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	H.L. Mencken Henry Louis Mencken Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was an American journalist, editor, critic, and philologist. Though he was not a distinguished stylist, the extraordinary vigor of his expression was memorable. The first American to be widely read as a critic was H. L. Mencken. Though,... Read more
	American Language Language, American. The meaning and significance of the term “American Language” has changed considerably since Roger Williams published A Key into the Language of America in 1643. For Williams, the term referred exclusively to Native American speech. While this usage persisted into... Read more
	Willard Huntington Wright Wright, Willard Huntington (1888–1939), born in Virginia, was educated in California and at Harvard and became an editor of The Smart Set (1913–14), distinguishing himself as a sophisticated student of esoteric subjects. His writings, during this period in New York and a residence in... Read more
	H L Mencken H. L. Mencken (Henry Louis Mencken) , 1880-1956, American editor, author, and critic, b. Baltimore, studied at the Baltimore Polytechnic. Probably America's most influential journalist, he began his career on the Baltimore Morning Herald at the age of 18, became editor of the Baltimore Evening... Read more
	Ernest Boyd Ernest Boyd 1887-1946, American critic and author, b. Dubin, Ireland. In the British consular service, he resigned in 1920 and settled in New York City, where he became an important literary figure. He contributed editorials to periodicals, wrote criticism on European literature, and translated... Read more
	Stuart Pratt Sherman Stuart Pratt Sherman 1881-1926, American critic and editor, b. Anita, Iowa, grad. Williams, 1900, Ph.D. Harvard, 1906. Professor of English at the Univ. of Illinois from 1907 to 1924, he resigned to edit the literary section of the New York Herald Tribune. His conservative, chauvinistic views... Read more
	George Jean Nathan George Jean Nathan 1882-1958, American editor and drama critic, b. Fort Wayne, Ind. He left the New York Herald to join H. L. Mencken in editing Smart Set (1914-23), which they made into a guide for the young American intellectual. In 1924 they founded the American Mercury, a magazine that... Read more
	Diaries DIARIES DIARIES. Contemporary diaries and journals offer one of the most important sources of evidence for the social, economic, and cultural life of early modern Europe. An immense range of different types of serial memoranda were produced at a time when the personal memoir had not yet... Read more
	Pila Piła , Ger. Schneidemühl, town (1994 est. pop. 74,000), Wielkopolskie prov., NW Poland, on the Gwdą River. Once the capital of Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia, it is now chiefly a trade and industrial center. It was devastated in World War II, after which it reverted to Poland. There... Read more
	diary diary [Lat.,=day], a daily record of events and observations. As distinguished from memoir (an account of events placed in perspective by the author long after they have occurred), the diary derives its impact from its immediacy, requiring each generation of readers to supply its own perspective.... Read more

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	BUSINESS DIARY Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald ...riff-raffishness AS the Diary was saying the other day...the description of the Diary but Prince Philip, who...great American journalist HL Mencken who wrote: "No decent...raff." (Needless to say Mencken refused to accept honorary...
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	Festival Diary Newspaper article from: The Scotsman ...drunk on books, wasted on words, pished on poetry, lathered in literature etc. Catherine admits she nicked it from HL Mencken. Susan Rice of Lloyds Scotland, one of the Bookfest sponsors, let loose a stream of superlatives about La Lockerbie...
	2 JUNE 1943 Newspaper article from: The Independent (London, England) Days like these HL MENCKEN, American essayist and journalist, writes in his diary: "Dr. F.E. Townsend dropped off in Baltimore yesterday and I took him to lunch at the Belvedere. The doctor told me about...
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	A brief history of pithiness Newspaper article from: The Irish Times ...Melbourne. "Mad, bad and dangerous to know." Note in her diary after first meeting Lord Byron in 1812. Karl Marx (1818...From Marx's Critique of the Gotha Programme (1875). HL Mencken (1880-1956). American journalist. "Every normal...