Review of Reviews

The Oxford Companion to American Literature | 1995 | 700+ words | Copyright

Review of Reviews (1891–1937), monthly magazine established as a U.S. counterpart of the English magazine of the same name. The policy was “to follow with intelligent interest movements of contemporary history, and to understand something of the real character of men and women who rank among the living forces of our time.” The contents included editorial comment on current events, leading articles reprinted from other periodicals, and reviews of new books and magazines. The Review of Reviews worked for a union among “English‐speaking communities,” and tended to be Anglophile until after World War I, when it became primarily concerned with American problems. In 1932 it absorbed World's Work, but its original policy was continued by Albert Shaw, who edited it from its founding until competition from such news magazines as Time caused it to merge with the Literary Digest (1937), a combination which failed within the year.

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