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  1. American Biography and the Modern World
    Edgar Johnson
    The North American Review, Summer 1938, pp. 364-380
  2. Books in Review
    [+]
    American Mosaic (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    The Dictionary of American Biography, by Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone
    1. The Dictionary of American Biography by Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone
    The New Republic, March 3, 1937, p. 115
  3. [+]
    Another Bard's Book (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Shakespeare: His World and His Work, by M.M. Reese
    1. Shakespeare: His World and His Work by M.M. Reese
    The Saturday Review, October 10, 1953, p. 38
  4. [+]
    The Artist and the World (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    On Interpretation, by Kenneth Burke
    1. On Interpretation by Kenneth Burke
    The New Republic, September 5, 1934, p. 109
  5. The Black Symbol (1959)
    Annabel Johnson and Edgar Johnson
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  6. [+]
    Bluebeard's First Wife (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Catherine of Aragon, by Garrett Mattingly
    1. Catherine of Aragon by Garrett Mattingly
    The New Republic, October 6, 1941, p. 443
  7. [+]
    Brother Cheeryble (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Autobiography, with Letters, by William Lyon Phelps
    1. Autobiography, with Letters by William Lyon Phelps
    The New Republic, May 17, 1939, p. 53
  8. [+]
    Campus Activity (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Revolt on the Campus, by James Wechsler
    1. Revolt on the Campus by James Wechsler
    The New Republic, December 4, 1935, p. 110
  9. Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph (1953)
    Edgar Johnson
    12 Reviews, 3 Readable
  10. Winter Book Section
    [+]
    Chesterton the Protestant (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton, by G.K. Chesterton
    1. The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton by G.K. Chesterton
    The New Republic, December 9, 1936, p. 181
  11. The Christmas Carol and the Economic Man
    Edgar Johnson
    The American Scholar, Winter 1952, pp. 91-98
  12. [+]
    The Colorful Crab (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    The Life of Rudyard Kipling, by Charles E. Carrington
    1. The Life of Rudyard Kipling by Charles E. Carrington
    The Saturday Review, November 19, 1955, p. 18
  13. Dickens and His Critics
    Edgar Johnson
    The Saturday Review, February 10, 1962, p. 31
  14. Dickens and the Bluenose Legislator
    Edgar Johnson
    The American Scholar, Autumn 1948, pp. 450-458
  15. [+]
    Dickens on the Barricades (3 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    Dickens and Charity, by Norris Pope
    1. Dickens and Charity by Norris Pope
    2. Dickens on America and the Americans by Michael Slater and Charles Dickens
    3. The Supernatural Short Stories of Charles Dickens by Michael Hayes
    The New York Review of Books, March 22, 1979, pp. 24-28
  16. Dickens, Fagin, and Mr. Riah
    Edgar Johnson
    Commentary, January 1950, pp. 47-50
  17. [+]
    Divided Don in the Looking Glass (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Lewis Carroll, by Derek Hudson
    1. Lewis Carroll by Derek Hudson
    The Saturday Review, February 26, 1955, p. 16
  18. [+]
    The Doubtful Esthetician (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Concerning Beauty, by Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.
    1. Concerning Beauty by Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.
    The New Republic, October 16, 1935, p. 279
  19. [+]
    Eight Major Novelists (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    American Fiction, 1920-1940, by Joseph Warren Beach
    1. American Fiction, 1920-1940 by Joseph Warren Beach
    The New Republic, September 29, 1941, pp. 414-416
  20. [+]
    Flight from Freedom (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Mary Shelley: A Biography, by R. Glynn Grylls
    1. Mary Shelley: A Biography by R. Glynn Grylls
    The New Republic, November 9, 1938, p. 26
  21. [+]
    The Great in Brief (2 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    High Moment, by Wallace Brockway
    1. High Moment by Wallace Brockway
    2. Makers of the Modern World by Louis Untermeyer
    The Saturday Review, October 1, 1955, p. 22
  22. Books in Review
    [+]
    Growing Pains (3 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    Night of the Poor, by Frederic Prokosch
    1. Night of the Poor by Frederic Prokosch
    2. Rejected Guest by Richard Aldington
    3. Christmas Holiday by W. Somerset Maugham
    The New Republic, November 8, 1939, p. 21
  23. The Heart of Charles Dickens (1952)
    Edgar Johnson and Charles Dickens
    As Revealed in His Letters to Angela Burdett-Coutts
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  24. [+]
    Heroic Grotesque (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Walter Savage Landor: A Biography, by R.H. Super
    1. Walter Savage Landor: A Biography by R.H. Super
    The Saturday Review, December 25, 1954, p. 16
  25. [+]
    I Write as I Live (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Philosopher's Holiday, by Irwin Edman
    1. Philosopher's Holiday by Irwin Edman
    The New Republic, February 1, 1939, p. 377
  26. [+]
    In a World They Never Made (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Charles Dickens: The World of His Novels, by J. Hillis Miller
    1. Charles Dickens: The World of His Novels by J. Hillis Miller
    The Saturday Review, August 30, 1958, p. 17
  27. [+]
