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First lines: "Poets are merchants of cosmic symbols. But no amount of suave merchandising will help the merchant"... Citation: New York Times Book Review (24 January 1954). James A. Pike.

First lines: "It is a sad thing, and a terrible loss for the cause of revolution, that Thomas Merton cannot slough"... Citation: Skyline Chicago, IL (18 September 1968). Thane Gower Ritalin.

First lines: "Thomas Merton's twenty-sixth book, and one of his best, records his reflections on some pressing"... Citation: New York Times Book Review (14 February 1965): 14. Francis Sweeney.

First lines: "In his commentary on his own"... Citation: Catholic Worker (May 1957).

First lines: "Of especial interest in South Carolina, where the white-robed "Trappist" monks will form their ninth"... Citation: Record Columbia SC (6 October 1949). J.B.P.

First lines: "To a Catholic Simone Weil, the young Jewess died at the age of thirty-four, remains an enigmatic"... Citation: Tablet [London] 216 (15 December 1962): 1225-1226.

First lines: "In the late 1960s, a period in which vowed religious found the Spirit awash in new contexts and in a"... Citation: Horizons 21.2 (Fall 1994): 366. Michael Downey.

First lines: "In December 1967 and again in may 1968, Thomas Merton hosted gatherings of about a dozen prioresses"... Citation: St. Anthony Messenger 101.1 (June 1993): 48-50. Patrick F. O'Connell.

First lines: "Abbot Flavian Burns once remarked that Father Louis could give a conference/ chapter talk"every"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 17:3 (Summer 1992): 23-24.

First lines: "Once hooked on Thomas Merton, one is hooked forever. His voice is clear and his message is simple." Citation: Denver Catholic Register (12 August 1992): 23, 26. Roger McCain.

First lines: "If one is looking for a history of the Trappists, or more properly, the Cistercians, in the 19th and"... Citation: Sun-Times Chicago IL (September).

First lines: "That Thomas Merton was an extraordinary man no one doubts. Born in France, Jan. 31 1915, the son of"... Citation: New York Times 127 (5 February 1978): Sect. 7, p.20. Richard Kostelanetz.

First lines: "Thomas Merton died on December 10, 1968. His influence, however, continues to grow. The Monastic"... Citation: Christian Century 95 (5 April 1978): 372-373. James C. Fenhagen.

First lines: "Thomas Merton first encountered"... Citation: The Courier-Journal (March 21, 2004): I5.

First lines: "a Catholic monk, who is one of the foremost interpreters of his faith to the layman, writes a short"... Citation: Publishers' Weekly (3 December 1956).

First lines: "Beginning with his widely read autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain" in 1948, Thomas Merton,"... Citation: Banner Nashville, TN (4 January1957). Anne Sweeney.

First lines: "Monastic life is experiencing its greatest revival since the Middle Ages. Mr. Merton, a monk himself"... Citation: Gazette Middleboro, MA (28 February 1957).

First lines: "This book combines the meditative spirit of the Seeds of Contemplation with the historical research"... Citation: Sign 36 (March 1957): 65-66. Richard C. Crowley.

First lines: "'Because of Thomas Merton,' Evelyn Waugh has said, 'America is discovering the monastic life and its"... Citation: Globe Sioux City, Iowa (3 January 1957).

First lines: "A brief but lucid exposition of the life purpose of a monk by a Catholic monk who is one of the"... Citation: Journal Providence, RI (13 January 1957).

First lines: "This volume is a work on the monastic life written by the well-known poet and Trappist monk whose"... Citation: Virginia Kirkus Bulletin 24 (1 December 1956): 883.

First lines: "Anyone in America who has ever tried to gather information concerting the customs and practices of"... Citation: Ave Maria 85 (26 January 1957): 587. R.L. Langlois.

First lines: "Beautifully printed, and with lovely photographs, this is Father Merton's account, for laymen, of"... Citation: Episcopal Church News (3 March 1957).

First lines: "The monastic life, undergoing an unprecedented revival, is fully explained here by one who knows it"... Citation: Globe-Democrat St Louis MO (13 May 1957).

First lines: "Every season has its surprise hits, and possibly the most surprising of them, in the semester just"... Citation: New York Herald-Tribune (9 January 1949).

