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Abject Poverty and Opulent Joy (Review) Robert Halsband
I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

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Academic Mazes (Review) Robert Halsband
The Groves of Academe, by Mary McCarthy
- The Groves of Academe by Mary McCarthy

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Aegean Raptures (Review) Robert Halsband
No Name in the Street, by Kay Cicellis
- No Name in the Street by Kay Cicellis

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After the Age of Reason (Review) Robert Halsband
The Age of Scandal, by Terence H. White
- The Age of Scandal by Terence H. White

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The Age of Anne (Review) Robert Halsband
Rogues, Royalty and Reporters, by William Bragg Ewald, Jr.
- Rogues, Royalty and Reporters by William Bragg Ewald, Jr.

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Alone Together with Their Letters (Review) Robert Halsband
The Literature of Gossip, by Elizabeth A. Drew
- The Literature of Gossip by Elizabeth A. Drew

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Analyzing Greek Tragedies (Review) Robert Halsband
Shakespeare's Tragedies, by G.B. Harrison
- Shakespeare's Tragedies by G.B. Harrison

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Anatomy of U.K. Mass Culture (Review) Robert Halsband
England, Half English, by Colin MacInnes
- England, Half English by Colin MacInnes

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Another "Guilty Attachment" (Review) Robert Halsband
Dark Passions Subdue, by Douglas Sanderson
- Dark Passions Subdue by Douglas Sanderson

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Antioch Harvest (Review) Robert Halsband
The Antioch Review Anthology, by Paul H. Bixler
- The Antioch Review Anthology by Paul H. Bixler

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The Art of Biography (Review) Robert Halsband
Nell Gwynn, Royal Mistress, by John Harold Wilson
- Nell Gwynn, Royal Mistress by John Harold Wilson

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Assessing the Critics (Review) Robert Halsband
Ikon: John Milton and the Modern Critics, by Robert Martin Adams
- Ikon: John Milton and the Modern Critics by Robert Martin Adams

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Atoms & Animadversions (Review) Robert Halsband
New World Writing: First Mentor Selection,
- New World Writing: First Mentor Selection

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Belle-Lettres Notes (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Franz Kafka and Prague, by Pavel Eisner
- Franz Kafka and Prague by Pavel Eisner
- The American Historical Novel by Ernest E. Leisy

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Belles-Lettres (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Three Lantern Slides, by John T. Winterich
- Three Lantern Slides by John T. Winterich
- Nineteenth Century Studies by Basil Willey
- The Demon Lover by Arthur Wormhoudt
- The Novel and Our Time by Alex Comfort

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Belles-Lettres Notes (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Lectures in Criticism: The Johns Hopkins University, by Benedetto Croce, Henri Peyre, a...
- Lectures in Criticism: The Johns Hopkins University by Benedetto Croce, Henri Peyre, and John Crowe Ransom, ...
- Immortal Diamond by Norman Weyand
- Oscar Wilde by Andre Gide
- The Cowden Clarkes by Richard D. Altick

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Belles-Lettres Notes (7 Reviews) Robert Halsband
James Whitcomb Riley as I Knew Him, by Minnie Belle Mitchell
- James Whitcomb Riley as I Knew Him by Minnie Belle Mitchell
- A Little Treasury of American Prose by George Mayberry
- The Gentleman in America by Edwin Harrison Cady
- Arthur Machen by William Francis Gekle
- History of the Pre-Romantic Novel in England by James R. Foster
- A Short History of English Literature by B. Ifor Evans
- England Yesterday and Today by F. Alan Walbank

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Belles-Lettres Notes (8 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Shakespearean Comedy, by Thomas Marc Parrott
- Shakespearean Comedy by Thomas Marc Parrott
- Character and Motive in Shakespeare by J.I.M. Stewart
- Henry James and Robert Louis Stevenson by Janet Adam Smith, Henry James, and Robert Louis Stevenson, ...
- The Age of Johnson
- English Blake by Bernard Blackstone
- The Adventures of Lindamira, a Lady of Quality by Benjamin Boyce
- John Aubrey and His Friends by Anthony Powell
- New World Literature by Arturo Torres-Rioseco

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Belles-Lettres Notes (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Prose Works of Edmund Spenser, by Rudolf Gottfried and Edmund Spenser
- Prose Works of Edmund Spenser by Rudolf Gottfried and Edmund Spenser
- Shakespeare's Problem Plays by E.M.W. Tillyard
- Ten English Farces by Leo Hughes
- Hogarth's Literary Relationships by Robert Etheridge Moore

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Belles-Lettres Notes (3 Reviews) Robert Halsband
The Populace in Shakespeare, by Brents Stirling
- The Populace in Shakespeare by Brents Stirling
- Melville's Use of the Bible by Nathalia Wright
- The Imagery of Keats and Shelley by Richard Harter Fogle

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Belles-Lettres Notes (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Shakespeare Survey 2, by Allardyce Nicoll
- Shakespeare Survey 2 by Allardyce Nicoll
- Gertrude Stein: Form and Intelligibility by Rosalind S. Miller

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Belles-Lettres Notes (5 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Sir Walter Scott, by Una Pope-Hennessy
- Sir Walter Scott by Una Pope-Hennessy
- Proust's Way by Francois Mauriac
- Reading a Novel by Walter Ernest Allen
- Medieval Literature in Translation by Charles W. Jones
- Mrs. Gaskell by Yvonne Ffrench

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Belles-Lettres Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
The Last Romantics, by Graham Goulden Hough
- The Last Romantics by Graham Goulden Hough

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Belles-Lettres Notes (3 Reviews) Robert Halsband
The Crooked Corridor, by Elizabeth Stevenson
- The Crooked Corridor by Elizabeth Stevenson
- Charles Brockden Brown: American Gothic Novelist by Harry R. Warfel
- Our Eminent Friend Edmund Burke by Thomas W. Copeland