    Lament for the Wizard (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    The Forlorn Demon, by Allen Tate
    1. The Forlorn Demon by Allen Tate
    The Saturday Review, April 11, 1953, p. 52
  28. [+]
    Leanrn and Like It (6 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    Let Me Think, by Harry A. Overstreet
    1. Let Me Think by Harry A. Overstreet
    2. Which Way America? by Lyman Bryson
    3. Here Comes Labor by Chester M. Wright
    4. They Worked for a Better World by Allan Seager
    5. Who Are These Americans? by Paul B. Sears
    6. The Attractive Home by Lydia Bond Powel
    The New Republic, October 11, 1939, p. 276
  29. [+]
    Lives at First Hand (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Inside Out, by E. Stuart Bates
    1. Inside Out by E. Stuart Bates
    The Saturday Review, October 30, 1937, p. 11
  30. [+]
    Local Color (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Charles Egbert Craddock, by Edd Winfield Parks
    1. Charles Egbert Craddock by Edd Winfield Parks
    The New Republic, July 21, 1941, p. 91
  31. [+]
    The Man Who Made Himself (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Epitaph on George Moore, by Charles Morgan
    1. Epitaph on George Moore by Charles Morgan
    The New Republic, February 26, 1936, p. 81
  32. [+]
    Master Planning of a Master (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Dickens at Work, by John Everett Butt and Kathleen Tillotson
    1. Dickens at Work by John Everett Butt and Kathleen Tillotson
    The Saturday Review, March 29, 1958, p. 19
  33. [+]
    Merchant and Revolutionary (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Defoe, by James Sutherland
    1. Defoe by James Sutherland
    The New Republic, March 23, 1938, p. 199
  34. [+]
    Mr. Bradford's Scrapbook (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Elizabethan Women, by Gamaliel Bradford
    1. Elizabethan Women by Gamaliel Bradford
    The New Republic, September 23, 1936, p. 190
  35. [+]
    Mr. Ellis' Back Files (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    From Rousseau to Proust, by Havelock Ellis
    1. From Rousseau to Proust by Havelock Ellis
    The New Republic, May 13, 1936, p. 24
  36. [+]
    Murder for Sale (3 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    The Mysterious Mickey Finn, by Elliot Paul
    1. The Mysterious Mickey Finn by Elliot Paul
    2. As for the Woman by Francis Iles
    3. A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
    The New Republic, December 20, 1939, p. 267
  37. [+]
    Murry: The Long Search (2 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    Between Two Worlds, by John Middleton Murry
    1. Between Two Worlds by John Middleton Murry
    2. D.H. Lawrence: A Personal Record by E.T.
    The New Republic, September 16, 1936, p. 164
  38. My Operation in Wall Street
    Edgar Johnson
    The Harpers Monthly, October 1867, pp. 638-640
  39. [+]
    Nineteenth-Century Knight (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Sir Walter Scott, by Hesketh Pearson
    1. Sir Walter Scott by Hesketh Pearson
    The Saturday Review, January 8, 1955, p. 16
  40. [+]
    No Little Woman (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Louisa May Alcott, by Katharine S. Anthony
    1. Louisa May Alcott by Katharine S. Anthony
    The New Republic, March 9, 1938, p. 146
  41. [+]
    Nobel Prizeman: 1939 (2 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    The Maid Silja, by Frans Eemil Sillanpaa
    1. The Maid Silja by Frans Eemil Sillanpaa
    2. Meek Heritage by F.E. Sillanpaa
    The New Republic, November 29, 1939, p. 175
  42. One Mighty Torrent (1937)
    Edgar Johnson
    The Drama of Biography
    5 Reviews, 3 Readable
  43. [+]
    Painter-Novelist (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography, by Evelyn Hardy
    1. Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography by Evelyn Hardy
    The Saturday Review, October 23, 1954, p. 31
  44. The Praying Mantis (1937)
    Edgar Johnson
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  45. Review and Comment
    [+]
    Progressive Americans (2 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    Integrity: The Life of George W. Norris, by Richard L. Neuberger and Stephen B. Kahn
    1. Integrity: The Life of George W. Norris by Richard L. Neuberger and Stephen B. Kahn
    2. A Maverick American by Maury Maverick
    The New Masses, August 10, 1937, p. 24
  46. [+]
    Radio Theatre and Its Medium (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Plays for Americans, by Arch Oboler
    1. Plays for Americans by Arch Oboler
    The New Republic, January 11, 1943, p. 61
  47. [+]
    The Biography Shelf (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Beckford, by Guy Chapman
    1. Beckford by Guy Chapman
    The New Republic, August 18, 1937, p. 55
  48. [+]
    A Miscellany (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Heroes of Thought, by John Middleton Murry
    1. Heroes of Thought by John Middleton Murry
    The New Republic, March 8, 1939, p. 143
  49. [+]
    Rich and Various (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    The Art of Biography in Eighteenth Century England, by Donald A. Stauffer
    1. The Art of Biography in Eighteenth Century England by Donald A. Stauffer
    The New Republic, May 26, 1941, p. 735
  50. [+]
    Ring Lardner's Forebear (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Thomas Love Peacock, by Olwen Campbell
    1. Thomas Love Peacock by Olwen Campbell
    The Saturday Review, October 17, 1953, p. 16
  51. [+]
    Sacrifices to a Skilled Scorn (2 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    Swift and the Satirist's Art, by Edward W. Rosenheim, Jr.
