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  1. [+]
    According to Dreiser (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Hey, Rub-a-Dub-Dub, by Theodore Dreiser
    1. Hey, Rub-a-Dub-Dub by Theodore Dreiser
    The Nation, May 1, 1920, p. 595
  2. Afterglow in New England
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, July 27, 1940, pp. 3-4
  3. Allston and His Journals
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, February 17, 1941, pp. 206-208
  4. The American Caravan (1927)
    Alfred Kreymborg, Lewis Mumford, and Paul Rosenfeld, ...
    The First Yearbook of American Literature
    7 Reviews, 4 Readable
  5. American Traits
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, August 4, 1941, pp. 185-187
  6. American Traits
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, August 11, 1941, pp. 185-187
  7. Americana
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, June 23, 1941, pp. 853-854
  8. America's Coming-of-Age (1915)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    4 Reviews, 2 Readable
  9. Amy Lowell
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, August 5, 1940, pp. 183-185
  10. An Autobiography (1965)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    1 Review
  11. Books and Men
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    Beyond Adolescence (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Writer in America, by Van Wyck Brooks
    1. The Writer in America by Van Wyck Brooks
    The Atlantic Monthly, April 1953, pp. 70-77
  12. [+]
    "Big Things" in Poetry (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    You and I, by Harriet Monroe
    1. You and I by Harriet Monroe
    The New Republic, March 20, 1915, p. 189
  13. Boston in the Nineties
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Harpers Monthly, August 1940, pp. 321-328
  14. Opinions About Books
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    Carl Sandburg's Lincoln (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, by Carl Sandburg
    1. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg
    The Forum, April 1926, pp. 632-633
  15. The Cassandra of New England
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Scribners, February 1927, pp. 125-129
  16. A Chilmark Miscellany (1948)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    2 Reviews
  17. The Confident Years, 1885-1915 (1952)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    8 Reviews, 1 Readable
  18. Congenial Concord
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Harpers Monthly, November 1926, pp. 767-772
  19. [+]
    Day-Dreams (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Sherwood Anderson's Notebook, by Sherwood Anderson
    1. Sherwood Anderson's Notebook by Sherwood Anderson
    The Forum, October 1926, p. 637
  20. Days of the Phoenix (1957)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Nineteen-Twenties I Remember
    5 Reviews, 1 Readable
  21. Does History Repeat Itself?
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The American Spectator (Dreiser), March 1933, p. 1
  22. Dr. Holmes: Forerunner of the Moderns
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, June 27, 1936, p. 3
  23. Dr. Holmes's Boston
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Harpers Monthly, July 1940, pp. 138-146
  24. The Dream of Arcadia (1958)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    American Writers and Artists in Italy, 1760-1915
    4 Reviews, 3 Readable
  25. Emerson and Others (1927)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    10 Reviews, 7 Readable
  26. Emerson and the Reformers
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Harpers Monthly, December 1926, pp. 114-118
  27. Emerson in His Time
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, August 23, 1939, pp. 78-79
  28. [+]
    Emotion in Life and History (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Emotion as the Basis of Civilization, by John H. Denison
    1. Emotion as the Basis of Civilization by John H. Denison
    The Outlook, December 26, 1928, p. 1413
  29. End of an Era
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, June 22, 1940, pp. 3-4
  30. [+]
    The End of Aristocracy (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Democratic Distinction in America, by W.C. Brownell
    1. Democratic Distinction in America by W.C. Brownell
    The Nation, February 8, 1928, pp. 164-165
  31. Faith vs Doubt in Literature