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Belles-Lettres Notes (6 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Hamlet's Father, by Richard Flatter
- Hamlet's Father by Richard Flatter
- Literature and Theology in Colonial New England by Kenneth B. Murdock
- Edgar Allan Poe and His Critics by Sarah Helen Whitman and Oral Sumner Coad
- A Life of Shakespeare by Hesketh Pearson
- The Love Letters of Henry VIII by Henry Savage and Henry VIII
- Memoirs of Egotism by Stendhal and Matthew Josephson

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Belles-Lettres Notes (6 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Shakespeare's Tragic Frontier, by Willard Farnham
- Shakespeare's Tragic Frontier by Willard Farnham
- Shakespeare Survey 3 by Allardyce Nicoll
- Shakespeare's Hamlet by Max Huhner
- English Institute Essays, 1948 by David Allan Robertson, Jr.#2
- Pope and His Contemporaries by James L. Clifford and Louis A. Landa
- The Mind and Art of Chaucer by John S.P. Tatlock

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Belles-Lettres Notes (8 Reviews) Robert Halsband
The Reinterpretation of Victorian Literature, by Joseph Ellis Baker
- The Reinterpretation of Victorian Literature by Joseph Ellis Baker
- The Twelfth Night of Shakespeare's Audience by John William Draper
- In the Steps of Shakespeare by Arthur Russell Thorndike
- The Sagas of Kormak and The Sworn Brothers by Lee M. Hollander
- British Diaries by William Matthews#3
- Leigh Hunt's Dramatic Criticism, 1808-1831 by Lawrence Huston Houtchens and Carolyn Washburn Houtchens, ...
- The Novel of Violence in America: 1920-1950 by Wilbur M. Frohock
- Letters of Thomas Carlyle to William Graham by John Graham, Jr. and Thomas Carlyle

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Belles-Lettres Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
Tokefield Papers, Old and New, by Frank Swinnerton
- Tokefield Papers, Old and New by Frank Swinnerton

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Belles-Lettres Notes (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
John Dryden, by David Nichol Smith
- John Dryden by David Nichol Smith
- The Story of the Pall Mall Gazette by John W. Robertson-Scott

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Belles-Lettres Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus, by Cha...
- Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus by Charles Kerby-Miller

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Belles-Lettres Notes (7 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Wordsworth: A Tribute, by George Mallaby
- Wordsworth: A Tribute by George Mallaby
- A Biographer's Notebook by Hector Bolitho
- The Yellow Book by Norman Denny
- A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud
- James Thomson by Imogene B. Walker
- The New Republic by W.H. Mallock and J. Max Patrick
- Bushman Stories by Evan W. Thomas

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Belles-Lettres Notes (6 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Congreve's Plays on the Eighteenth Century State, by Emmet L. Avery
- Congreve's Plays on the Eighteenth Century State by Emmet L. Avery
- The Letters of William Morris to His Family and Friends by Philip Henderson and William Morris
- New Directions 12 by James Laughlin
- The Prologues and Epilogues of John Dryden by William Bradford Gardner and John Dryden
- Georgian Scrapbook by Alfred Henry Phillips
- The Poet Wordsworth by Helen Darbishire

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Belles-Lettres Notes (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
The Renaissance: Its Nature and Origins, by George Clarke Sellery
- The Renaissance: Its Nature and Origins by George Clarke Sellery
- The Sin of Wit by Maurice O. Johnson

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Belles-Lettres Notes (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
The Play, by Eric Bentley
- The Play by Eric Bentley
- He that Plays the King by Kenneth Tynan
- English Literature, 1660-1800 by Ronald S. Crane
- The Art of T. S. Eliot by Helen L. Gardner

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Belles-Lettres Notes (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Shakespeare's Motley, by Leslie Hotson
- Shakespeare's Motley by Leslie Hotson
- A Shakespeare Companion, 1550-1950 by F.E. Halliday
- Byron, Shelley, and Their Pisan Circle by Clarence L. Cline
- The Fortunes of Faust by E.M. Butler

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Belles-Lettres Notes (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
The Creative Process, by Brewster Ghiselin
- The Creative Process by Brewster Ghiselin
- The Metaphysical Passion by Sona Raiziss
- The Journal of a Tour to Corsica, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli by James Boswell and Morchard Bishop
- Christopher Marlowe by Philip Henderson

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Belles-Lettres Notes (3 Reviews) Robert Halsband
My Heart Laid Bare, and Other Essays, by Charles Baudelaire
- My Heart Laid Bare, and Other Essays by Charles Baudelaire
- Samuel Butler's Notebooks by Geoffrey Keynes, Brian Hill, and Samuel Butler
- The Cloak that I Left by Lilias Rider Haggard


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Belles-Lettres Notes: Johnsonian Ephemera (Review) Robert Halsband
Johnsonian and Other Essays and Reviews, by Robert W. Chapman
- Johnsonian and Other Essays and Reviews by Robert W. Chapman

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Belles-Lettres Notes: The Short Story in Our Times (Review) Robert Halsband
The Short Story in America, 1900-1950, by Ray B. West, Jr.
- The Short Story in America, 1900-1950 by Ray B. West, Jr.

