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Al Smith: Hero of the Cities (1969)Matthew Josephson and Hannah Josephson
A Political Portrait Drawing on the Papers of Frances Perkins
4 Reviews, 1 Readable

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American Culture Since the Sixties (Review) Matthew Josephson
Main Currents in American Thought, by Vernon Louis Parrington
- Main Currents in American Thought by Vernon Louis Parrington

Books in Review
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Among the Spoilers (Review) Matthew Josephson
Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant Administration, by Allan Nevins
- Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant Administration by Allan Nevins

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Anti-Artist or Prophet? (Review) Matthew Josephson
Marcel Duchamp, by Rober Lebel and Marcel Duchamp
- Marcel Duchamp by Rober Lebel and Marcel Duchamp


Books in Review
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A Banquet of Literature---With Intruders (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Goncourt Journals, 1851-1870, by Lewis Galantiere, Edmond de Goncourt, and Jules de...
- The Goncourt Journals, 1851-1870 by Lewis Galantiere, Edmond de Goncourt, and Jules de Goncourt, ...


The Big GunsMatthew Josephson

Articles
Big-Bomber SymingtonMatthew Josephson


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Boswell's Boswell (Review) Matthew Josephson
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 1773, by James Boswell, ...
- Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 1773 by James Boswell, Frederick A. Pottle, and Charles H. Bennett #2, ...


Reviews of Books
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Cave Men of Capitalism (2 Reviews) Matthew Josephson
More They Told Barron, by Arthur Pound and Samuel Taylor Moore
- More They Told Barron by Arthur Pound and Samuel Taylor Moore
- Oh Yeah? by Edward Angly


Reviews of Books
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Citizen Zola (Review) Matthew Josephson
Zola, by Henri Barbusse
- Zola by Henri Barbusse

Corporative ProseMatthew Josephson

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The Craft of Politics (4 Reviews) Matthew Josephson
Chester A. Arthur: A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics, by George Frederick Howe
- Chester A. Arthur: A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics by George Frederick Howe
- The Gentleman from New York by Donald Barr Chidsey
- Kate Chase: Dominant Daughter by Mary Merwin Phelps
- The American Tallyrand: Martin Van Buren by Holmes Alexander

Reviews of Books
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Crisis: The Communist View (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Coming Struggle for Power, by John Strachey
- The Coming Struggle for Power by John Strachey

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Croesus and the Bolsheviks (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Magnate: William Boyce Thompson and His Time, by Hermann Hagedorn
- The Magnate: William Boyce Thompson and His Time by Hermann Hagedorn

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Croesus in the Treasury (Review) Matthew Josephson
Mellon's Millions: The Biography of a Fortune, by Harvey O'Connor
- Mellon's Millions: The Biography of a Fortune by Harvey O'Connor

Reviews of Books
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The Days of Brooklyn Bridge (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Brown Decades, 1865-1895, by Lewis Mumford
- The Brown Decades, 1865-1895 by Lewis Mumford

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The Deal---Second Half (Review) Matthew Josephson
Roosevelt---and Then?, by Stanley High
- Roosevelt---and Then? by Stanley High

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Decade of Heroics (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Decade of Illusion, by Maurice Sachs
- The Decade of Illusion by Maurice Sachs

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Dennis' Desirable Fascism (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Coming American Fascism, by Lawrence Dennis
- The Coming American Fascism by Lawrence Dennis


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Distinguished Essays (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Common Reader, by Virginia Woolf
- The Common Reader by Virginia Woolf

Drama, Music, FilmsMatthew Josephson
Modern Music for the Films


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The Dreyfus Case (2 Reviews) Matthew Josephson
Les Carnets de Schwartzkoppen, by B. Schwertfeger
- Les Carnets de Schwartzkoppen by B. Schwertfeger
- Traitor! Traitor! by Johnston D. Kerkhoff

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Drunkard of Genius (Review) Matthew Josephson
James Boswell, by C.E. Vulliamy
- James Boswell by C.E. Vulliamy

Edison: A Biography (1959)Matthew Josephson
6 Reviews, 3 Readable

Empire of the Air (1944)Matthew Josephson
Juan Trippe and the Struggle for World Airways
3 Reviews

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Essays on Modern Masters (Review) Matthew Josephson
Axel's Castle, by Edmund Wilson
- Axel's Castle by Edmund Wilson



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Foreign Fiction (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Best Continental Stories of 1923-1924, by Richard Eaton
- The Best Continental Stories of 1923-1924 by Richard Eaton

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France's Cold Civil War (Review) Matthew Josephson
Captain Dreyfus: The Story of Mass Hysteria, by Nicholas Halasz
- Captain Dreyfus: The Story of Mass Hysteria by Nicholas Halasz

Reviews of Books
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The Frontier and Literature (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Rediscovery of the Frontier, by Percy H. Boynton
- The Rediscovery of the Frontier by Percy H. Boynton

