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And he's an easy author to work for?

He and Albert of course are such good friends.

What position does Albert Erskine have in the firm now?

Well, he does what he wants to. I wanted him to be editor-in-chief, but he didn't want to be bothered by all the details involved in that. He was very happy that Jim Silberman came to us. That's a much later story. But Albert has a full-time job with Red Warren, John O'Hara, and Jim Michener--three of our most famous authors. When Michener has a new book, that means a couple of months of Albert's time.

Would you call him a painstaking editor?

Oh! He just finished the index of this book on Spain--Iberia--that Jim has done, and he's been slaving over it for three weeks.

He does the actual index. You don't have that going out.

It was done outside, but Albert wasn't satisfied with it so he's been slaving over it himself. That's the kind of an editor that Albert is.