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Belles-Lettres Notes: Trenchant Essays (Review) Robert Halsband
Jan at the Blue Fox, by Ronald F.H. Duncan
- Jan at the Blue Fox by Ronald F.H. Duncan

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Better Than Fiction (Review) Robert Halsband
Ouida: The Passionate Victorian, by Eileen Bigland
- Ouida: The Passionate Victorian by Eileen Bigland

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Biography by an Economist (Review) Robert Halsband
Essays in Biography, by John Maynard Keynes
- Essays in Biography by John Maynard Keynes

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Black Man with the Hoe (Review) Robert Halsband
High John, the Conqueror, by John W. Wilson
- High John, the Conqueror by John W. Wilson

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Bloomsbury and Environs (Review) Robert Halsband
Virginia Woolf's London, by Dorothy Brewster
- Virginia Woolf's London by Dorothy Brewster

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Book Forum (Review) Robert Halsband
Boswell in Extremes, 1776-1778, by Charles McC. Weis, Frederick A. Pottle, and James Bo...
- Boswell in Extremes, 1776-1778 by Charles McC. Weis, Frederick A. Pottle, and James Boswell, ...

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Bookman's Reward (Review) Robert Halsband
The Five-Dollar Gold Piece, by Orville Prescott
- The Five-Dollar Gold Piece by Orville Prescott

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Boswell and His Masquerade (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764, by Frederick A. Pottle and James Boswell
- Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764 by Frederick A. Pottle and James Boswell
- The Journal of a Tour to Corsica, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli by James Boswell and Morchard Bishop

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Boswell Goes to London (Review) Robert Halsband
Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763, by Frederick A. Pottle and James Boswell
- Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 by Frederick A. Pottle and James Boswell

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Brave New Criticism (Review) Robert Halsband
The Tightrope Walkers, by Giorgio Melchiori
- The Tightrope Walkers by Giorgio Melchiori

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The Broader Culture: Faith for Modern Artists (Review) Robert Halsband
The Bright Medusa, by Howard Mumford Jones
- The Bright Medusa by Howard Mumford Jones

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Browning and America (Review) Robert Halsband
Browning and America, by Louise Greer
- Browning and America by Louise Greer

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Byron in Pisa (Review) Robert Halsband
Conversations of Lord Byron, by Thomas Medwin
- Conversations of Lord Byron by Thomas Medwin

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Byron's Final Passion (Review) Robert Halsband
The Last Attachment, by Iris Origo
- The Last Attachment by Iris Origo

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Carlyle's Mind & Art (Review) Robert Halsband
The Writing of Past and Present, by Grace J. Calder
- The Writing of Past and Present by Grace J. Calder

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Celibate Singer (Review) Robert Halsband
Thomas Gray: A Biography, by Robert W. Ketton-Cremer
- Thomas Gray: A Biography by Robert W. Ketton-Cremer

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Chats With Kafka (Review) Robert Halsband
Conversations with Kafka, by Gustav Janouch
- Conversations with Kafka by Gustav Janouch


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Cinderella and the Prince of Wales (Review) Robert Halsband
Mrs. Fitzherbert, by Anita Leslie
- Mrs. Fitzherbert by Anita Leslie

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Cinema by Dylan Thomas (Review) Robert Halsband
The Doctor and the Devils, by Dylan Thomas
- The Doctor and the Devils by Dylan Thomas

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Clemens and His "Other Mother" (Review) Robert Halsband
Mark Twain to Mrs. Fairbanks, by Dixon Wecter and Samuel Clemens
- Mark Twain to Mrs. Fairbanks by Dixon Wecter and Samuel Clemens

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Coleridge Synthesis (Review) Robert Halsband
Coleridge, by Humphrey House
- Coleridge by Humphrey House

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Combination Chips and Socrates (Review) Robert Halsband
The Varsity Story, by Morley Callaghan
- The Varsity Story by Morley Callaghan

The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Monta... (1965)Robert Halsband and Mary Wortley Montagu
3 Reviews, 1 Readable

The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Monta... (1966)Robert Halsband and Mary Wortley Montagu
3 Reviews, 1 Readable


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Concerning Scholars (Review) Robert Halsband
The Scholar Adventurers, by Richard D. Altick
- The Scholar Adventurers by Richard D. Altick

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Confidential Confessor (Review) Robert Halsband
Mr. Pepys of Seething Lane, by Cecil Abernethy
- Mr. Pepys of Seething Lane by Cecil Abernethy

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Cooper's Ideas on Fiction (Review) Robert Halsband
Cooper's Theory of Fiction, by Arvid Shulenberger
- Cooper's Theory of Fiction by Arvid Shulenberger

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Critics of the Bard (Review) Robert Halsband
Shakespeare and His Critics, by F.E. Halliday
- Shakespeare and His Critics by F.E. Halliday

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D.H. Lawrence as Philosopher (Review) Robert Halsband
The Love Ethic of D.H. Lawrence, by Mark Spilka
- The Love Ethic of D.H. Lawrence by Mark Spilka

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Decay of a Man (Review) Robert Halsband
The Servant, by Robin Maugham
- The Servant by Robin Maugham

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Delightful Essays (Review) Robert Halsband
Year In, Year Out, by A.A. Milne
- Year In, Year Out by A.A. Milne

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A Diarist's Century (Review) Robert Halsband
The Diary of John Evelyn, by E.S. de Beer and John Evelyn
- The Diary of John Evelyn by E.S. de Beer and John Evelyn

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Diary of a Peripatetic Writer (Review) Robert Halsband
One Year of Life, by Cecil Roberts
- One Year of Life by Cecil Roberts

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...the Dictionary (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
A Dictionary of the English Language, by Samuel Johnson
- A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson
- Dr. Johnson's Dictionary by James H. Sledd and Gwin J. Kolb

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Dr. Johnson as Critic (Review) Robert Halsband
Samuel Johnson's Literary Criticism, by Jean H. Hagstrum
- Samuel Johnson's Literary Criticism by Jean H. Hagstrum

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Dynamic Intellect (Review) Robert Halsband
Mr. Oddity: Samuel Johnson, LL.D., by Charles Norman
- Mr. Oddity: Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Charles Norman

