Summer 1990 Issue, THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR

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- Money Is Funny
  "Aristides"
  , pp. 327-336
- Multiculturalism
  Diane Ravitch
  , pp. 337-354
  E Pluribus Plures
- Prone to Worry
  Jane O. Wayne
  , pp. 355-356
- Guadalcanal
  Matthew Stevenson
  , pp. 357-370
- History
  Kelly Cherry
  , p. 371
- Unveiling
  Linda Pastan
  , p. 372
- Victorian Philanthropy
  Gertrude Himmelfarb
  , pp. 373-384
  The Case of Toynbee Hall
- The Mary Elinore Smith Poetry Prize
  Anthony Hecht
  , pp. 385-396
  See Naples and Die
- Other People's History
  Bernard Lewis
  , pp. 397-405
- Snails
  Kinloch Rivers
  , p. 406
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  Mr. Mencken and the Jews (Review)
  Sheldon L. Richman
  , pp. 407-411
  The Diary of H.L. Mencken, by Charles A. Fecher and H.L. Mencken
  1. The Diary of H.L. Mencken by Charles A. Fecher and H.L. Mencken
- La Belle Americaine
  Leonard Kriegel
  , pp. 412-414
  A Modern Love Story
- The Shy Little Scholar of Holder Court
  Lewis M. Dabney
  , pp. 415-425
  Edmund Wilson at Princeton
- Gardenias
  Gilbert Allen
  , p. 426
- Manuscript from a Delhi Market
  Michael McFee
  , pp. 427-428
- The Myth of Joseph Campbell
  Mary R. Lefkowitz
  , pp. 429-434
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  Reflections on the Deaning Trade (Review)
  Eugen Weber
  , pp. 435-444
  To Rise Above Principle, by Josef Martin
  1. To Rise Above Principle by Josef Martin
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  Quiet---Author Suffering (Review)
  Bruce Bawer
  , pp. 445-448
  The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard
  1. The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
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  Professional Andalusian (Review)
  Jeffrey Meyers
  , pp. 449-451
  Federico Garcia Lorca: A Life, by Ian Gibson
  1. Federico Garcia Lorca: A Life by Ian Gibson
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  An Ill Wind Blown Good (Review)
  William H. Pritchard
  , pp. 452-454
  Benny Goodman and the Swing Era, by James Lincoln Collier
  1. Benny Goodman and the Swing Era by James Lincoln Collier
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  False Martyr (Review)
  Hugh Murray
  , pp. 455-457
  A Death in the Delta, by Stephen J. Whitfield
  1. A Death in the Delta by Stephen J. Whitfield
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  Is The Examined Life Worth Reading? (Review)
  Jim Holt
  , pp. 458-461
  The Examined Life, by Robert Nozick
  1. The Examined Life by Robert Nozick
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  False Inevitabilities (Review)
  Elie Kedourie
  , pp. 462-467
  Reflecting on Things Past, by Peter Lord Carrington
  1. Reflecting on Things Past by Peter Lord Carrington
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  Fahrenheit 1990 (Review)
  Christopher Clausen
  , pp. 468-470
  The War Against the Intellect, by Peter Shaw
  1. The War Against the Intellect by Peter Shaw
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  For Interpretation (Review)
  Emerson R. Marks
  , pp. 471-474
  The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age, by Robert Alter
  1. The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age by Robert Alter
- The Reader Replies, pp. 475-482