Galimathias (1923)Matthew Josephson
1 Review

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Geneva's Great Citizen Rousseau (Review) Matthew Josephson
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Moralist, by Charles William Hendel
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Moralist by Charles William Hendel

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The Goldfish Pool (Review) Matthew Josephson
Security Speculation: Its Economic Effects, by John T. Flynn
- Security Speculation: Its Economic Effects by John T. Flynn

Books
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The Good Agitator (Review) Matthew Josephson
Homegrown Liberal: The Autobiography of Charles W. Ervin, by Jean Gould and Charles W. ...
- Homegrown Liberal: The Autobiography of Charles W. Ervin by Jean Gould and Charles W. Ervin

Books in Review
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Grant: Captive President (Review) Matthew Josephson
Ulysses S. Grant: Politician, by William B. Hesseltine
- Ulysses S. Grant: Politician by William B. Hesseltine

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Grim Interlude (Review) Matthew Josephson
Journeys Between Wars, by John Dos Passos
- Journeys Between Wars by John Dos Passos

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At the Head of the Ruling Class (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Lords of Creation, by Frederick L. Allen
- The Lords of Creation by Frederick L. Allen

Reviews of Books
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The Hero as Capitalist (Review) Matthew Josephson
God's Gold, by John T. Flynn
- God's Gold by John T. Flynn


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The Hydrogen Balance (Review) Matthew Josephson
Atomic Weapons and East-West Relations, by P.M.S Blackett
- Atomic Weapons and East-West Relations by P.M.S Blackett

Infidel in the Temple (1967)Matthew Josephson
A Memoir of the Nineteen-Thirties
6 Reviews

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Intellectual Comedy (Review) Matthew Josephson
Variety, by Paul Valery
- Variety by Paul Valery


Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1931)Matthew Josephson
6 Reviews, 4 Readable

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Lafcadio Hearn (Review) Matthew Josephson
Blue Ghost, by Jean Temple
- Blue Ghost by Jean Temple

Life Among the Surrealists (1962)Matthew Josephson
A Memoir
5 Reviews, 2 Readable

General Articles
The Literary Life in RussiaMatthew Josephson

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The Mad Paracelsus (Review) Matthew Josephson
Dr. Transit, by I.S.
- Dr. Transit by I.S.

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Making of a Demagogue (Review) Matthew Josephson
My Battle, by Adolf Hitler and E.T.S. Dugdale
- My Battle by Adolf Hitler and E.T.S. Dugdale

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Martyr of Progress (Review) Matthew Josephson
Condorcet and the Rise of Liberalism in France, by J. Salwyn Schapiro
- Condorcet and the Rise of Liberalism in France by J. Salwyn Schapiro

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A Marxist Epic (Review) Matthew Josephson
Nineteen-Nineteen, by John Dos Passos
- Nineteen-Nineteen by John Dos Passos


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Memoirs of a Doctor-Poet (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams, by William Carlos Williams
- The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams by William Carlos Williams

Memoirs of Egotism (1950)Stendhal and Matthew Josephson
3 Reviews, 2 Readable

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Military Model for America (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Soldier and the State, by Samuel P. Huntington
- The Soldier and the State by Samuel P. Huntington

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A Modern's Joan of Arc (Review) Matthew Josephson
Joan of Arc, by Joseph Delteil
- Joan of Arc by Joseph Delteil

The Money Lords (1973)Matthew Josephson
The Great Finance Capitalists, 1925-1950
1 Review

Nazi Culture (1933)Matthew Josephson
The Brown Darkness Over Germany
2 Reviews

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A Neo-Romantic Poet (Review) Matthew Josephson
Panama, or The Adventures of My Seven Uncles, by Blaise Cendrars
- Panama, or The Adventures of My Seven Uncles by Blaise Cendrars

General Articles
The "New Era": Its Rise and FallMatthew Josephson


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New Proletarians (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Crisis of the Middle Class, by Lewis Corey
- The Crisis of the Middle Class by Lewis Corey

A Nonfiction FilmMatthew Josephson

General Articles
Norman ThomasMatthew Josephson

Not MuralsMatthew Josephson

Reviews of Books
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On Liberty (2 Reviews) Matthew Josephson
Liberty, by Everett Dean Martin
- Liberty by Everett Dean Martin
- This Land of Liberty by Ernest Sutherland Bates

The Other NationMatthew Josephson


The Personal Papers of Anton Chekhov (1948)Matthew Josephson and Anton Chekhov
3 Reviews

The Politicos, 1865-1896 (1938)Matthew Josephson
8 Reviews, 5 Readable

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Portrait of an Intellectual (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Confessions of Zeno, by Italo Svevo
- The Confessions of Zeno by Italo Svevo