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Early Faulkner (Review) Robert Halsband
Mirrors of Chartres Street, by William Faulkner
- Mirrors of Chartres Street by William Faulkner

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Eighteenth-Century Savant (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Alexander Pope, by Bonamy Dobree
- Alexander Pope by Bonamy Dobree
- Alexander Pope: Catholic Poet by Francis Beauchesne Thornton
- Pope and His Critics by Wilbert L. MacDonald
- Pope and the Heroic Tradition by Douglas Knight

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Eleven People in Patriotic Dilemma (Review) Robert Halsband
The Moment of Truth, by Storm Jameson
- The Moment of Truth by Storm Jameson

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An Eliot Handbook (Review) Robert Halsband
A Reader's Guide to T.S. Eliot, by George Williamson
- A Reader's Guide to T.S. Eliot by George Williamson

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England's Maecenas (Review) Robert Halsband
Leicester: Patron of Letters, by Eleanor Rosenberg
- Leicester: Patron of Letters by Eleanor Rosenberg

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Engrossing Gods (Review) Robert Halsband
The Vengeance of the Gods, by Rex Warner
- The Vengeance of the Gods by Rex Warner

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Epitapher of the Expatriates (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
My Friend Henry Miller, by Alfred Perles
- My Friend Henry Miller by Alfred Perles
- The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller

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Exercise in Miscellany (Review) Robert Halsband
A Passport Secretly Green, by Noel Perrin
- A Passport Secretly Green by Noel Perrin

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Faith for Modern Man (Review) Robert Halsband
The Open Night, by John Lehmann
- The Open Night by John Lehmann

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Father of the Novel (Review) Robert Halsband
Henry Fielding, by F. Homes Dudden
- Henry Fielding by F. Homes Dudden

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Faulkner and the Critics (Review) Robert Halsband
William Faulkner: Two Decades of Criticism, by Frederick J. Hoffman and Olga W. Vickery
- William Faulkner: Two Decades of Criticism by Frederick J. Hoffman and Olga W. Vickery

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Fiction from the Blue Grass Country (Review) Robert Halsband
The Kentucky Novel, by Lawrence S. Thompson and Algernon D. Thompson, ...
- The Kentucky Novel by Lawrence S. Thompson and Algernon D. Thompson, ...

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Fiction Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
Dr. Johnson's Dear Mistress, by Winifred Carter
- Dr. Johnson's Dear Mistress by Winifred Carter


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Fifteen Fresh Stories (Review) Robert Halsband
Stories in the Modern Manner, by The Partisan Review Editors
- Stories in the Modern Manner by The Partisan Review Editors

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The First Word (Review) Robert Halsband
Johnson's Dictionary, by E.L. McAdam, Jr., George Milne, and Samuel Johnson, ...
- Johnson's Dictionary by E.L. McAdam, Jr., George Milne, and Samuel Johnson, ...

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Footloose Characters (Review) Robert Halsband
Originals Abroad, by Warren Hunting Smith
- Originals Abroad by Warren Hunting Smith

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Frankenstein's Creator (Review) Robert Halsband
Mary Shelley: Author of "Frankenstein", by Elizabeth Nitchie
- Mary Shelley: Author of "Frankenstein" by Elizabeth Nitchie

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A Fresh Look at George Herbert (Review) Robert Halsband
A Reading of George Herbert, by Rosemond Tuve
- A Reading of George Herbert by Rosemond Tuve

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Fresh Tales from Japan (Review) Robert Halsband
Rashomon, and Other Stories, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
- Rashomon, and Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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Front-Page Problem (Review) Robert Halsband
Sir and Brother, by Harry Lee
- Sir and Brother by Harry Lee

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Genteel Tales (Review) Robert Halsband
The Scribner Treasury, by J.G.E. Hopkins
- The Scribner Treasury by J.G.E. Hopkins

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Gentleman's Scribe (Review) Robert Halsband
J.P. Marquand, Esquire, by Philip Hamburger
- J.P. Marquand, Esquire by Philip Hamburger

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A Giant Four Feet Six (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Alexander Pope: The Education of Genius, 1688-1728, by Peter Quennell
- Alexander Pope: The Education of Genius, 1688-1728 by Peter Quennell
- "This Long Disease, My Life" by Marjorie H. Nicolson and G.S. Rousseau

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Graves's Collection of Elegant Trifles (Review) Robert Halsband
Occupation: Writer, by Robert Graves
- Occupation: Writer by Robert Graves

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The Greatest Actor of His Time (Review) Robert Halsband
Garrick, by Margaret Barton
- Garrick by Margaret Barton

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Guide to Whitman's Verse (Review) Robert Halsband
Walt Whitman's Poems, by Gay Wilson Allen, Charles T. Davis, and Walt Whitman, ...
- Walt Whitman's Poems by Gay Wilson Allen, Charles T. Davis, and Walt Whitman, ...

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The Hardy Biographer Abroad (Review) Robert Halsband
Boswell on the Grand Tour, by Frank Brady, Frederick A. Pottle, and James Boswell, ...
- Boswell on the Grand Tour by Frank Brady, Frederick A. Pottle, and James Boswell, ...

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He Built in Marble (Review) Robert Halsband
The Works of John Dryden, Vol. I: Poems, 1649-1680, by Edward Niles Hooker, H.T. Sweden...
- The Works of John Dryden, Vol. I: Poems, 1649-1680 by Edward Niles Hooker, H.T. Swedenberg, Jr., and John Dryden, ...

