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  1. [+]
    Again Perfection (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Under Gemini: A Memoir, by Isabel Bolton
    1. Under Gemini: A Memoir by Isabel Bolton
    The Reporter, January 26, 1967, pp. 50-51
  2. [+]
    A Breeze Bestirs the Becalmed (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    The Sea Change, by Elizabeth Jane Howard
    1. The Sea Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard
    The Saturday Review, February 20, 1960, p. 32
  3. [+]
    A Columnist's Guide to Darkest Africa (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Something of Value, by Robert Ruark
    1. Something of Value by Robert Ruark
    The Reporter, May 5, 1955, p. 41
  4. Emotional Prodder
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    A Portrait of Heywood Broun
    The Outlook, October 30, 1929, pp. 330-332
  5. [+]
    Eulogy to Love (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Spinster, by Sylvia Ashton-Warner
    1. Spinster by Sylvia Ashton-Warner
    The Saturday Review, March 14, 1959, p. 24
  6. [+]
    Fact of the Matter (2 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson
    The Fixer, by Bernard Malamud
    1. The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
    2. Blood Accusation by Maurice Samuel
    The Reporter, October 20, 1966, pp. 57-58
  7. [+]
    Grim Past (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    God in the Straw Pen, by John P. Fort
    1. God in the Straw Pen by John P. Fort
    The Forum, September 1931
  8. [+]
    Growing Up in Bloomsbury (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    The Flowers of the Forest, by David Garnett
    1. The Flowers of the Forest by David Garnett
    The Saturday Review, September 8, 1956, p. 43
  9. [+]
    Her Salon Was France (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Mistress to an Age, by J. Christopher Herold
    1. Mistress to an Age by J. Christopher Herold
    The Saturday Review, October 25, 1958, p. 15
  10. High Voltage
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Outlook, May 7, 1930, pp. 6-7
  11. Home on the Range
    Virgilia Peterson
    Commonweal, August 29, 1947, p. 477
  12. Honesty
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    A Story
    Scribners, December 1930, pp. 607-611
  13. [+]
    In Front of Reason He Waves a Red Cape (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Invitation to a Beheading, by Vladimir Nabokov
    1. Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov
    The Saturday Review, October 24, 1959, p. 35
  14. [+]
    Inside Outside (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    The Outsider, by Colin Wilson
    1. The Outsider by Colin Wilson
    The Reporter, October 4, 1956, pp. 44-45
  15. [+]
    The Lady on Irving Place (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Gramercy Park, by Gladys Brooks
    1. Gramercy Park by Gladys Brooks
    The Saturday Review, September 20, 1958, p. 22
  16. [+]
    Late Summer Novels (3 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Devil's Due, by Phyllis Bottome
    1. Devil's Due by Phyllis Bottome
    2. Beginners' Luck by Emily Hahn
    3. The Hero by Alfred Neumann
    The Outlook, August 19, 1931, p. 504
  17. Articles
    Master Thinker
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Outlook, August 20, 1930, pp. 603-606
  18. A Matter of Life and Death (1961)
    Virgilia Peterson
    5 Reviews, 2 Readable
  19. [+]
    Men, Women, and Others (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Ascent of Woman, by Elisabeth Mann Borgese
    1. Ascent of Woman by Elisabeth Mann Borgese
    The Reporter, May 9, 1963, pp. 46-50
  20. [+]
    Mrs. Teraski Comes Home (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Bridge to the Sun, by Gwen Terasaki
    1. Bridge to the Sun by Gwen Terasaki
    The Reporter, December 12, 1957, p. 46
  21. [+]
    Mystery Stories (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    The Railway Police, and The Last Trolley Ride, by Hortense Calisher
    1. The Railway Police, and The Last Trolley Ride by Hortense Calisher
    The Reporter, November 17, 1966, p. 66
  22. [+]
    A Need to Suffer with Genius (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    And the Bridge Is Love, by Alma Mahler Werfel and E.B. Ashton
    1. And the Bridge Is Love by Alma Mahler Werfel and E.B. Ashton
    The Saturday Review, August 23, 1958, p. 33
  23. [+]
    No Matter the Name, the Facts Are the Same (4 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Monsieur Moliere, by Michael O'Shaughnessy
    1. Monsieur Moliere by Michael O'Shaughnessy
    2. Love Is a Wild Assault by Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
    3. The Politician by Stephen Longstreet and Ethel Longstreet
    4. Trouble in the Flesh by Max Wylie
    The Saturday Review, May 9, 1959, p. 17
  24. [+]
    Novels of the Week (2 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Governor of Massachusetts, by Elliot Paul
