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  • All the King’s Censors

    When bureaucrats ruled over British theater

    Thomas Chatterton WilliamsMarch 2025 Issue
    2 photos: person's hands holding small orange-covered bound script with white label; close-up of script with handwritten note with an X next to a line about a man's hand in a woman's shirt
  • The Friend of My Youth
    Thomas Bailey AldrichFebruary 1871 Issue
  • The Quest of a Cup
    Alice BrownSeptember 1891 Issue
  • Oliver Speaking
    Carolyn WellsJanuary 1936 Issue
  • Random Reminiscences of Emerson
    William Henry FurnessMarch 1893 Issue
  • The Pause in Criticism -- And After
    William Roscoe ThayerAugust 1897 Issue
  • The Story of a Legendary Bartender
    Derek BrownJune 19, 2009
  • The World's Most Important People, According to Wikipedia
    Rebecca J. RosenApril 19, 2012
  • Why a 17th-Century Text Is the Perfect Starting Point for Reinventing the Book
    Rebecca J. RosenSeptember 28, 2012
  • No Old Maps Actually Say 'Here Be Dragons'

    But an ancient globe does.

    Robinson MeyerDecember 12, 2013
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