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Hearties and Aesthetes (Review) Robert Halsband
Originals Abroad, by Warren Hunting Smith
- Originals Abroad by Warren Hunting Smith

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Her Life Was Regency Soap Opera (Review) Robert Halsband
My Dearest Augusta, by Peter Gunn
- My Dearest Augusta by Peter Gunn

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Historically Human (Review) Robert Halsband
The Private Life of Mr. Pepys, by John Harold Wilson
- The Private Life of Mr. Pepys by John Harold Wilson

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"I Lived Among These People" (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Make Light of It, by William Carlos Williams
- Make Light of It by William Carlos Williams
- A Beginning on the Short Story by William Carlos Williams

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The Imponderables of Style (Review) Robert Halsband
Style, by F.L. Lucas
- Style by F.L. Lucas

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In Love with Venice (Review) Robert Halsband
The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole, by Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo
- The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole by Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo

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In Many Directions (Review) Robert Halsband
New Directions 12, by James Laughlin
- New Directions 12 by James Laughlin

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Ingenuity & Aspiration (3 Reviews) Robert Halsband
New World Writing, Second Mentor Selection,
- New World Writing, Second Mentor Selection
- Discovery No. 1 by John W. Aldridge and Vance Bourjaily
- New Directions in Prose and Poetry, No. 14 by James Laughlin

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International Potpourri (Review) Robert Halsband
Botteghe Obscure, by Marguerite Caetani
- Botteghe Obscure by Marguerite Caetani

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International Potpourri (Review) Robert Halsband
Botteghe Obscure, by Marguerite Caetani
- Botteghe Obscure by Marguerite Caetani

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Jane's Most Pervasive Mood (Review) Robert Halsband
Jane Austen: Irony as Defense and Discovery, by Marvin Mudrick
- Jane Austen: Irony as Defense and Discovery by Marvin Mudrick

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Jaundiced Eye... (Review) Robert Halsband
Cast a Cold Eye, by Mary McCarthy
- Cast a Cold Eye by Mary McCarthy

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Joyce Work in Progress (Review) Robert Halsband
Stephen Hero, by James Joyce
- Stephen Hero by James Joyce

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Kentucky Folklore (Review) Robert Halsband
South from Hell-Fer-Sartin, by Leonard W. Roberts
- South from Hell-Fer-Sartin by Leonard W. Roberts

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Kings, Queens, and Consorts (Review) Robert Halsband
The Great World, by Charles Greville and Louis Kronenberger
- The Great World by Charles Greville and Louis Kronenberger

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Last Days of Shelley and Byron (Review) Robert Halsband
The Last Days of Shelley and Byron, by E.J. Trelawny and J.E. Morpurgo
- The Last Days of Shelley and Byron by E.J. Trelawny and J.E. Morpurgo

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Last Decade of a Cranky Genius (Review) Robert Halsband
Lorenzo in Search of the Sun, by Eliot G. Fay
- Lorenzo in Search of the Sun by Eliot G. Fay

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Laureate on a Laureate (Review) Robert Halsband
The Bard's Life for Layment
- William Shakespeare by John Masefield

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Lawrence on Writing (Review) Robert Halsband
Selected Literary Criticism, by D.H. Lawrence and Anthony Beal
- Selected Literary Criticism by D.H. Lawrence and Anthony Beal

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Letters from Elia (Review) Robert Halsband
Selected Letters of Charles Lamb, by T.S. Matthews and Charles Lamb
- Selected Letters of Charles Lamb by T.S. Matthews and Charles Lamb

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A Libertine Looks Back on Love (Review) Robert Halsband
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, by Arthur Machen and Jacques Casanova
- The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt by Arthur Machen and Jacques Casanova


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Literary Talk (Review) Robert Halsband
The Writer Observed, by Harvey Breit
- The Writer Observed by Harvey Breit

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Literature in Outline (Review) Robert Halsband
An Illustrated History of English Literature, Vol. II, by A.C. Ward
- An Illustrated History of English Literature, Vol. II by A.C. Ward

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The Literature of Japan (Review) Robert Halsband
Japanese Literature, by Donald Keene
- Japanese Literature by Donald Keene

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The Little Corporal's Stepchild (Review) Robert Halsband
Daughter to Napoleon, by Constance Wright
- Daughter to Napoleon by Constance Wright


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A Man Who Wrote His Mind (Review) Robert Halsband
Dr. Johnson: His Life in Letters, by David Littlejohn and Samuel Johnson
- Dr. Johnson: His Life in Letters by David Littlejohn and Samuel Johnson

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Meet Henry James (Review) Robert Halsband
Henry James, by Michael Swan
- Henry James by Michael Swan

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Melville on a Grand Tour (Review) Robert Halsband
Journal of a Visit to Europe and the Levant, by Herman Melville and Howard C. Horsford
- Journal of a Visit to Europe and the Levant by Herman Melville and Howard C. Horsford

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Men of Letters Notes (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
The Three Ibsens, by Bergliot Ibsen
- The Three Ibsens by Bergliot Ibsen
- Fire-Bird: A Study of D. H. Lawrence by Dallas Kenmare
- The Buried Life by Gordon N. Ray
- Nikolai Gogol, 1809-1852 by Janko Lavrin

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Modest and Honest Playwright (Review) Robert Halsband
The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov, by Lillian Hellman and Anton Chekhov
- The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov by Lillian Hellman and Anton Chekhov

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More Texas Tales (Review) Robert Halsband
Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales, and Talk, by Wilson M. Hudson, Allen Maxwell Boatright,...
- Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales, and Talk by Wilson M. Hudson, Allen Maxwell Boatright, and C. Mody, ...

