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  • The Atlantic Puzzler
    Emily Cox and Henry RathvonFebruary 1980 Issue
  • The Tragic Fallacy
    Joseph Wood KrutchNovember 1928 Issue
  • With Culture, Guilt Can Sometimes Be a Good Thing

    Being ashamed of personal taste is pointless, but it's important to be aware of what makes you feel bad in the first place.

    Noah BerlatskyFebruary 17, 2015
  • In Praise of Quoters
    August 1909 Issue
  • Our Hundred Days in Europe
    Oliver Wendell HolmesJune 1887 Issue
  • Punnet Sive Pundigrion
    August 1928 Issue
  • The Sunne in Splendour
    Phoebe-Lou AdamsDecember 1982 Issue
  • The Kemble Era: John Philip Kemble, Sarah Siddons and the London Stage
    Phoebe-Lou AdamsJune 1980 Issue
  • Second Bete
    Matthew GurewitschMay 1992 Issue
  • That Bewitching Vegetable
    February 1927 Issue
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