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H.L. Mencken •ï¿½542 Items / 69 Books, 85 Articles, 1 Poem, 382 Reviews
The American Language (1919)
by H.L. Mencken
An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
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Published Reviews
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    The Library (Review)
    H.W. Seaman
    Nouns Across the Sea
    1. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    The American Mercury, August 1936, pp. 501-504
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    A Philosophical Romance (Review)
    J.B. Dudek
    The American Language, by H.L. Mencken
    1. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    The Saturday Review, May 16, 1936, pp. 10-11
  3. Book Reviews
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    What is Contemporary Poetry? (Review)
    William Carlos Williams
    The American Language, by H.L. Mencken
    1. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    The North American Review, Autumn 1936, pp. 181-183
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    The Books of the Month: The American Language (Review)
    Lawrence Gilman
    The American Language, by H.L. Mencken
    1. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    The North American Review, May 1919, pp. 697-703
  5. Books in Review
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    Talking United States (Review)
    Edmund Wilson
    The American Language, by H.L. Mencken
    1. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    The New Republic, July 15, 1936, pp. 299-300
  6. Reviews of Books
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    The Living Speech (Review)
    F.H.
    The American Language, by H.L. Mencken
    1. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    The New Republic, May 31, 1919, p. 155
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    Our Barbarous Lingo (Review)
    John Macy
    The American Language, by H.L. Mencken
    1. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    The Nation, April 12, 1922, p. 430
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    De Vulgari Eloquentia (Review)
    The American Language, by H.L. Mencken
    1. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    The Nation, May 3, 1919, p. 698
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    Good Reading (Review)
    The American Language, by H.L. Mencken
    1. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    Commonweal, November 13, 1936, p. 84
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    Paperbounds (Review)
    The American Language, by H.L. Mencken
    1. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    The Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1977, p. 185
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    New Books (2 Reviews)
    Old Nantucket: The Faraway Island, by William Oliver Stevens
    1. Old Nantucket: The Faraway Island by William Oliver Stevens
    2. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    The Literary Digest, May 23, 1936, pp. 28-31
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    The Editor Recommends (5 Reviews)
    J.F.
    Up Stream: An American Chronicle, by Ludwig Lewisohn
    1. Up Stream: An American Chronicle by Ludwig Lewisohn
    2. The Parlor Begat Amos by Arthur S. Hildebrand
    3. The American Language by H.L. Mencken
    4. Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
    5. Emmett Lawler by Jim Tully
    The Bookman, April 1922, pp. 190-191