Best Known For His Socialist Cartoons, Especially Those Drawn For The Left-Wing Political Magazine The Masses Between 1911 And 1917. In 1918 Young Helped To Establish A Similar Publication To The Masses, The Liberator. He Also Served As An Illustrator And Washington Correspondent For Metropolitan Magazine (1912-17) Until It Released Him Due To His Outspoken Anti-War Sentiments. Young Also Contributed Illustrations To The Nation, The Saturday Evening Post And Collier's Weekly, New Leader, New Masses, The Coming Nation, Dawn, The Call, The New Yorker (After 1930), And Big Stick. He Wrote Many Books, Including Two Autobiographies, On My Way (1928) And Art Young: His Life And Times (1939). Of Special Note Are His Series Of Drawings Depicting Hell, Published In Cosmopolitan Magazine And In Several Books, Including Through Hell With Hiprah Hunt, Available At Google Books. He Issued A Collection Of His Drawings, The Best Of Art Young, In 1936. Mary Helena Zachos (1856 - 1951) Was An American College Professor And Elocutionist, Who Was On The Faculty At Cooper Union From 1897 To 1939. She Was Born In Dayton, Ohio, The Daughter Of John Celivergos Zachos And Harriet Tompkins Canfield Zachos. Her Father Was Born In Constantinople Of Greek Parents, His Father Died Early In The Greek Revolution, And His Step-Father Was King Otto's Treasurer. He Was Brought To The United States By American Educational Reformer Samuel Gridley Howe. The Elder Dr. Zachos Taught For About Fifty Years, Including At Antioch, Whee He Was Head Of The Grammar School, And At Meadville Theological Seminary. He Taught Oratory At Cooper Union For Many Years, And Was A Good Friend Of Peter Cooper. Helena Zachos Attended Wells College, Graduating In 1875; She Pursued Further Training At The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts. She Taught English, Oratory, Debate, Parliamentary Procedure,[3] And Elocution Classes At Cooper Union Beginning In 1897, With Very Popular Classes In The School's Extension Catalog. She Was The Coach Of The School's Debating Teams, And Advised Student Commencement Speakers Until 1939. For Some Of Her Tenure At Cooper Union, She Also Taught "Expression" At The Friends Seminary In New York. Zachos Also Wrote One-Act Plays, Poems, And Pieces For Recitation. Her Own Performances As A Dramatic Reader Were Admired For Their "Penetration And Magnetism". She Was President Of The Wells College Club Of New York, And A Trustee Of The Library Lecture Association. She Also Served On The Executive Board Of The National Association Of Elocutionists.