    1. The Governor of Massachusetts by Elliot Paul
    2. The Rector's Daughter by F.M. Mayor
    The Outlook, September 3, 1930, p. 29
  25. [+]
    Of Academic Conscience (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    The Small Room, by May Sarton
    1. The Small Room by May Sarton
    The Saturday Review, August 26, 1961, p. 18
  26. [+]
    Passionate Pedagogue (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Greenstone, by Sylvia Ashton-Warner
    1. Greenstone by Sylvia Ashton-Warner
    The Reporter, April 7, 1966, pp. 54-55
  27. [+]
    To Pity and to Love (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    A Square Of Sky, by Janina David
    1. A Square Of Sky by Janina David
    The Reporter, February 10, 1966, p. 56
  28. [+]
    Plumbing Chaos (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Hudson River Bracketed, by Edith Wharton
    1. Hudson River Bracketed by Edith Wharton
    The Forum, February 1930
  29. [+]
    A Practical Saint (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Mere Marie of the Ursulines, by Agnes Repplier
    1. Mere Marie of the Ursulines by Agnes Repplier
    The Forum, June 1931
  30. Views & Reviews
    Prejudice and Hope
    Virgilia Peterson
    The Reporter, August 11, 1966, pp. 34-35
  31. [+]
    Among Spring Books (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Memoirs of Hecate County, by Edmund Wilson
    1. Memoirs of Hecate County by Edmund Wilson
    Commonweal, April 12, 1946, p. 660
  32. [+]
    The Labor Movement (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Escape in Passion, by Jules Romains
    1. Escape in Passion by Jules Romains
    Commonweal, August 9, 1946, p. 411
  33. [+]
    The Screen: Look Away Look Away (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    The Seventh of October, by Jules Romains
    1. The Seventh of October by Jules Romains
    Commonweal, December 6, 1946, p. 206
  34. [+]
    The Labor Movement (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    The Angelic Avengers, by Isak Dinesen
    1. The Angelic Avengers by Isak Dinesen
    Commonweal, January 31, 1947, p. 403
  35. [+]
    The Labor Movement (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    The Age of Reason, by Jean-Paul Sartre
    1. The Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre
    Commonweal, July 25, 1947, p. 360
  36. [+]
    M.V.A. (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    When the Mountain Fell, by C.F. Ramuz
    1. When the Mountain Fell by C.F. Ramuz
    Commonweal, November 7, 1947, p. 100
  37. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Men and Memories, by William Rothenstein
    1. Men and Memories by William Rothenstein
    The Outlook, April 1, 1931, p. 472
  38. [+]
    The Week's Reading (2 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Weigher of Souls, by Andre Maurois
    1. The Weigher of Souls by Andre Maurois
    2. Men Dislike Women by Michael Arlen
    The Outlook, April 15, 1931, p. 535
  39. [+]
    Three Novels by Women (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Four in Family, by Humphrey Pakington
    1. Four in Family by Humphrey Pakington
    The Outlook, August 5, 1931, p. 442
  40. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Pastor of Poggsee, by Gustav Frenssen
    1. The Pastor of Poggsee by Gustav Frenssen
    The Outlook, August 12, 1931, p. 473
  41. [+]
    The New Movies (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Westward Passage, by Margaret Ayer Barnes
    1. Westward Passage by Margaret Ayer Barnes
    The Outlook, December 9, 1931, pp. 472-473
  42. [+]
    The New Movies (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Without My Cloak, by Kate O'Brien
    1. Without My Cloak by Kate O'Brien
    The Outlook, December 9, 1931, p. 475
  43. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Miss America, by W.J. Turner
    1. Miss America by W.J. Turner
    The Outlook, January 28, 1931, p. 147
  44. [+]
    The Week's Reading (3 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Night in the Hotel, by Eliot Crawshay-Williams
    1. Night in the Hotel by Eliot Crawshay-Williams
    2. And No Birds Sing by Pauline Leader
    3. A Farewell to India by Edward J. Thompson
    The Outlook, July 8, 1931, p. 314
  45. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Castle Island, by R.H. Mottram
    1. Castle Island by R.H. Mottram
    The Outlook, July 15, 1931, p. 346
  46. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Rise and Fall of Carol Banks, by Elliott White Springs
    1. The Rise and Fall of Carol Banks by Elliott White Springs
    The Outlook, July 22, 1931, p. 378
  47. [+]
    The Week's Reading (4 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Indian Summer, by J.C. Snaith
    1. Indian Summer by J.C. Snaith
    2. Mr. Line by L.A. Pavey
    3. Bagatelle: And Some Other Diversions by George Preedy
    4. God in the Straw Pen by John P. Fort
    The Outlook, July 29, 1931, p. 410
