… fraternity, will keep its radiance and will continue to become more brilliant as long as the living symbol of … and concierges who very often formed the governing bodies of that vast organization. On even the slightest … and which they wish to crush at all costs. On August 26, 1789, France made to the entire world “a declaration of …
… present-day American literature held at Bowdoin College to commemorate the centenary of the graduation of Longfellow … of our current verse, read Frost with pleasure. Academic audiences respond to him with a feeling that, in some curious … from beginning to end, and back again, with decent intervals for meditation between drams, is to feel his humour …
… A Man Named Grant. By Helen Todd. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. $3.50. For Us, the Living. By Bruce Lancaster. New … are refought endlessly until the marching ghosts of soldiers must become weary from being made to repeat their … Lincoln—not the manner of his life but of his death—is also the main theme of Otto Eisenschiml’s “In the Shadow of …
Reporting
… they lived in the hills and disdained clothing, it was a common passion for unburdening outsiders of their heads that … On the Indian side of the border, the British colonials outlawed headhunting and sent battalions of Gurkhas with … it suddenly wasn’t cool to be naked anymore. Japanese soldiers poured into the region in 1939 and stayed for six …
Criticism
… by you and me and Larry Page. As of last year, there were 1.26 vehicles on the road for every licensed driver in the US, … “peak motorization.” The American auto industry has already died and resurrected itself once—as a loan financier. … Socratic journey, one that moves from Greece to the US, and points in between, finding more questions and a growing gap …
… wending her naive devotion through a fallen world, accompanies Virginie, the beloved daughter of the house, to … But when, as now, culture often devolves into cultural studies, the strictest accuracy is needed. And indeed such … The account, which extends for several pages, counterpoints the story’s resonance and the boy’s experience. …