First lines: "There are a lost of good Merton books around, too, but I like this one best. Joan of Arc, by Charles"... Citation: Jubilee (February 1961). Oona Sullivan.

First lines: "Thomas Merton known as Fr. Louis of the Cistercian order, loves the great forest trees near the"... Citation: Republican Springfield Mass. J.W.C.

First lines: "The first half of the book seems to me really to deserve that sticky adjective 'exalting.' As a"... Citation: Commonweal (4 December 1953).

First lines: "The Merton name is sure passport to sales, but it is important to know just what this new book is as"... Citation: Virginia Kirkus Bulletin New York City (1 February 1953).

First lines: "Day-journal of "Seven Storey Mountain" author, one of today's best-known Catholic converts,"... Citation: News Dallas TX (1 March 1953).

First lines: "The author's first book since "The Seven Storey Mountain" to offer real competition to that great"... Citation: Retail Bookseller (January 1953).

First lines: "The five-year journal of the daily routine and reflections of a member of a Cistercian Order in"... Citation: Saturday Review (7 February 1953).

First lines: "The author of "The Seven Storey Mountain," who is now Father Louis of the Cistercian Order at the"... Citation: Chronicle San Francisco CA (19 April 1953).

First lines: "The author's first book since "The Seven Storey Mountain" to offer real competition to that great"... Citation: Retail Bookseller New York City (October 1952).

First lines: "The author's first book since "The Seven Storey Mountain" to offer real competition to that great"... Citation: Retail Bookseller New York City (February 1953).

First lines: "'Yesterday we were out in the middle bottom, spreading manure over the gray mud of the cornfields. I"... Citation: Book of the Month New York (March 1953). Bernadine Kielt.

First lines: "Being the private journal of a Trappist monk, this is a most unusual book. Written where silence is"... Citation: Daily Province Vancouver BC (28 March 1953). J.W.W.

First lines: "Thomas Merton, the author of the best seller "the Seven Story Mountain," has again arisen from the"... Citation: Catholic Home Messenger Canfield OH (August 1953). D.J.D.

First lines: "Thomas Merton, Father Louis, a Trappist monk, famed author of The Seven Storey Mountain, brings us"... Citation: Personalist (Autumn 1953). R.T.F.

First lines: "Being the private journal of a Trappist monk, this is a most unusual book. Written where silence is"... Citation: Evening Citizen Ottawa Canada (4 April 1953).

First lines: "There is first of all the gargantuan size of the book. Zounds! It compares impressively with The"... Citation: Cross Currents 27 (Winter 1977-78): 385-393. Daniel Berrigan.

First lines: "This is a striking story of a young American who lived a full and worldly life and then, at the age"... Citation: News Milford, Mass (15 February 1949).

First lines: "The famous story of a man who at 26 gave up a luxurious, carefree life for the drabber but more"... Citation: News Newark, NJ (6 August 1952).

First lines: "The book called the Confessions of St. Augustine is celebrated in world literature as the first"... Citation: Orate Fratres 23 (20 February 1949): 187-189. Abigail Q. McCarthy.

First lines: "This is a portentous book because the author with his candid camera has not only made in his"... Citation: Theology Today 6.4 (January 1950): 567. Walter Lowrie.

First lines: "If you have not yet read this extraordinary and inspiring book that has brought peace and"... Citation: dust jacket (?).

First lines: "As Dante climbed the Mount of Purgatory, at each stage he was freed from the burden of one of the"... Citation: Book of the Month (November 1940). Basil Davenport.

First lines: "Autobiographical account of a worldly, active, and intelligent young American who, at the age of 28,"... Citation: Retail Bookseller New York City (September 1948).

First lines: "Autobiography of a modern Augustine who, after fumbling with Communism and sipping the superficial"... Citation: Globe Boston, Mass (6 March 1949).

First lines: "Autobiography of a modern Augustine, who, after fumbling with Communism and sipping the superficial"... Citation: Publishers Weekly (26 February 1949).

First lines: "From a bare cell in Gethsemani, Kentucky, a book has come out from a man who has foresworn speech as"... Citation: Chronicle Augusta, GA (24 April 1949). E.Y.

First lines: "high on the best-seller lists these days is an amazing book, "The Seven Storey Mountain." by one"... Citation: Press Gleaner Glendora, CA (20 April 1949).