  48. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Call Her Savage, by Tiffany Thayer
    1. Call Her Savage by Tiffany Thayer
    The Outlook, June 3, 1931, p. 150
  49. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Cupboard Love, by Nancy Hoyt
    1. Cupboard Love by Nancy Hoyt
    The Outlook, June 10, 1931, p. 185
  50. [+]
    The Week's Reading (2 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Go Marry, by Brendan Williams
    1. Go Marry by Brendan Williams
    2. Ships of Youth by Maud Diver
    The Outlook, June 24, 1931, p. 249
  51. [+]
    The Week's Reading (2 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Scenes and Portraits, by Frederic Manning
    1. Scenes and Portraits by Frederic Manning
    2. They That Go Down in Ships by Marguerite Steen
    The Outlook, March 25, 1931, p. 439
  52. [+]
    Ivory, Apes and Peacocks (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Lady Who Came to Stay, by R.E. Spencer
    1. The Lady Who Came to Stay by R.E. Spencer
    The Outlook, November 4, 1931, p. 315
  53. [+]
    More Biographies (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Diary of a Provincial Lady, by E.M. Delafield
    1. Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
    The Outlook, November 11, 1931, p. 347
  54. [+]
    The New Movies (3 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Friends and Relations, by Elizabeth Bowen
    1. Friends and Relations by Elizabeth Bowen
    2. Return I Dare Not by Margaret Kennedy
    3. The Almond Tree by Grace Zaring Stone
    The Outlook, November 18, 1931, p. 379
  55. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Job: The Story of a Simple Man, by Joseph Roth
    1. Job: The Story of a Simple Man by Joseph Roth
    The Outlook, November 25, 1931, p. 410
  56. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    A Buried Treasure, by Elizabeth Madox Roberts
    1. A Buried Treasure by Elizabeth Madox Roberts
    The Outlook, November 25, 1931, p. 410
  57. [+]
    The New Movies (2 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Wild Orchid, by Sigrid Undset
    1. The Wild Orchid by Sigrid Undset
    2. Green Memory by M. Barnard Eldershaw
    The Outlook, October 7, 1931, p. 185
  58. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Colonel's Daughter, by Richard Aldington
    1. The Colonel's Daughter by Richard Aldington
    The Outlook, September 2, 1931, p. 26
  59. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    S. S. San Pedro, by James Gould Cozzens
    1. S. S. San Pedro by James Gould Cozzens
    The Outlook, September 9, 1931, p. 58
  60. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Thunder Below, by Thomas Rourke
    1. Thunder Below by Thomas Rourke
    The Outlook, September 16, 1931, p. 90
  61. [+]
    Theatre (4 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Wolf in the Garden, by Alfred H. Bill
    1. The Wolf in the Garden by Alfred H. Bill
    2. The Story of Julian by Susan Ertz
    3. The Firemakers by Rollo Walter Brown
    4. In Krusack's House by Thames Williamson
    The Outlook, September 23, 1931, p. 122
  62. [+]
    The New Movies (2 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    First Person Singular, by W. Somerset Maugham
    1. First Person Singular by W. Somerset Maugham
    2. Old Philadelphia by George Gibbs
    The Outlook, September 30, 1931, p. 156
  63. [+]
    Russian Abysses (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Bystander, by Maxim Gorki
    1. Bystander by Maxim Gorki
    The Forum, June 1930
  64. The New Books
    [+]
    Some Fall Novels (3 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Maid in Waiting, by John Galsworthy
    1. Maid in Waiting by John Galsworthy
    2. The Waves by Virginia Woolf
    3. Two People by A.A. Milne
    The Outlook, November 11, 1931, p. 344
  65. [+]
    Some Spring Novels (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Deep Evening, by Eugene Lohrke
    1. Deep Evening by Eugene Lohrke
    The Outlook, May 20, 1931, p. 88
  66. Sonnets
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Menton Cemetery
    Commonweal, January 9, 1929, p. 294
  67. [+]
    Sound and Symbol (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    A Charm of Words, by Eric Partridge
    1. A Charm of Words by Eric Partridge
    The Saturday Review, September 9, 1961, p. 38
  68. [+]
    The South Revisited (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    The View From Pompey's Head, by Hamilton Basso
    1. The View From Pompey's Head by Hamilton Basso
    The Reporter, December 2, 1954, pp. 46-47
  69. [+]
    Struggle for Roots (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Strangers on Earth, by Henri Troyat
    1. Strangers on Earth by Henri Troyat
    The Saturday Review, August 2, 1958, p. 12
  70. Think of the Stars
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    A Story
    The Harpers Monthly, October 1931, pp. 603-607
  71. [+]
    Trampled Justice (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Success, by Lion Feuchtwanger
    1. Success by Lion Feuchtwanger
