Alexander Humphreys Woollcott was an American drama critic for The New York Times and The New York Herald, critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, an occasional actor and playwright, and a prominent radio personality. No. 1 on The New York Times Nonfiction best seller list for 5 weeks, from the issue of September 10, 1934. Wiki link