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… conflicting statements and pure fantasy.” Since Lewis had died as recently as 1957, most of his correspondence … Powell—writing from both hostile and sympathetic viewpoints, would respond to my queries and provide … in any way. He also said, through his agents on October 26, that he did not wish to join the list of illustrious …

… argument, as Waldo elucidated in his post, “ Mark Penn’s Completely Invented WSJ Article .” It seems like reason … ”) about jacketless hardcover books. That provoked some comments by readers pointing out that jacketless hardcovers … Books has published paper-over-board books (as they’re also called), offered his complaint : ”he’s ignoring both …

… Captain. By Marquis James. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. $3.75. The Brands Preston Blair Family in Politics. … He was a hero while he lived, but he was neither a great soldier, nor a great politician, nor yet a great man. Dr. … and thus passed from the pages of history. As Mr. Basso points out, Beauregard’s reputation has suffered because the …

… needy friends. Today you and I leave the air-conditioned comfort. of the Olds and get lost looking for his stone. The … saints with a saint’s idea of ease. Later you studied the glitter in the dull or rosy stones, wondering was … you prayed to shine upon them. “The things we survived or died from!” you exclaim. “James to pneumonia, as you know. …

… strength and resolution.” Wallace Stevens in 1906 was also struggling to live and to write, but one would not … creative authority. When we read his appreciative 1940 commentary on Willa Cather, it helps to put them on a more … The Early Years, 1879—1923 by Joan Richardson, offer points of confluence. They were contemporary Americans, …