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Negro Novelists (Review) Robert Halsband
The Negro Novelist, by John Milton Hughes
- The Negro Novelist by John Milton Hughes

Books
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Nonpareil of the Eloquent, Lusty Pictorial Engraving (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Hogarth, Vol. I, by Ronald Paulson and Richard Hogarth
- Hogarth, Vol. I by Ronald Paulson and Richard Hogarth
- Hogarth, Vol. II by Ronald Paulson and Richard Hogarth

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Notes of a Gentle Victorian (Review) Robert Halsband
With Dearest Love to All, by Caroline Jebb and Mary Reed Bobbitt
- With Dearest Love to All by Caroline Jebb and Mary Reed Bobbitt

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Notes on Youth (Review) Robert Halsband
The Diaries of John Ruskin 1835-1847, by Joan Evans, John Howard Whitehouse, and John R...
- The Diaries of John Ruskin 1835-1847 by Joan Evans, John Howard Whitehouse, and John Ruskin, ...

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Notes: ABC's of American Lit (Review) Robert Halsband
Concise Dictionary of American Literature, by Robert Fulton Richards
- Concise Dictionary of American Literature by Robert Fulton Richards

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Notes: Gulliver's Creator (Review) Robert Halsband
Swift: An Introduction, by Ricardo Quintana
- Swift: An Introduction by Ricardo Quintana

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Notes: Infirm Geniuses (Review) Robert Halsband
The Infirmities of Genius, by W.R. Bett
- The Infirmities of Genius by W.R. Bett

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Notes: Meanings Behind the Words (Review) Robert Halsband
Language, Meaning and Maturity, by S.I. Hayakawa
- Language, Meaning and Maturity by S.I. Hayakawa

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Notes: Oscar Wilde's Family (Review) Robert Halsband
The Wildes of Merrion Square, by Patrick Byrne
- The Wildes of Merrion Square by Patrick Byrne

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Notes: Philogical Hodgepodge (Review) Robert Halsband
From Sanskrit to Brazil, by Eric Partridge
- From Sanskrit to Brazil by Eric Partridge

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Notes: Plebeian Genius (Review) Robert Halsband
The Letters of Daniel Defoe, by George Harris Healey and Daniel Defoe
- The Letters of Daniel Defoe by George Harris Healey and Daniel Defoe

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Notes: Ruskin in December (Review) Robert Halsband
The Gulf of Years, by John Ruskin
- The Gulf of Years by John Ruskin

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Notes: Three Critics of "Non-Fiction" (Review) Robert Halsband
American Non-Fiction, 1900-1950, by Walter Metzger, James Gray, and May Brodbeck
- American Non-Fiction, 1900-1950 by Walter Metzger, James Gray, and May Brodbeck

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Notes: Two More for the Eliot Shelf (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
T.S. Eliot: A Bibliography, by Donald Gallup
- T.S. Eliot: A Bibliography by Donald Gallup
- T. S. Eliot and Walt Whitman by S. Musgrove

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Notes: Unbogging Joyce (Review) Robert Halsband
James Joyce and the Common Reader, by William Powell Jones
- James Joyce and the Common Reader by William Powell Jones

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Outcast & Pope (Review) Robert Halsband
Hadrian the Seventh, by Frederick Rolfe
- Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe

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Partisan Harvest (Review) Robert Halsband
The New Partisan Reader, 1948-1953, by William Phillips and Philip Rahv
- The New Partisan Reader, 1948-1953 by William Phillips and Philip Rahv

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Petra & Homme Fatal (Review) Robert Halsband
Angelo's Wife, by Virginia Myers
- Angelo's Wife by Virginia Myers

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A Plea for the Obvious (Review) Robert Halsband
Symbolism and Fiction, by Harry Levin
- Symbolism and Fiction by Harry Levin

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Poetry Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
The Background of Modern Poetry, by Jacob Isaacs
- The Background of Modern Poetry by Jacob Isaacs

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Poetry Notes: A Poet and His Critics (Review) Robert Halsband
Tennyson and the Reviewers, by Edgar Finley Shannon, Jr.
- Tennyson and the Reviewers by Edgar Finley Shannon, Jr.

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Poets' Frustrations (Review) Robert Halsband
Choir of Muses, by Etienne Gilson
- Choir of Muses by Etienne Gilson

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Portraits and Scandals (Review) Robert Halsband
A Congreve Gallery, by Kathleen M. Lynch
- A Congreve Gallery by Kathleen M. Lynch

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Pound Revisited (Review) Robert Halsband
The Spirit of Romance, by Ezra Pound
- The Spirit of Romance by Ezra Pound

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Prose of a Librettist (Review) Robert Halsband
Selected Prose, by Hugo Von Hofmannsthal
- Selected Prose by Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

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Proust Explained (Review) Robert Halsband
Proust, by J.M. Cocking
- Proust by J.M. Cocking

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Pseudo-Ghosts (Review) Robert Halsband
The Sullivan County Sketches of Stephen Crane, by Melvin Schoberlin and Stephen Crane
- The Sullivan County Sketches of Stephen Crane by Melvin Schoberlin and Stephen Crane

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Publishing in the Elizabethan Age (Review) Robert Halsband
English Books and Readers, 1475-1557, by H.S. Bennett
- English Books and Readers, 1475-1557 by H.S. Bennett

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Publishing in the Gilded Age (Review) Robert Halsband
This Was Publishing, by Donald H. Sheehan
- This Was Publishing by Donald H. Sheehan

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Puny Punning (Review) Robert Halsband
From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf, by Robert Manson Myers
- From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf by Robert Manson Myers

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The Radical Novel (Review) Robert Halsband
The Radical Novel in the United States, 1900-1954, by Walter B. Rideout
- The Radical Novel in the United States, 1900-1954 by Walter B. Rideout

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Rakish Poet (Review) Robert Halsband
Charles Churchill: Poet, Rake, and Rebel, by Wallace Cable Brown
- Charles Churchill: Poet, Rake, and Rebel by Wallace Cable Brown