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, February 2, 1952, pp. 11-12
  32. Fashions in Defeatism
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, March 22, 1941, pp. 3-4
  33. Fenollosa and His Circle (1961)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    With Other Essays in Biography
    5 Reviews, 2 Readable
  34. The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865 (1936)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    A Literary History
    30 Chapters, 562pp - 13 Reviews, 9 Readable
  35. From a Note-Book
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The American Spectator (Dreiser), November 1932, p. 4
  36. From a Writer's Notebook (1955)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    5 Reviews, 1 Readable
  37. From a Writer's Notebook
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The American Scholar, Winter 1958, pp. 63-69
  38. Books
    From a Writer's Notebook
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Nation, December 5, 1953, pp. 469-470
  39. From a Writer's Notebook
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Nation, November 14, 1953, pp. 398-399
  40. Spring Book Section
    From a Writer's Notebook
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Nation, April 24, 1954, p. 357
  41. Books
    From a Writer's Notebook
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Nation, August 14, 1954, p. 134
  42. From a Writer's Notebook
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, January 4, 1958, pp. 7-9
  43. From the Shadow of the Mountain (1961)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    My Post-Meridian Years
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  44. [+]
    George Washington (5 Reviews)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    George Washington: The Rebel and the Patriot, 1762-1777, by Rupert Hughes
    1. George Washington: The Rebel and the Patriot, 1762-1777 by Rupert Hughes
    2. George Washington, Colonial Traveller, 1732-1775 by John C. Fitzpatrick and George Washington
    3. The Estate of George Washington, Deceased by Eugene E. Prussing
    4. Washington Speaks for Himself by Lucretia Perry Osborn and George Washington
    5. A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington by Mason L. Weems
    The New Republic, March 21, 1928, p. 166
  45. Speaking of Books
    [+]
    A Great American Diary (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Diary of John Quincy Adams, 1794-1845, by Allan Nevins and John Quincy Adams
    1. The Diary of John Quincy Adams, 1794-1845 by Allan Nevins and John Quincy Adams
    The Outlook, January 23, 1929, p. 148
  46. Books
    [+]
    A Great Historical Novel (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Weeping Cross, by Henry Longan Stuart
    1. Weeping Cross by Henry Longan Stuart
    Commonweal, October 6, 1933, p. 536
  47. [+]
    The Greatest of the Puritans (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Cotton Mather: Keeper of the Puritan Conscience, by Ralph Philip Boas and Louise Boas
    1. Cotton Mather: Keeper of the Puritan Conscience by Ralph Philip Boas and Louise Boas
    The Outlook, January 30, 1929, p. 190
  48. Helen Keller
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Harpers Monthly, May 1954, pp. 40-45
  49. Helen Keller: Sketch for a Portrait (1956)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  50. Henry James of Boston
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, July 13, 1940, pp. 3-4
  51. Highbrow and Lowbrow
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Forum, April 1915, pp. 481-492
  52. Howells: His Life and World (1959)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    26 Chapters, 309pp - 6 Reviews, 2 Readable
  53. John Addington Symonds
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Forum, April 1913, pp. 489-500
  54. John Addington Symonds: A Biographical Study (1914)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    1 Review
  55. John Sloan: A Painter's Life (1955)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  56. The Journal of Gamaliel Bradford, 1883-1932 (1933)
    Van Wyck Brooks and Gamaliel Bradford
    5 Reviews, 3 Readable
  57. [+]
    Lawrence of Arabia (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Lawrence and the Arabian Adventure, by Robert Graves
    1. Lawrence and the Arabian Adventure by Robert Graves
    The New Republic, May 16, 1928, p. 399
  58. The League of American Writers
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, February 22, 1939, pp. 65-67
