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John L. Sweeney

The Henry James Number

Autumn 1943

The Demuth Pictures

By John L. Sweeney

In his preface to The Golden Bowl Henry James explains, at some length, why he chose purely photographic decorations, rather than illustrations, for the New York Edition of his Novels […]

Nonfiction

Winter 1943

Basic in Reading

By John L. Sweeney

It is significant that C. K. Ogden, the inventor of Basic English, has never used the term “semantics” in connection with his invention. Indeed that term has become current only […]