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Religious Peasant and Her Dead (Review) Robert Halsband
The Easter Fleet, by Roger Vercel
- The Easter Fleet by Roger Vercel

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Belles-Lettres Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
The Philosophical Lectures of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, by Kathleen Coburn and Samuel Ta...
- The Philosophical Lectures of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Kathleen Coburn and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Personal History Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
A Field of Broken Stones, by Lowell Naeve and David Wieck
- A Field of Broken Stones by Lowell Naeve and David Wieck

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World Notes (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Annual Review of United Nations Affairs, 1949, by Clyde Eagleton
- Annual Review of United Nations Affairs, 1949 by Clyde Eagleton
- Primer of Intellectual Freedom by Howard Mumford Jones

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Belles-Lettres Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
Modern Hebrew Literature,, by Simon Halkin
- Modern Hebrew Literature, by Simon Halkin

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Belles-Lettres Notes (3 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Charles Lamb and His Hertfordshire, by Reginald L. Hine
- Charles Lamb and His Hertfordshire by Reginald L. Hine
- Sea Slang of the Twentieth Century by Wilfred Granville
- F.O. Matthiessen, 1902-1950 by Paul M. Sweezy and Leo Huberman

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Fiction Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

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Fiction Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
Character and Situation, by Christopher Sykes
- Character and Situation by Christopher Sykes

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Belles-Lettres Notes (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
The Honey Gorged, by Lionel Trilling and John Keats
- The Honey Gorged by Lionel Trilling and John Keats
- Just as It Happened by Newman Flower
- Robert Burns by David Daiches
- The ABC of Reading by Ezra Pound

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Belles-Lettres Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
The Other World, by Howard Rollin Patch
- The Other World by Howard Rollin Patch

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Personal History (Review) Robert Halsband
Joseph Spence, by Austin Wright
- Joseph Spence by Austin Wright

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Belles-Lettres Notes (Review) Robert Halsband
Worthy Dr. Fuller, by William Wilkinson Addison
- Worthy Dr. Fuller by William Wilkinson Addison

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Literary Crypt (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Greek Literature for the Modern Reader, by H.C. Baldry
- Greek Literature for the Modern Reader by H.C. Baldry
- Steele at Drury Lane by John Clyde Loftis
- Sturge Moore and the Life of Art by Frederick L. Gwynn
- John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor by Friedrich A. Hayek, John Stuart Mill, and Harriet Hardy Taylor Mill, ...

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Belles-Lettres Notes (3 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Marcel Proust, by Charlotte F. Haldane
- Marcel Proust by Charlotte F. Haldane
- Christopher Fry by Derek Stanford
- Mrs. Ewing, Mrs. Molesworth, and Mrs. Hodgson Burnett by Marghanita Laski

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Personal History (Review) Robert Halsband
The City that Shone, by Vivian de Sola Pinto
- The City that Shone by Vivian de Sola Pinto

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European Literary Scene (3 Reviews) Robert Halsband
From Puzzles to Portraits, by James L. Clifford
- From Puzzles to Portraits by James L. Clifford
- Samuel Johnson by James L. Clifford and Donald J. Greene
- Samuel Johnson and the Life of Writing by Paul Fussell

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Literary Crypt (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Victorian Novelists and Their Illustrators, by J.R. Harvey
- Victorian Novelists and Their Illustrators by J.R. Harvey
- The Germ by Robert Stahr Hosmon

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Blind Master of the Guided Dream (Review) Robert Halsband
Horace Walpole's Correspondence With Sir Horace Mann and Sir Horace Mann the Younger, b...
- Horace Walpole's Correspondence With Sir Horace Mann and Sir Horace Mann the Younger by W.S. Lewis and Horace Walpole

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Rhythm in the Novel (Review) Robert Halsband
Rhythm in the Novel, by E.K. Brown
- Rhythm in the Novel by E.K. Brown

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A Ruskin Sampler (Review) Robert Halsband
Selected Writings, by John Ruskin and Peter Quennell
- Selected Writings by John Ruskin and Peter Quennell

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Sam Clemens's Paradise (Review) Robert Halsband
Report from Paradise, by Mark Twain
- Report from Paradise by Mark Twain

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Sappho in Hoopskirts (Review) Robert Halsband
The Admirable Lady Mary, by Lewis Gibbs
- The Admirable Lady Mary by Lewis Gibbs

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Scandals, Amours, Hysterics, and Louis XIV (Review) Robert Halsband
Letters from Madame la Marquise de Sevigne, by Violet Hammersley and Marie de Rabutin-C...
- Letters from Madame la Marquise de Sevigne by Violet Hammersley and Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sevigne, ...

The Selected Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1970)Robert Halsband and Mary Wortley Montagu
1 Review

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Shakespeare Notes (2 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Shakespeare's Sonnets Dated, and Other Essays, by Leslie Hotson
- Shakespeare's Sonnets Dated, and Other Essays by Leslie Hotson
- The Time Is Free by Roy Walker

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Shirt-Tails, Stallions, and Folksongs (Review) Robert Halsband
Texas Folk and Folklore, by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell, ...
- Texas Folk and Folklore by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell, ...