  59. Reviews of Books
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    "A Leonardo of Our Day" (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Havelock Ellis: Philosopher of Love, by Houston Peterson
    1. Havelock Ellis: Philosopher of Love by Houston Peterson
    The New Republic, August 15, 1928, p. 335
  60. Letters and Leadership (1918)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    2 Reviews
  61. The Letters of Gamaliel Bradford, 1918-1931 (1934)
    Van Wyck Brooks and Gamaliel Bradford
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  62. Lewis Mumford: American Prophet
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Harpers Monthly, June 1952, pp. 46-53
  63. The Life of Emerson (1932)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    6 Reviews, 3 Readable
  64. [+]
    Lowell as a Critic (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    James Russell Lowell as a Critic, by Joseph J. Reilly
    1. James Russell Lowell as a Critic by Joseph J. Reilly
    The New Republic, June 12, 1915, p. 156
  65. The Malady of the Ideal (1948)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Obermann, Maurice de Guerin, and Amiel
    1 Review
  66. Maurice de Guerin
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Forum, May 1, 1912
  67. Memories of a Wall Street Suburb
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, March 6, 1954, p. 9
  68. Mencken in Baltimore
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The American Scholar, Autumn 1951, pp. 409-421
  69. More Notes on Human Nature
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, May 26, 1941, pp. 725-726
  70. A New England Reader (1962)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  71. New England: Indian Summer, 1865-1915 (1940)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    7 Reviews, 2 Readable
  72. Notes on Human Nature
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, May 12, 1941, pp. 659-660
  73. On Literature Today (1941)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  74. The Opinions of Oliver Allston (1941)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    9 Reviews, 4 Readable
  75. Opinions of Oliver Allston: II
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, March 10, 1941, pp. 336-338
  76. Opinions of Oliver Allston: III
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, March 24, 1941, pp. 397-398
  77. Opinions of Oliver Allston: IV
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, April 7, 1941, pp. 461-462
  78. The Ordeal of Mark Twain (1920)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    6 Reviews, 2 Readable
  79. [+]
    Our First Colony (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Philippine Islands, by W. Cameron Forbes
    1. The Philippine Islands by W. Cameron Forbes
    The Outlook, February 13, 1929, pp. 270-271
  80. Our Literary Heritage (1956)
    Van Wyck Brooks and Otto L. Bettmann
    A Pictorial History of the Writer in America
    5 Reviews, 2 Readable
  81. Painters and Painting
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, April 28, 1941, pp. 596-597
  82. Speaking of Books
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    The Palmerston Papers (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Gladstone and Palmerston, 1851-1865, by Philip Guedalla
    1. Gladstone and Palmerston, 1851-1865 by Philip Guedalla
    The Outlook, February 27, 1929, p. 348
  83. The Pilgrimage of Henry James (1925)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    6 Reviews, 4 Readable
  84. [+]
    Plastic Historian of an Age (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Between Sittings, by Jo Davidson
    1. Between Sittings by Jo Davidson
    The Saturday Review, December 1, 1951, p. 22
  85. Platitude
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Forum, November 1, 1912
  86. Books
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    Poems (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    George Eliot and Her Times, by Elizabeth S. Haldane
    1. George Eliot and Her Times by Elizabeth S. Haldane
    Commonweal, August 10, 1927, p. 341
  87. Books
    [+]
    Poems (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Minor Prophecies, by Lee Simonson
    1. Minor Prophecies by Lee Simonson
    Commonweal, July 27, 1927, p. 302
  88. The Private Journal of Henri Frederic Amiel (1935)
    Van Wyck Brooks, Charles Van Wyck Brooks, and Henri Frederic Amiel, ...
