Was "Grapes of Wrath" too obscene?

Not a bad way to celebrate a birthday

Upton Sinclair, among others, leapt to the physicist's defense.

A review of the new building, before its public opening on May 1, 1931.

Critic Edmund Wilson reflects on the great writer's legacy.

The magician delighted in exposing spiritualists as con men and frauds.

March 18, 1925

A review of the publication of R.W. Chapman’s edition of the Novels of Jane Austen, in Five Volumes.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton as revealed in her letters, diary and reminisces

It is simply a desire for self-expression, a thirst to function more broadly and brilliantly than the general, obscure in origin but irresistible in force.

A critique of the Puritans, on the 300th anniversary of the Mayflower's arrival at Plymouth Harbor.

An excerpt from W.E.B. Du Bois's 1920 book "Darkwater: Voices From Within the Veil"

I do not say that we did wrong in repudiating the German ideals, I only want to know what our repudiation means. It seemed intuitive rather than deliberate.

American opinion, in its anxiety to find who struck the match that started the blaze of war, has tended to ignore the nature and quantity of the fuel.