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  1. [+]
    The Allurement of Contemporary Irish Fiction (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Red Petticoat, and Other Stories, by Bryan MacMahon
    1. The Red Petticoat, and Other Stories by Bryan MacMahon
    Commonweal, February 4, 1955, p. 484
  2. Reviews
    [+]
    Another Look at the Sitwells (3 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Collected Stories, by Osbert Sitwell
    1. Collected Stories by Osbert Sitwell
    2. Gardeners and Astronomers by Edith Sitwell
    3. Selected Works of Sacheverell Sitwell by Sacheverell Sitwell
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1954, pp. 445-453
  3. Arrival of the Anti-Novel
    Vivian Mercier
    Commonweal, May 8, 1959, pp. 149-151
  4. [+]
    Ars Poetica (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Collected Poems, by Oliver St. John Gogarty
    1. The Collected Poems by Oliver St. John Gogarty
    Commonweal, August 13, 1954, pp. 466-467
  5. [+]
    The Art of Exclusion (3 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Oxford Book of Irish Verse, by Donagh MacDonagh and Lennox Robinson
    1. The Oxford Book of Irish Verse by Donagh MacDonagh and Lennox Robinson
    2. Another September by Thomas Kinsella
    3. Too Great a Vine by Austin Clarke
    The Nation, April 11, 1959, pp. 320-321
  6. The Arts in Ireland
    Vivian Mercier
    Commonweal, June 6, 1947, pp. 183-184
  7. [+]
    Beckett and the Search for Self (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Molloy, by Samuel Beckett
    1. Molloy by Samuel Beckett
    The New Republic, September 19, 1955, pp. 20-21
  8. Beckett/Beckett (1977)
    Vivian Mercier
    5 Reviews, 1 Readable
  9. [+]
    Biography of the Britannica (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Great EB, by Herman Kogan
    1. The Great EB by Herman Kogan
    Commonweal, June 20, 1958, p. 308
  10. [+]
    Briscoe of Dublin (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    For the Life of Me, by Robert Briscoe and Alden Hatch
    1. For the Life of Me by Robert Briscoe and Alden Hatch
    Commonweal, November 21, 1958, pp. 212-213
  11. [+]
    By Way of Amor (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Warrior's Rest, by Christiane Rochefort
    1. Warrior's Rest by Christiane Rochefort
    Commonweal, December 18, 1959, pp. 354-356
  12. [+]
    Celtic Peoples (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Celts, by Thomas George Eyre Powell
    1. The Celts by Thomas George Eyre Powell
    Commonweal, October 17, 1958, pp. 78-80
  13. [+]
    The Cranly of Joyce's Famous Portrait (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Silent Years, by John F. Byrne
    1. Silent Years by John F. Byrne
    Commonweal, December 25, 1953, p. 311
  14. [+]
    The Creation of Arthur Griffith (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Ourselves Alone!, by Padraic Colum
    1. Ourselves Alone! by Padraic Colum
    Commonweal, July 22, 1960, p. 381
  15. Books and the Arts
    The Critic vs. the Scholar
    Vivian Mercier
    The Nation, September 22, 1962, p. 161
  16. [+]
    'Critic, Review Thyself' (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Morning After, by Wilfrid Sheed
    1. The Morning After by Wilfrid Sheed
    The Nation, December 20, 1971, p. 662
  17. [+]
    Criticism (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Humanities, by Desmond MacCarthy
    1. Humanities by Desmond MacCarthy
    Commonweal, March 5, 1954, p. 558
  18. [+]
    Curses and Satires (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Literature and the Irrational, by Wayne Shumaker
    1. Literature and the Irrational by Wayne Shumaker
    2. The Power of Satire by Robert C. Elliott
    The Nation, March 25, 1961, p. 268
  19. [+]
    Daniel Corkery (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Wager and Other Stories, by Daniel Corkery
    1. The Wager and Other Stories by Daniel Corkery
    Commonweal, May 5, 1950, pp. 98-100
  20. [+]
    The "Dark" Ages Could Be Golden Too (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Ireland: Harbinger of the Middle Ages, by Ludwig Bieler
    1. Ireland: Harbinger of the Middle Ages by Ludwig Bieler