    1 Review
  89. The Religion of Art
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, December 1, 1951, pp. 13-14
  90. Retreat from Utopia
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, February 22, 1936, pp. 3-4
  91. [+]
    Communications (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Letters of Bret Harte, by Geoffrey Bret Harte and Bret Harte
    1. The Letters of Bret Harte by Geoffrey Bret Harte and Bret Harte
    Commonweal, May 5, 1926, p. 724
  92. [+]
    Communications (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Studies of English Poets, by J.W. Mackail
    1. Studies of English Poets by J.W. Mackail
    Commonweal, September 8, 1926, p. 432
  93. Books
    [+]
    The Play (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Understanding America, by Langdon Mitchell
    1. Understanding America by Langdon Mitchell
    Commonweal, June 29, 1927, p. 217
  94. [+]
    The Second Tudor (3 Reviews)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Swords and Roses, by Joseph Hergesheimer
    1. Swords and Roses by Joseph Hergesheimer
    2. The Wandering Men by John Russell
    3. The Modern Temper by Joseph Wood Krutch
    The Outlook, April 10, 1929, p. 587
  95. The Roots of American Culture, and Other Essays (1942)
    Constance Rourke and Van Wyck Brooks
    7 Reviews, 3 Readable
  96. Scenes and Portraits (1954)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Memories of Childhood and Youth
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  97. Sketches in Criticism (1932)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    4 Reviews, 2 Readable
  98. Sophistication
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The American Spectator (Dreiser), January 1933, p. 2
  99. The South: 1850
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The American Scholar, Autumn 1947, pp. 407-417
  100. [+]
    A Story-Teller's Letters (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Letters of Katherine Mansfield, by J. Middleton Murry and Katherine Mansfield
    1. The Letters of Katherine Mansfield by J. Middleton Murry and Katherine Mansfield
    The Outlook, February 20, 1929, p. 311
  101. [+]
    A Study of Joseph Conrad (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Joseph Conrad: A Study, by Richard Curle
    1. Joseph Conrad: A Study by Richard Curle
    The New Republic, December 26, 1914, p. 26
  102. [+]
    Three American Biographies (3 Reviews)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Meet General Grant, by W.E. Woodward
    1. Meet General Grant by W.E. Woodward
    2. Jubilee Jim by Robert H. Fuller
    3. The Terrible Siren: Victoria Woodhull, 1838-1927 by Emanie N. Sachs
    The Outlook, January 9, 1929, p. 72
  103. Three Essays on America (1934)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  104. The Times of Melville and Whitman (1947)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    9 Reviews, 4 Readable
  105. Transition in New England
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, May 22, 1943, pp. 17-18
  106. The Van Wyck Brooks-Lewis Mumford Letters (1970)
    Robert E. Spiller, Van Wyck Brooks, and Lewis Mumford, ...
    The Record of a Literary Friendship, 1921-1963
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  107. Why I Am for Roosevelt
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Nation, October 26, 1940, p. 388
  108. William Carlos Williams
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Harpers Monthly, June 1961, pp. 83-84
  109. The Wine of the Puritans (1908)
    Van Wyck Brooks
  110. [+]
    The Wizard and the Law (Review)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    Rufus Choate: The Wizard of the Law, by Claude M. Fuess
    1. Rufus Choate: The Wizard of the Law by Claude M. Fuess
    The New Republic, May 2, 1928, p. 330
  111. The Wondrous West, 1800
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Harpers Monthly, May 1944, pp. 554-563
  112. The World of H.G. Wells (1915)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    1 Review
  113. The World of H.G. Wells
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Forum, August 1914, pp. 278-298
  114. The World of H.G. Wells
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Forum, July 1914, pp. 128-142
  115. The World of H.G. Wells
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Forum, September 1914, pp. 451-462
  116. The World of Washington Irving (1944)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    21 Chapters, 505pp - 11 Reviews, 3 Readable
  117. The World of Washington Irving
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Atlantic Serial
    The Atlantic Monthly, August 1944, pp. 135-144
  118. The World of Washington Irving
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Atlantic Serial
    The Atlantic Monthly, July 1944, pp. 135-144
  119. The World of Washington Irving
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Atlantic Monthly, June 1944, pp. 133-144
  120. The World of Washington Irving
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Atlantic Serial
    The Atlantic Monthly, October 1944, pp. 139-148
  121. The World of Washington Irving
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Atlantic Serial
    The Atlantic Monthly, September 1944, pp. 139-166
  122. The Writer in America (1953)
    Van Wyck Brooks
    8 Reviews, 2 Readable
  123. Writers of the Eighties
    Van Wyck Brooks
    The Saturday Review, June 8, 1940, pp. 3-4
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