First lines: "Autobiographical account of a worldly, active, and intelligent young American who, at the age of 28,"... Citation: Retail Bookseller (October 1948).

First lines: "Spectacular autobiography of conversion of young worldling, now a Trappist and one of our greatest"... Citation: Catholic Messenger Davenport Iowa (4 November 1948).

First lines: "'The Seven Storey Mountain,' written by Thomas Merton and published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., is the"... Citation: Herald Express Los Angeles CA (9 March 1949). Darsie L. Darsie.

First lines: "Thomas Merton has written an account of what happened to one of the bright young men who matured"... Citation: Carolina Quarterly (Fall 1948). Richard Cheatham.

First lines: "This autobiography of a young man in search of God is a kind of "Hound in Heaven" in prose. It"... Citation: Star Washington DC (28 November 1948). M. McG.

First lines: "The descriptive title of Thomas Merton's autobiography is borrowed from Dante's image of Purgatory." Citation: Virginia Quarterly Review Charlottesville, VA (summer 1949).

First lines: "Thomas Merton has written about his mental and spiritual development from youth to manhood. His"... Citation: Argonaut San Francisco, CA (10 June 1949).

First lines: "This is an autobiography of a young man whose life moves from Cambridge and Columbia universities to"... Citation: Monitor & NH Patriot Concord NH (22 June 1949).

First lines: "This contribution to the history of religious experience should interest many readers because of its"... Citation: News Detroit, MI (14 November 1948).

First lines: "Dante's seven-circled mountain of Purgatory suggested the title for Thomas Merton's autobiography." Citation: San Francisco CA (12 December 1948). J.V.

First lines: "Strange though it may seem to the average modern, this autobiography of a twentieth century"... Citation: Catholic Register Sacramento, CA (27 March 1949).

First lines: "both by Rev. Fr. Thomas Merton, are recommended to those who may wish to understand how one man"... Citation: Press Cleveland OH (6 December 1949).

First lines: "On July 5 in 1965, Thomas Merton wrote, 'Enough is evident in this journal to destroy me forever.'"... Citation: Other Side 26.1 (January-February 1990): 32-35.

First lines: "On the safe assumption that all Merton fans have read The Seven Storey Mountain, this "spontaneous"... Citation: Commonweal (27 February 1959).

First lines: "In his preface tot his book, Thomas Merton writes: "These are a few selections taken from a diary"... Citation: Globe Sioux City Iowa (12 March 1959). Sister Mary De Casia.

First lines: "This unusual journal starts in a furnished room in Greenwich Village, moves to the burning climate"... Citation: New York Times Book Review (15 February 1959).

First lines: "Whenever a person becomes famous, we wonder what he is like. Even more, we wonder what that person"... Citation: Ave Maria 86 (6 June 1959): 27. Thomas H. Donohue.

First lines: "From October 1939 to November 1941, when Merton was in his mid-twenties, he was a convert to"... Citation: News Tribune Tacoma Wash (2 February 1959). W.G. Rogers. 2 copies, complete copy on pg 2. Also see 05b, 05c, 06a, 07a.

First lines: "Those who read, and were fascinated by Thomas Merton's "The Seven Storey Mountain" must, like this"... Citation: Gazette Montreal Canada (21 February 1953). D.R. Weston.

First lines: "The third volume of Thomas Merton's letters (two more are projected) is a chronological printing of"... Citation: Commonweal 118.8 (19 April): 270. Lawrence S. Cunningham.

First lines: "This volume of Merton's collected letters--the third of five--is concerned mainly with his life as a"... Citation: Catholic Historical Review 77.3 (July 1991): 537-538. Clyde F. Crews.

First lines: "Differing from its predecessors (The Hidden Ground of Love, CH, Nov'85; The road to Joy, 1989), this"... Citation: Choice 28.7 (1 March 1991). Chalmers McCormick.

First lines: "This carefully edited and beautifully presented volume is the third in a projected series of five"... Citation: Worship 66.5 (September 1992): 466-468. Richard [Columban] Weber.

First lines: "Anyone interested in Thomas Merton and his writing will find in this third volume of his letters a"... Citation: Review for Religious 51 (November-December 1992): 935-937. Mary Catherine Smith.