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1964, pp. 158-162
  21. [+]
    Defective Detectives (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Erasers, by Alain Robbe-Grillet
    1. The Erasers by Alain Robbe-Grillet
    2. Alain Robbe-Grillet and the New French Novel by Ben Stoltzfus
    The Nation, November 16, 1964, pp. 362-363
  22. [+]
    Delightful Dickensian Detective (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner, by Henry Goddard
    1. Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner by Henry Goddard
    Commonweal, April 5, 1957, p. 21
  23. Books
    [+]
    The Development of the Poetic Personality (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Selected Poems, 1928-1958, by Stanley Kunitz
    1. Selected Poems, 1928-1958 by Stanley Kunitz
    2. Mirrors and Windows by Howard Nemerov
    Commonweal, February 13, 1959, p. 523
  24. Books
    [+]
    Difference Between Novelists as an Index to Cultures (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    An Age of Fiction, by Germaine Bree and Margaret Guiton
    1. An Age of Fiction by Germaine Bree and Margaret Guiton
    Commonweal, April 12, 1957, p. 42
  25. Books
    [+]
    Down the Streets of Dublin (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    It Isn't This Time of Year at All, by Oliver St. John Gogarty
    1. It Isn't This Time of Year at All by Oliver St. John Gogarty
    Commonweal, February 12, 1954, p. 479
  26. Books
    [+]
    An Examination of the World of Letters (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Republic of Letters, by Louis Kronenberger
    1. The Republic of Letters by Louis Kronenberger
    Commonweal, June 24, 1955, p. 307
  27. [+]
    Experience Came Naked (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Life of John Middleton Murry, by F.A. Lea
    1. The Life of John Middleton Murry by F.A. Lea
    2. J. Middleton Murry: Selected Criticism, 1916-1957 by Richard Rees and John Middleton Murry
    The Nation, October 29, 1960, p. 331
  28. Books
    [+]
    The Fate of Oscar Wilde (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Son of Oscar Wilde, by Vyvyan Holland
    1. Son of Oscar Wilde by Vyvyan Holland
    2. The Works of Oscar Wilde by George F. Maine and Oscar Wilde
    Commonweal, February 18, 1955, pp. 528-529
  29. [+]
    Feuding in Connemara (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Quench the Moon, by Walter Macken
    1. Quench the Moon by Walter Macken
    The Saturday Review, July 31, 1948, p. 30
  30. Books
    [+]
    Finding an Epicurean Basis for a Victorian Culture (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Bloomsbury Group, by John Keith Johnstone
    1. The Bloomsbury Group by John Keith Johnstone
    Commonweal, October 15, 1954, p. 42
  31. [+]
    The Fool-Rogue (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Ginger Man, by J.P. Donleavy
    1. The Ginger Man by J.P. Donleavy
    The Nation, May 24, 1958, p. 480
  32. [+]
    French Fiction (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Contemporary French Novel, by Henri Peyre
    1. The Contemporary French Novel by Henri Peyre
    Commonweal, July 29, 1955, pp. 430-432
  33. [+]
    From the Heart (4 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Paterson, Book Three, by William Carlos Williams
    1. Paterson, Book Three by William Carlos Williams
    2. Paterson, Book One by William Carlos Williams
    3. Paterson: Book Two by William Carlos Williams
    4. William Carlos Williams by Vivienne Koch
    Commonweal, March 3, 1950, pp. 564-565
  34. [+]
    Gasoline Point Blues (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Train Whistle Guitar, by Albert Murray
    1. Train Whistle Guitar by Albert Murray
    The Saturday Review, May 4, 1974, p. 51
  35. [+]
    Gift Horses' Mouths (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Sentimental Talks, by Daniel Castelain
    1. Sentimental Talks by Daniel Castelain
    2. Law and Order by Claude Ollier
    The Nation, September 13, 1971, p. 215
  36. [+]
    Good Companion (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Atlas of the Bible, by Lucas H. Grollenberg, Joyce M.H. Reid, and H.H. Rowley, ...