    The Forum, January 1931
  72. [+]
    Understudy for Humbert (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Despair, by Vladimir Nabokov
    1. Despair by Vladimir Nabokov
    The Reporter, June 2, 1966, pp. 42-46
  73. [+]
    Unlikely Lovers (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Claire Serrat, by I.A.R. Wylie
    1. Claire Serrat by I.A.R. Wylie
    The Saturday Review, March 7, 1959, p. 39
  74. [+]
    Unquestionably U (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Voltaire in Love, by Nancy Mitford
    1. Voltaire in Love by Nancy Mitford
    The Saturday Review, March 1, 1958, p. 32
  75. [+]
    The Week's Reading (6 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    I Am Jonathan Scrivener, by Claude Houghton
    1. I Am Jonathan Scrivener by Claude Houghton
    2. The Family by Francois Mauriac
    3. The Christ of the Forest by Robert Michel
    4. The Runaway Countess by Hermynia Zur Muhlen
    5. The Santa Fe Trail by R.L. Duffus
    6. As I Saw It by Alden Brooks
    The Outlook, August 13, 1930, pp. 587-588
  76. [+]
    The Week's Reading (3 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Parties, by Carl Van Vechten
    1. Parties by Carl Van Vechten
    2. Fifteen Rabbits by Felix Salten
    3. The Earth Told Me by Thames Williamson
    The Outlook, August 20, 1930, p. 628
  77. The Leisure Arts
    [+]
    The Week's Reading (6 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Shepherds in Sackcloth, by Sheila Kaye-Smith
    1. Shepherds in Sackcloth by Sheila Kaye-Smith
    2. The Wives of Men by David McCloud
    3. The Trap by Delfino Cinelli
    4. All in the Racket by William E. Weeks
    5. Gulf Stream by Marie Stanley
    6. Denny and the Dumb Cluck by J.P. McEvoy
    The Outlook, August 27, 1930, pp. 666-667
  78. [+]
    The Week's Reading (2 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Relentless, by Myrtle Johnston
    1. Relentless by Myrtle Johnston
    2. Tales Told by Simpson by May Sinclair
    The Outlook, October 1, 1930, pp. 188-189
  79. The Leisure Arts
    [+]
    The Week's Reading (7 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Angel Pavement, by John B. Priestley
    1. Angel Pavement by John B. Priestley
    2. A Note in Music by Rosamond Lehmann
    3. The Dance of Youth by Hermann Sudermann
    4. Jenny Heysten's Career by Jo Van Ammers-Kuller
    5. Bid Her Awake by Mary Grigs
    6. Pied Piper by Daphne Muir
    7. Dog Lane by Lev Gumilevsky
    The Outlook, September 10, 1930, pp. 66-68
  80. [+]
    The Week's Reading (3 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Seed on the Wind, by Rex Stout
    1. Seed on the Wind by Rex Stout
    2. Ride the Nightmare by Ward Greene
    3. Adam's Rest by Sarah Gertrude Millin
    The Outlook, September 17, 1930, p. 107
  81. [+]
    The Week's Reading (4 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Son Avenger, by Sigrid Undset
    1. The Son Avenger by Sigrid Undset
    2. Twenty-Four Hours by Louis Bromfield
    3. The Tides of Malvern by Francis Griswold
    4. Seed by Charles G. Norris
    The Outlook, September 24, 1930, p. 146
  82. [+]
    The Week's Reading (3 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Rafferty, by Willard Wiener
    1. Rafferty by Willard Wiener
    2. No Surrender by Jo van Ammers-Kuller
    3. Flamenco by Eleanor Furneaux Smith
    The Outlook, April 8, 1931, p. 502
  83. [+]
    The Week's Reading (3 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    A White Bird Flying, by Bess Streeter Aldrich
    1. A White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich
    2. New England Holiday by Charles Allen Smart
    3. The Sons of Mrs. Aab by Sarah Gertrude Millin
    The Outlook, August 26, 1931, p. 538
  84. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    A Jew in Love, by Ben Hecht
    1. A Jew in Love by Ben Hecht
    The Outlook, February 11, 1931, p. 230
  85. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    World Champions, by Paul Morand
    1. World Champions by Paul Morand
    The Outlook, May 27, 1931, p. 118
  86. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    Pan's Parish, by Louise Redfield Peattie
    1. Pan's Parish by Louise Redfield Peattie
    The Outlook, September 16, 1931, p. 88
  87. [+]
    The Week's Reading (Review)
    Virgilia Peterson Ross
    The Shiny Night, by Beatrice Tunstall
    1. The Shiny Night by Beatrice Tunstall
    The Outlook, May 6, 1931, p. 24
  88. Where the Apple Reddens
    Virgilia Peterson
    A Story
    Scribners, July 1934, pp. 36-39
  89. [+]
    'A Woman with Stoutness of Heart' (3 Reviews)
    Virgilia Peterson
    Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, by Suyin Han
    1. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing by Suyin Han
    2. Always the Young Strangers by Carl Sandburg
    3. Divided We Fought by Hirst Milhollen, Milton Kaplan, and Hulen Stuart, ...
    The Reporter, January 20, 1953, pp. 39-42
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