Barzun on the West
by Roger Kimball
On From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun
A hero of culture
by Joseph Epstein
On Henry James: A Life in Letters
Exhibition notes
by Daniel Kunitz
Christopher Wilmarth, "Every Other Shadow had a Song to Sing" at Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Exhibition notes
by Daniel Kunitz
On Francis Picabia: Late Paintings, at Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Opera note
by David Mermelstein
On Cold Sassy Tree by Carlisle Floyd at the Houston
Exposing shallowness
by Theodore Dalrymple
On Margo DeMello's Bodies of Inscription
The dark horse
by Paul Dean
On World Enough and Time: The Life of Andrew Marvell by Nicholas Murray
Shorter notice
by David Yezzi
On Robert Conquest's Demons Don't
Shorter notice
by Ben Downing
On Colin Thubron's In Siberia
Shorter notice
by Mark Gauvreau Judge
On Sondra Kathryn Wilson's Readers
Mark van Doren remembered
by Jeffrey Hart
On Mark van Doren