First lines: "The School of Charity is the third volume of Thomas Merton's letters to appear, and while it may be"... Citation: America 163.12 (27 October 1990): 309. Bonnie Thurston.

First lines: "Named for a term taken from St. Bernard of Clairvaux referring to the monastery, The School of"... Citation: Parabola 16.1 (1991): 124-126. Wayne Teasdale.

First lines: "Divided into three sections on the early, middle formative and later solitary years of Thomas"... Citation: St. Anthony Messenger 99.1 (June 1991): 52. Lawrence S. Ventine.

First lines: "Thomas Merton, activist monk, reformed man of the world and author of The Seven Storey Mountain,"... Citation: Publishers Weekly 237.38 (21 September 1990.

First lines: "Judging from the number of his works that are to be found in even the chain bookstores, Thomas"... Citation: World Literature Today 64.3 (Summer 1990): 469. Kieran Quinlan.

First lines: "In Collected Poems, Joyce's Chamber Music, Pomes Penyeach, and Ecce Puer are made available at a"... Citation: Voices 165 (January-April 1958): 35-37. John T. Napier.

First lines: "Thomas Merton's journals passes the half-way point and we come within five years of his death. They"... Citation: Catholic Herald [London] (13 June 1997): 6. Denis Archdeacon.

First lines: "Thomas Merton's journals passes the half-way point and we come within five years of his death. They"... Citation: Catholic Herald [London] (13 June 1997): 6. Denis Archdeacon.

First lines: "It is reasonable to assume that Thomas Merton will be, at least for a good while to come, the last"... Citation: Newsday (6 December 1990): 44. Vince Passaro.

First lines: "The most active and exuberant of people have moments when the contemplative life has its charms. In"... Citation: Bakersfield, CA (14 May 1949). Louise Parks Banes.

First lines: "Can we believe the best seller lists? A free for all literary slugfest is raging in New York over"... Citation: Journal Milwaukee, WI (27 March 1949).

First lines: "In "the Sign of Jonas," Merton still is trying to find himself. The book will be found full of"... Citation: Observer Raleigh NC (12 April 1953). A.C.

First lines: "Although Philip Keller's book on Psalm 23 reflects little or no biblical scholarship"... Citation: Bible Today 59 (March 19720: 718-719, 728-729.

First lines: "Here is a genuinely inspiring book. The Psalms are its theme. It does not offer a detailed"... Citation: Commonweal 59 (February 19 1954): 506-507.

First lines: "The already published correspondence of Thomas Merton takes up a fair amount of shelf space"... Citation: The Merton Seasonal 40.4 (Winter 2015): 39-40.

First lines: "Here after 20 years, selections from a journal which Thomas Merton wrote before he became a Trappist"... Citation: Courier Journal [Louisville] (15 February 1959). William Habich.

First lines: "Father Merton's newest book, "The Ascent to Truth," is splendid in more than one way. To begin with"... Citation: Enquirer Cincinnati Ohio (7 October 1951). Rev. Joseph M. Osuch, SJ.

First lines: "This work consists of six selections from previously published material. Most of the essays are"... Citation: Journal for Philosophy of Religion 7.3 (1976): 455. George L. Donaldson.

First lines: "Major 20th century historians and philosophers debate on the nature and validity of historical"... Citation: Star Washington DC (1 February 1959). NOT A REVIEW OF A WORK BY THOMAS MERTON.

First lines: "In a world which is desperately trying to find itself amid turmoil and confusion and whose eyes are"... Citation: Times Los Angeles CA (24 December 1961). Stanton A. Coblentz.

First lines: "Thomas Merton, whose autobiographical "The Seven Storey Mountain" was a best-seller in 1948, told"... Citation: Press Pittsburg PA (27 March 1955). Mary Lynch.

First lines: "Taking up his life where The Seven Storey Mountain left off, Thomas Merton has now published a"... Citation: News Savannah, GA (8 February 1953).

First lines: "The first of the Thomas Merton books that I read was the Seven Storey Mountain in 1948. I got in the"... Citation: Book Week 4 (27 November 1966). Warren Coffey.

First lines: "'My life is in many ways simple, but it is also a mystery which I do not attempt to really"... Citation: New York Times Book Review (11 August 1985):7. John Tracy Ellis.