    1. Swift and the Satirist's Art by Edward W. Rosenheim, Jr.
    2. Swift's Polite Conversation by Jonathan Swift and Eric Partridge
    The Saturday Review, July 13, 1963, p. 32
  52. The Scope of Dickens
    Edgar Johnson
    The Saturday Review, November 29, 1952, pp. 13-14
  53. Sir Walter Scott: The Great Unknown (1970)
    Edgar Johnson
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  54. [+]
    Society and the Poetic Method (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Permanence and Change, by Kenneth Burke
    1. Permanence and Change by Kenneth Burke
    The Saturday Review, October 26, 1935, pp. 22-23
  55. [+]
    Still Living Thoughts (4 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    Tom Paine, by John Dos Passos
    1. Tom Paine by John Dos Passos
    2. Living Thoughts of Blaise Pascal by Francois Mauriac
    3. The Living Thoughts of Thomas Jefferson by John Dewey
    4. The Living Thoughts of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Edgar Lee. Masters
    The New Republic, August 26, 1940, p. 285
  56. Books in Review
    Survivors
    Edgar Johnson
    The New Republic, July 12, 1939, p. 284
  57. [+]
    The System Builders (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Architects of Ideas, by Ernest R. Trattner
    1. Architects of Ideas by Ernest R. Trattner
    The New Republic, June 8, 1938, p. 138
  58. [+]
    Tearful Standard (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Milton and His Modern Critics, by Logan Pearsall Smith
    1. Milton and His Modern Critics by Logan Pearsall Smith
    The New Republic, June 9, 1941, p. 800
  59. [+]
    The Third Fanny Brawne (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Letters of Fanny Brawne to Fanny Keats, 1820-1824, by Fred Edgcumbe and Fanny Brawne
    1. Letters of Fanny Brawne to Fanny Keats, 1820-1824 by Fred Edgcumbe and Fanny Brawne
    The New Republic, April 21, 1937, p. 332
  60. [+]
    The Too Old Boy (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    Portrait of Barrie, by Cynthia Asquith
    1. Portrait of Barrie by Cynthia Asquith
    The Saturday Review, November 5, 1955, p. 20
  61. Torrie (1960)
    Annabel Johnson and Edgar Johnson
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  62. A Treasury of Biography (1941)
    Edgar Johnson
    2 Reviews, 2 Readable
  63. A Treasury of Satire (1945)
    Edgar Johnson
    Including the World's Greatest Satirists, Comic and Tragic, from Antiquity to...
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  64. [+]
    Trial Balance (3 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    Farewell the Banner, by Frances Winwar
    1. Farewell the Banner by Frances Winwar
    2. Keats as Doctor and Patient by William Hale-White
    3. Fanny Keats by Marie Adami
    The New Republic, October 12, 1938, pp. 283-284
  65. [+]
    The Two Scotts (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    A New Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, by Herbert J.C. Grierson
    1. A New Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by Herbert J.C. Grierson
    The New Republic, April 5, 1939, p. 256
  66. Unweave a Rainbow (1930)
    Edgar Johnson
    A Sentimental Fantasy
    3 Reviews, 2 Readable
  67. Veblen: Man from Mars
    Edgar Johnson
    The New Republic, July 28, 1941, pp. 121-122
  68. [+]
    Walpole and Trelawny (2 Reviews)
    Edgar Johnson
    Trelawny: A Man's Life, by Margaret Armstrong
    1. Trelawny: A Man's Life by Margaret Armstrong
    2. Horace Walpole: A Biography by Robert W. Ketton-Cremer
    The New Republic, December 23, 1940, p. 876
  69. [+]
    Wasp or Butterfly (Review)
    Edgar Johnson
    The Man Whistler, by Hesketh Pearson
    1. The Man Whistler by Hesketh Pearson
    The Saturday Review, March 21, 1953, p. 10
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