    1. Atlas of the Bible by Lucas H. Grollenberg, Joyce M.H. Reid, and H.H. Rowley, ...
    Commonweal, June 21, 1957, pp. 310-312
  37. [+]
    Great Racine (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Phaedra and Figaro, by Jean Racine
    1. Phaedra and Figaro by Jean Racine
    Commonweal, May 12, 1961, pp. 184-185
  38. [+]
    Houseman's Life (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    A.E. Housman: A Divided Life, by George L. Watson
    1. A.E. Housman: A Divided Life by George L. Watson
    2. A.E. Housman: Man Behind a Mask by Maude M. Hawkins
    Commonweal, April 3, 1959, pp. 33-35
  39. Books and the Arts
    [+]
    How Sincere is Art? (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Literature and Sincerity, by Henri Peyre
    1. Literature and Sincerity by Henri Peyre
    The Nation, October 12, 1963, pp. 222-223
  40. I Never Like England Before
    Vivian Mercier
    Commonweal, November 18, 1949, pp. 177-178
  41. [+]
    The Immobilization of Time (4 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    All Women Are Fatal, by Claude Mauriac
    1. All Women Are Fatal by Claude Mauriac
    2. The Dinner Party by Claude Mauriac
    3. The Marquise Went Out at Five by Claude Mauriac
    4. L'Agrandissement by Claude Mauriac
    The Nation, February 1, 1965, pp. 119-120
  42. [+]
    The Inside View (3 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Chekhov in My Life, by Lydia Avilov
    1. Chekhov in My Life by Lydia Avilov
    2. Rilke: Man and Poet by Nora Wydenbruck
    3. Journey Into the Self by Leo Stein and Edmund Fuller
    Commonweal, August 4, 1950, pp. 415-416
  43. [+]
    Inspiration of Poets (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Early Irish Literature, by Myles Dillon
    1. Early Irish Literature by Myles Dillon
    The Saturday Review, March 20, 1948, p. 35
  44. [+]
    An Irish Charade (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Field of the Stranger, by Olivia Robertson
    1. Field of the Stranger by Olivia Robertson
    The Saturday Review, June 19, 1948, p. 16
  45. The Irish Comic Tradition (1963)
    Vivian Mercier
    3 Reviews
  46. [+]
    Irish Underground (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Protest in Arms, by Edgar Holt
    1. Protest in Arms by Edgar Holt
    The Nation, June 10, 1961, p. 502
  47. [+]
    Joyce Scraps (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Critical Writings of James Joyce, by Ellsworth Mason, Richard Ellmann, and James Jo...