Portrait of the Artist as American (1930)Matthew Josephson
9 Reviews, 6 Readable

The Position of the ProgressiveMatthew Josephson
III: The Road of Indignation

The President Makers (1940)Matthew Josephson
The Culture of Politics and Leadership in an Age of Enlightenment, 1896-1919
9 Reviews, 2 Readable

Review and Comment
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A Progressive View of the Supreme Court (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Court Disposes, by Isidor Feinstein
- The Court Disposes by Isidor Feinstein

Red Skies Over the Water FrontMatthew Josephson
Two labor factions at war in the U.S. maritime industry

General Articles
"Relief"Matthew Josephson

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The Week's Reading (Review) Matthew Josephson
Herman Melville, by Lewis Mumford
- Herman Melville by Lewis Mumford

Review Books
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Revolution: The First Phase (Review) Matthew Josephson
The History of the Russian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky
- The History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky


The Robber Barons (1934)Matthew Josephson
The Great American Capitalists, 1861-1901
9 Reviews, 6 Readable

Books in Review
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Russia and Some Utopians (4 Reviews) Matthew Josephson
Assignment in Utopia, by Eugene Lyons
- Assignment in Utopia by Eugene Lyons
- Russia Twenty Years After by Victor Serge
- The End of Socialism in Russia by Max Eastman
- Return from the USSR by Andre Gide

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Russian-American Chimera (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Two Frontiers, by John Gould Fletcher
- The Two Frontiers by John Gould Fletcher

Reviews of Books
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The Sense of the Past (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Sense of Glory, by Herbert Read
- The Sense of Glory by Herbert Read


Sidney Hillman: Statesman of American Labor (1952)Matthew Josephson
7 Reviews, 4 Readable

General Articles
Spain WaitsMatthew Josephson

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St. Guillotine (Review) Matthew Josephson
Saint-Just: Apostle of the Terror, by Geoffrey Bruun
- Saint-Just: Apostle of the Terror by Geoffrey Bruun

Reviews of Books
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The Steel King (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Life of Andrew Carnegie, by Burton J. Hendrick
- The Life of Andrew Carnegie by Burton J. Hendrick



Stendhal, or The Pursuit of Happiness (1946)Matthew Josephson
26 Chapters, 505pp - 3 Reviews, 2 Readable


"Street Scene"Matthew Josephson

The SuperrealistsMatthew Josephson


Books in Review
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Taft in His Times (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Life and Times of William Howard Taft, by Henry F. Pringle
- The Life and Times of William Howard Taft by Henry F. Pringle

Reviews of Books
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The Technique of Voltaire (2 Reviews) Matthew Josephson
Voltaire, by Georg M.C. Brandes
- Voltaire by Georg M.C. Brandes
- Voltaire by C.E. Vulliamy

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This American Democracy (Review) Matthew Josephson
Intelligence in Politics, by Max Ascoli
- Intelligence in Politics by Max Ascoli

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The Time of Joe McCarthy (2 Reviews) Matthew Josephson
When Even Angels Wept, by Lately Thomas
- When Even Angels Wept by Lately Thomas
- The American Inquisition, 1945-1960 by Cedric Belfrage


Books in Review
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Ulysses of the GOP (Review) Matthew Josephson
Elihu Root, by Philip C. Jessup
- Elihu Root by Philip C. Jessup

Union House, Union Bar (1956)Matthew Josephson
The History of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders Internationa...
2 Reviews

Articles
The Vandals Are HereMatthew Josephson
Art Is Not for Burning

Very Grand HotelMatthew Josephson

Victor Hugo (1942)Matthew Josephson
A Realistic Biography of the Great Romantic
7 Reviews, 3 Readable

Spring Book Section
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Virginia Woolf and the Modern Novel (5 Reviews) Matthew Josephson
The Voyage Out, by Virginia Woolf
- The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
- Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
- Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
- To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Reviews of Books
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The Voice of the No Man (Review) Matthew Josephson
The Nemesis of American Business, and Other Essays, by Stuart Chase
- The Nemesis of American Business, and Other Essays by Stuart Chase

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The War for Modern Art (Review) Matthew Josephson
My Thirty Years' War, by Margaret C. Anderson
- My Thirty Years' War by Margaret C. Anderson

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Waterfront Outlaws (Review) Matthew Josephson
Crime on the Labor Front, by Malcolm M. Johnson
- Crime on the Labor Front by Malcolm M. Johnson



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Whose Jefferson? (Review) Matthew Josephson
Jefferson in Power, by Claude G. Bowers
- Jefferson in Power by Claude G. Bowers

Books in Review
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A Yankee in Never-Never Land (Review) Matthew Josephson
A Puritan in Babylon, by William Allen White
- A Puritan in Babylon by William Allen White

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Years of the Lean Kine (Review) Matthew Josephson
World Diary, 1929-1934, by Quincy Howe
- World Diary, 1929-1934 by Quincy Howe

Zola and His Time (1928)Matthew Josephson
The History of His Martial Career in Letters
5 Reviews, 3 Readable
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