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Review (by: Bonner, D. F.) in Triumph (November 1974).

Review (by: McNearney, James L.) in New Life (May 1974).

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Review (by: Ronzani, Clare) in Merton Annual 9: 252-255 [online]. http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/09/RonzaniRevAHW252-255.pdf

Review (by: Challenor, John) in Merton Journal [UK] 3.2 (Advent 1996): 64-67. http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/Journal/03/3-2ChallenorRevAHW.pdf

Review (by: Ruttle, Paul, C.P.) in Merton Seasonal 20:3 (Summer 1995): 20-21. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/20/20-3RuttleRevRuether.pdf

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Reviews of Basic Principles of Monastic Spirituality.

Review (by: McDonnell, Thomas P.) in Commonweal 74 (9 June 1961): 285-286.

Review (by: Toelle, Gervase, O. Carm.) in Catholic World 193 (August 1961): 330-331.

Review (by: Mahon, J. Patrick) in The Merton Annual 34 (2021): 235-239. http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/34/MahonRevPearson235-239.pdf

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Reviews of Bread in the Wilderness.

Review (by: Lentfoehr, Therese, S.D.S.) in Renascence 7 (Winter 1954): 103-108.

Review (by: Luff, S.G.A.) in Clergy review 62.8 (August 1977): 336-337.

Review (by: Murphy, Richard T.A., O.P.) in Integrity 8.10 (July 1954): 41-42.

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Review (by: Wangermann, Elizabeth) in Blackfriars 44.519 (September 1963): 389-391.

Reviews of Cables to the Ace: or, Familiar Liturgies of Misunderstanding.

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Review (by: Funk, Mary M., O.S.B.) in Merton Seasonal 30:2 (Summer 2005): 29-30. http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/30/30-2FunkRevIMT1.pdf

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Review (by: Marr, Andrew, O.S.B.) in Christian Scholars Review 10.1 (1980): 54-56.

Review (by: True, Michael) in Commonweal 106 (30 March 1979): 188-189.

Review (by: Woodcock, George) in New Review of Books and Religion 3.6 (February 1979): 3, 17.

Review (by: O'Hanlon, Daniel J., S.J.) in Spirituality Today 31.3 (September 1979): 270-273.

Review (by: Gray, Francine de Plessix) in New Republic 180 (May 26 1979): 23, 26, 28-30.

Review (by: DiFebo, Philip) in Best Sellers 39 (April 1979): 21.

Review (by: Paguio, Erlinda G.) in Merton Annual 8: 254-257 [online]. http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/08/PaguioRevCatch254-257.pdf

Review (by: Wright, John) in Merton Journal [UK] 2.2 (Advent 1995): 56-58. http://www.thomasmertonsociety.org/Journal/02/2-2PearsonRevKing.pdf

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Reviews of Charter, Customs, and Constitutions of the Cistercians: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 7.

Review (by: Mullaney, Thomas) in Cistercian Studies Quarterly 45.1 (2010): 114-116.

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Review (by: Allard, John E., O.P.) in The Merton Annual 30 (2017): 221-228. http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/30/AllardRevCistercian221-228.pdf

Review (by: Feiss, Hugh) in American Benedictine Review 70.1 (March 2019): 120-121.

Review (by: Belfield, Andrew Gertner) in Reading Religion (March 22, 2022). http://readingreligion.org/9781565486713/

Review (by: O'Neill, Kathleen O.C.S.O.) in The Merton Annual 32 (2019): 239-242. http://merton.org/ITMS/Annual/32/ONeillRevMerton239-242.pdf

Reviews of The Climate of Monastic Prayer.

Review (by: Gilmore, George B.) in Horizons 46.1 (June 2019): 176-178.

Review (by: Weis, Monica, S.S.J.) in Cithara 59.1 (November 2019): 52-55.

Review (by: Thurston, Bonnie Bowman) in Cistercian Studies Quarterly 54,1 (2019): 128-130.

First lines: "About this skin condition, in resumé. 1) Poison ivy on the hands for over two months, at first it"...

First lines: "Just for the record: this has been building up since Christmas and quite a few factors are involved"...