    1. The Critical Writings of James Joyce by Ellsworth Mason, Richard Ellmann, and James Joyce, ...
    The Nation, December 19, 1959, p. 472
  48. [+]
    A Labor of Scholarship and Love (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph, by Edgar Johnson
    1. Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph by Edgar Johnson
    Commonweal, January 16, 1953, p. 383
  49. Laforgue's Despairing Humor
    Vivian Mercier
    Commonweal, May 10, 1957, pp. 146-148
  50. Letters from Ireland
    Vivian Mercier
    Horizon, April 1946, pp. 276-285
  51. [+]
    Letters Wrote by Shem and Shaun (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Letters of James Joyce, by Stuart Gilbert and James Joyce
    1. Letters of James Joyce by Stuart Gilbert and James Joyce
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1957, pp. 634-637
  52. [+]
    The Life of a Middle-Class Novelist (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Arnold Bennett, by Reginald Pound
    1. Arnold Bennett by Reginald Pound
    Commonweal, May 29, 1953, pp. 208-209
  53. [+]
    Literary Portraits and Essays (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Singular Preference, by Peter Quennell
    1. The Singular Preference by Peter Quennell
    Commonweal, February 27, 1953, p. 530
  54. [+]
    Love in Ireland (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Common Chord, by Frank O'Connor
    1. The Common Chord by Frank O'Connor
    The Saturday Review, February 21, 1948, p. 12
  55. The Many Irelands
    Vivian Mercier
    Commonweal, February 17, 1961, pp. 530-531
  56. [+]
    Marks of French Genius (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    French Stories and Tales, by Stanley Geist
    1. French Stories and Tales by Stanley Geist
    Commonweal, September 17, 1954, p. 586
  57. [+]
    The Mathematical Limit (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Unnamable, by Samuel Beckett
    1. The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett
    The Nation, February 14, 1959, pp. 144-145
  58. Books & the Arts
    [+]
    A Means of Grace (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Maurice, by E.M. Forster
    1. Maurice by E.M. Forster
    The Nation, November 29, 1971, p. 565
  59. [+]
    Misprints on the Sands of Time (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Surface and Symbol, by Robert M. Adams
    1. Surface and Symbol by Robert M. Adams
    2. The Dublin Diary of Stanislaus Joyce by George Harris Healey and Stanislaus Joyce
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1962, pp. 623-626
  60. Books
    [+]
    The Modern Writer's Quarrel with His Culture (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Opposing Self, by Lionel Trilling
    1. The Opposing Self by Lionel Trilling
    Commonweal, March 4, 1955, p. 587
  61. Books & the Arts
    [+]
    More Stories and Literary Portraits, Please (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Midnight Oil, by V.S. Pritchett
    1. Midnight Oil by V.S. Pritchett
    The Nation, May 8, 1972, p. 596
  62. [+]
    'Moyenageux' (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Goose on the Grave, and The Owl, by John Hawkes
    1. The Goose on the Grave, and The Owl by John Hawkes
    Commonweal, July 2, 1954, p. 323
  63. [+]
    Multiple View (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Franz Kafka Today, by Angel Flores and Homer Swander
    1. Franz Kafka Today by Angel Flores and Homer Swander
    Commonweal, May 16, 1958, p. 188
  64. My Life in the New Novel
    Vivian Mercier
    The Nation, April 11, 1966, pp. 434-435
  65. [+]
    My Neighbor's Garden and What I Saw There (3 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Swift: The Man, His Works and the Age, Vol. One, by Irvin Ehrenpreis
    1. Swift: The Man, His Works and the Age, Vol. One by Irvin Ehrenpreis
    2. Jonathan Swift and Ireland by Oliver W. Ferguson
    3. Cadenus by Sybil Le Brocquy
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1963, pp. 290-296
  66. The New Novel (1971)
    Vivian Mercier
    From Queneau to Pinget
    2 Reviews
  67. [+]
    No Second Miracle (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Tartuffe, by Moliere and Richard Wilbur
    1. Tartuffe by Moliere and Richard Wilbur
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1963, pp. 634-636
  68. [+]
    No Toads (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Eternal Smile, and Other Stories, by Par Lagerkvist