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Sidestreet, U.S.A. (Review) Robert Halsband
The Road Through the Wall, by Shirley Jackson
- The Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson

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Sisters of Venus (Review) Robert Halsband
Love in Five Temperaments, by J. Christopher Herold
- Love in Five Temperaments by J. Christopher Herold

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Six Hundred Years of English Verse (Review) Robert Halsband
English Poetry, by Douglas Bush
- English Poetry by Douglas Bush

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Six Troubled Victorians (Review) Robert Halsband
Perplexed Prophets, by Gaylord C. Le Roy
- Perplexed Prophets by Gaylord C. Le Roy

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Skeptic & Epicurean (Review) Robert Halsband
Lord Chesterfield and His World, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Lord Chesterfield and His World by Samuel Shellabarger

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Sketch Potpourri (Review) Robert Halsband
The Lottery, and Other Stories, by Shirley Jackson
- The Lottery, and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

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A Snob Among Snobs (Review) Robert Halsband
Recollections of Logan Pearsall Smith, by Robert Gathorne-Hardy
- Recollections of Logan Pearsall Smith by Robert Gathorne-Hardy

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Social Comedy & the Supernatural (Review) Robert Halsband
Descent Into Hell, by Charles Williams
- Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams

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Soties by Gide (Review) Robert Halsband
Marshlands and Prometheus Misbound, by Andre Gide
- Marshlands and Prometheus Misbound by Andre Gide

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A Sprung Cleric: Modern Poet from Victorian Age (Review) Robert Halsband
A Hopkins Reader, by John Pick and Gerard Manley Hopkins
- A Hopkins Reader by John Pick and Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Stages of the Big (Review) Robert Halsband
New World Writing: Third Mentor Selection,
- New World Writing: Third Mentor Selection

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Storyteller's Choice (Review) Robert Halsband
A Choice of Kipling's Prose, by Craig Raine and Rudyard Kipling
- A Choice of Kipling's Prose by Craig Raine and Rudyard Kipling

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Strange Marriage (Review) Robert Halsband
Marcel and Elise, by Marcel Jouhandeau
- Marcel and Elise by Marcel Jouhandeau

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Temptations of a Poor Country Maid (Review) Robert Halsband
Another Pamela; or, Virtue Still Rewarded, by Upton Sinclair
- Another Pamela; or, Virtue Still Rewarded by Upton Sinclair

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Thackeray as a Byline (Review) Robert Halsband
Thackeray: Contributions to the Morning Chronicle, by Gordon N. Ray and William Makepea...
- Thackeray: Contributions to the Morning Chronicle by Gordon N. Ray and William Makepeace Thackeray, ...

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They Lived in Bloomsbury (Review) Robert Halsband
The Bloomsbury Group, by John Keith Johnstone
- The Bloomsbury Group by John Keith Johnstone

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Three on Pope (3 Reviews) Robert Halsband
The Major Satires of Alexander Pope, by Robert Wentworth Rogers
- The Major Satires of Alexander Pope by Robert Wentworth Rogers
- The Poetic Workmanship of Alexander Pope by Rebecca Price Parkin
- Pope's Dunciad: A Study of Its Meaning by Aubrey L. Williams

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Tortured Poet (Review) Robert Halsband
Baudelaire: A Self-Portrait, by Lois Boe Hyslop, Francis E. Hyslop, Jr., and Charles Ba...
- Baudelaire: A Self-Portrait by Lois Boe Hyslop, Francis E. Hyslop, Jr., and Charles Baudelaire, ...

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A Typical Whig Peer (Review) Robert Halsband
Portrait of a Golden Age, by Brian Connell and Viscount Palmerston
- Portrait of a Golden Age by Brian Connell and Viscount Palmerston

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Victims of Life (Review) Robert Halsband
Asphalt and Desire, by Frederic Morton
- Asphalt and Desire by Frederic Morton

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Victorian Literature (Review) Robert Halsband
A Companion to Victorian Literature, by Thomas Marc Parrott and Robert Bernard Martin, ...
- A Companion to Victorian Literature by Thomas Marc Parrott and Robert Bernard Martin, ...

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Victorian Paradox (Review) Robert Halsband
Coventry Patmore, by E.J. Oliver
- Coventry Patmore by E.J. Oliver

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Voyage Through Despair (Review) Robert Halsband
Portrait in Two Colours, by Stuart B. Jackman
- Portrait in Two Colours by Stuart B. Jackman

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Walpole and William Mason (Review) Robert Halsband
Horace Walpole's Correspondence with William Mason, by W.S. Lewis, Grover Cronin, Jr., ...
- Horace Walpole's Correspondence with William Mason by W.S. Lewis, Grover Cronin, Jr., and Charles H. Bennett #2, ...

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Wasteland: 1850 (Review) Robert Halsband
Jules Laforgue and the Ironic Inheritance, by Warren Ramsey
- Jules Laforgue and the Ironic Inheritance by Warren Ramsey

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What News Is Fit to Print? (Review) Robert Halsband
An Edge of Light, by Frank K. Kelly
- An Edge of Light by Frank K. Kelly

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Whitman in Other Tongues (Review) Robert Halsband
Walt Whitman Abroad, by Gay Wilson Allen
- Walt Whitman Abroad by Gay Wilson Allen

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Wonder-Full Stories (Review) Robert Halsband
The World's Great Folktales, by James R. Foster
- The World's Great Folktales by James R. Foster

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Wordsworth and His Sister (Review) Robert Halsband
Wordsworth: A Re-Interpretation, by F.W. Bateson
- Wordsworth: A Re-Interpretation by F.W. Bateson

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Writers Notes: A Poet's Letters (Review) Robert Halsband
The Selected Letters of Lord Byron, by Jacques Barzun and George Gordon Byron
- The Selected Letters of Lord Byron by Jacques Barzun and George Gordon Byron

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Writing Notes (4 Reviews) Robert Halsband
Hawthorne's Last Phase, by Edward Hutchins Davidson
- Hawthorne's Last Phase by Edward Hutchins Davidson
- Boys Will Be Boys by E.S. Turner
- The Testament of Werther in Poetry and Drama by Stuart Pratt Atkins
- The Trials of a Translator by Ronald A. Knox
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