    1. The Eternal Smile, and Other Stories by Par Lagerkvist
    Commonweal, July 9, 1954, p. 346
  69. [+]
    Novels as Tracts (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Victorian Vision, by Margaret M. Maison
    1. The Victorian Vision by Margaret M. Maison
    Commonweal, May 11, 1962, p. 183
  70. [+]
    O'Casey Alive (3 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Sean O'Casey: The Man and His Work, by David Krause
    1. Sean O'Casey: The Man and His Work by David Krause
    2. The Experiments of Sean O'Casey by Robert Goode Hogan
    3. The Drums of Father Ned by Sean O'Casey
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1960, pp. 631-636
  71. One Thousand Years of Irish Prose (1952)
    Vivian Mercier and David H. Greene
    3 Reviews
  72. [+]
    Paradox of an Englishman (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Selected Writings of Sydney Smith, by W.H. Auden and Sydney Smith
    1. The Selected Writings of Sydney Smith by W.H. Auden and Sydney Smith
    Commonweal, December 21, 1956, pp. 316-317
  73. [+]
    Peasant Poetry (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Rural Muse, by Rayner Unwin
    1. The Rural Muse by Rayner Unwin
    Commonweal, August 5, 1955, p. 453
  74. Reviews
    [+]
    Perfection of the Life, or of the Work? (6 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Gide and the Hound of Heaven, by Harold March
    1. Gide and the Hound of Heaven by Harold March
    2. Andre Gide by Albert J. Guerard
    3. The Journals of Andre Gide, Vol. IV: 1939-1949 by Justin O'Brien and Andre Gide
    4. Madeleine by Andre Gide
    5. My Theater by Andre Gide
    6. Two Legends: Oedipus and Theseus by Andre Gide
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1953, pp. 114-123
  75. [+]
    To Pierce the Dark Mind (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Senate Speeches of W.B. Yeats, by Donald R. Pearce and W.B. Yeats
    1. The Senate Speeches of W.B. Yeats by Donald R. Pearce and W.B. Yeats
    The Nation, December 10, 1960, p. 460
  76. [+]
    The Plays of Johnston (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Old Lady Says "No!" and Other Plays, by Denis Johnston
    1. The Old Lady Says "No!" and Other Plays by Denis Johnston
    The Nation, May 13, 1961, p. 416
  77. [+]
    Portrait of the Artist as a Dirty Old Man (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Verlaine, by Joanna Richardson
    1. Verlaine by Joanna Richardson
    The Nation, February 21, 1972, pp. 249-250
  78. [+]
    Press (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Ulysses in Progress, by Michael Groden
    1. Ulysses in Progress by Michael Groden
    Commonweal, May 26, 1978, p. 342
  79. Progressive Higher Education
    Vivian Mercier
    Commonweal, September 24, 1948, pp. 566-567
  80. Books
    [+]
    A Prophet Not Without Honor In His Own Country (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Scenes and Portraits, by Van Wyck Brooks
    1. Scenes and Portraits by Van Wyck Brooks
    Commonweal, March 26, 1954, p. 630
  81. [+]
    Proust, Riviere and Mauriac (4 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Marcel Proust: On Art and Literature, 1896-1919, by Marcel Proust and Sylvia Townsend W...
    1. Marcel Proust: On Art and Literature, 1896-1919 by Marcel Proust and Sylvia Townsend Warner
    2. Jacques Riviere by Bradford Cook
    3. Francois Mauriac by Michael F. Moloney
    4. From the N.R.F. by Justin O'Brien
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1958, pp. 454-460
  82. [+]
    A Pyrrhonian Eclogue (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett
    1. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1954, pp. 620-624
  83. [+]
    A Queer Place Surely (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Collected Stories, by Mary Lavin
    1. Collected Stories by Mary Lavin
    2. Troubles by James Gordon Farrell
    The Nation, November 8, 1971, p. 472
  84. A Reader's Guide
    Vivian Mercier
    Commonweal, October 7, 1960, pp. 40-44
  85. [+]
    Rediscovery (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Selected Writings, by Gerard de Nerval
    1. Selected Writings by Gerard de Nerval
    Commonweal, January 24, 1958, p. 436
  86. [+]
    The Screen: Through Your Hat (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Jacob's Night, by Wallace Fowlie
    1. Jacob's Night by Wallace Fowlie
    Commonweal, June 20, 1947, pp. 245-248
  87. [+]
    The Screen: Put Out More Flags (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Collected Poems of John Peale Bishop, by Allen Tate and John Peale Bishop
    1. The Collected Poems of John Peale Bishop by Allen Tate and John Peale Bishop
    2. The Collected Essays of John Peale Bishop by Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop
    Commonweal, December 17, 1948, p. 262
  88. [+]
    The Screen: Sex with English Subtitles (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    First Follow Nature, by Margaret M. FitzGerald
    1. First Follow Nature by Margaret M. FitzGerald
    Commonweal, February 13, 1948, p. 453
  89. [+]
    The Screen: There Goes the Bride (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Portable Jonathan Swift, by Carl Van Doren and Jonathan Swift
    1. The Portable Jonathan Swift by Carl Van Doren and Jonathan Swift
    2. The Portable Veblen by Max Lerner and Thorstein Veblen
    Commonweal, July 23, 1948, p. 361
  90. [+]
    The Labor Movement (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Two Worlds of Marcel Proust, by Harold March
    1. The Two Worlds of Marcel Proust by Harold March
    Commonweal, June 18, 1948, p. 238
  91. [+]
    The Screen: Escape, in Five Easy Lessons (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Moment, and Other Essays, by Virginia Woolf
    1. The Moment, and Other Essays by Virginia Woolf
    2. The Common Reader by Virginia Woolf
    Commonweal, June 25, 1948, p. 265
  92. [+]
    The Screen: Bagdad on the Subway (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Hunters and the Hunted, by Sacheverell Sitwell
    1. The Hunters and the Hunted by Sacheverell Sitwell
    Commonweal, March 12, 1948, p. 547
  93. [+]
    The Pheasant Hen (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Francois Mauriac, by Elsie E. Pell
    1. Francois Mauriac by Elsie E. Pell
    Commonweal, May 21, 1948, p. 145
  94. [+]
    Catholic International News (2 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    Bridie Steen, by Anne Crone
    1. Bridie Steen by Anne Crone
    2. The Three Brothers by Michael McLaverty
    Commonweal, September 17, 1948, p. 553
  95. [+]
    On Translating the Bible (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Mist on the Waters, by F.L. Green
    1. Mist on the Waters by F.L. Green
    Commonweal, April 15, 1949, p. 20
  96. [+]
    Catholic International News (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    The First Romantics, by Malcolm Elwin
    1. The First Romantics by Malcolm Elwin
    Commonweal, February 4, 1949, p. 428
  97. [+]
    Back to Boston (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    New Irish Poets, by Devin A. Garrity
    1. New Irish Poets by Devin A. Garrity
    Commonweal, January 28, 1949, p. 404
  98. Books
    [+]
    Making the Most of Marriage (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Image and Idea, by Philip Rahv
    1. Image and Idea by Philip Rahv
    Commonweal, July 22, 1949, p. 369
  99. [+]
    Worthy of the Anger of an Adams (3 Reviews)
    Vivian Mercier
    The Grasshopper's Man, and Other Poems, by Rosalie Moore
    1. The Grasshopper's Man, and Other Poems by Rosalie Moore
    2. Poems, 1928-1948 by Edouard Roditi
    3. Viaticum by Robert Thom
    Commonweal, July 29, 1949, p. 396
  100. [+]
    Catholic International News (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Trained for Genius, by Douglas Goldring
    1. Trained for Genius by Douglas Goldring
    Commonweal, June 17, 1949, p. 249
  101. [+]
    Children's Books (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Christina Rossetti, by Marya Zaturenska
    1. Christina Rossetti by Marya Zaturenska
    Commonweal, November 18, 1949, p. 195
  102. [+]
    Vengeance or Goose Step (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    Willa Cather on Writing, by Willa Cather
    1. Willa Cather on Writing by Willa Cather
    Commonweal, October 21, 1949, p. 43
  103. [+]
    Vengeance or Goose Step (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
    W.B. Yeats: Man and Poet, by A. Norman Jeffares
    1. W.B. Yeats: Man and Poet by A. Norman Jeffares
    Commonweal, October 21, 1949, p. 48
  104. [+]
    William-the-Whim (Review)
    Vivian Mercier
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