First lines: "Thanks for your note on Bro [name scratch out by Bamberger]. The points you cited were the main"...

First lines: "I did not get your note until noon today. Sometime I will say a few words to clear up this"...

First lines: "will you give a conference at 4:00 p.m. on some Oriental texts on the Presentation for any who wish"... Contents index: [see also #148b on the other side of the same note]

First lines: "In preparing my talks on the Church and the modern world and looking ahead to some of the things"... Contents index: [to Bamberger, Fr. Baldwin and the Prior of Gethsemani]

First lines: "This has all the earmarks of an Opus Chrysogonicum as I can tell from a brief examination"... Contents index: [verso: Bamberger notes that this message was "apropos of some notes I found in Acta Sanctorum"]

First lines: "Don't worry about that Bio. Strath. If there is no special health-food outfit around, you won't be"...

First lines: "As man is late again tomorrow (Sat.) and I would otherwise miss practically a full week"... Contents index: [verso: long note by Bamberger describing the lecture in Chapter of Fr. Charles English, O.C.S.O. of Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, Georgia, a monastic censor of Merton's works who also appreciated Merton's writings - English was a friend of Dorothy D

First lines: "I trust in your tolerance on this holy day. This stuff, of which I have used one bottle, is"...

First lines: "could we change your date to Saturday, do you think? Bernard has several people to take"... Contents index: [see also #165b on the other side of the same note]

First lines: "Maybe if Bro Clement has a ride Friday (I could just as easily go at 7 or whenever convenient"... Contents index: [see also #165a on the other side of the same note]

First lines: "This shoulder and back thing gets more and more troublesome. It is especially bad at night when it"...

First lines: "I certainly think this ought to be published. It is an excellent job and very useful. On the other"...

First lines: "I hope you did not think I was being even more unsociable than usual this morning. Your confidence"...

First lines: "Saturday Fr Felix is giving the novice conference, so Juniors will not come this time - In Our Lord"...

First lines: "I have to go to see Dr Mitchell next Friday Sept 9. If I leave at 9 it will be ok. Many thanx"...

First lines: "Dr Scheen said the skin condition is progressing - ordered another ointment to help out."...

First lines: "Thank you for referring Father Thomas Merton to us. Father has tinnitus aurium due to degeneration"... Contents index: [from doctors Francis J. Peisel, Roland W. Richmond, and Raymond E. Jones]

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bando, Shojun".

First lines: "Thank you very much for your kind reply permitting us to include the Japanese translation of your"...

First lines: "I am sorry to have left your letter unanswered for so long. I am always glad to hear from you and"... Contents index: could give occasional advice via mail / Franciscan solitude - retiro.

First lines: "I haven't been acknowledging your kindness in the articles which you send us from time to time for"... Contents index: "The Climate of Monastic Prayer" / rumors about Merton living as a hermit.

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter of April 20 and for your invitation to preach a retreat, in exceptional"... Contents index: contemplative renewal retreat / Archbishop Paul Philippe, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Religious.

First lines: "Your letter was a very pleasant surprise, Father. Thank you. We read and discussed your article:"... Contents index: Merton's article "Openness and Cloister" / the Association / taped conferences on prayer and the missionary vocation / Fr. George Flannagan, O.F.M., a clinical psychologist / value of "Matins at midnight".

First lines: "Just a brief and most sincere thank-you right now. It was a great week. Right now the whole"... Contents index: apologizing for wording on check / sending Merton a "plexiglass pall" / Sr. Mary Luke sent tapes for Fr. Dan Walsh's lectures.

First lines: "Thanks so much for the two letters. I have just a moment to answer quickly. Snowed under with mail"... Contents index: whether to circulate tape of retreat / Dom James sees retreat as annual affair / Leo Gannon / article in NCR - Colman McCarthy / active-contemplative division.

First lines: "Plans are shaping up pretty well for the small meeting at the end of May. We have seven in all,"... Contents index: small May meeting plans / "Cargo Cults" tape.

First lines: "How have you been? We have thought of you often and the influence you have had on our lives. Last"... Contents index: trip to Norton's farm / Sr. Regina Catherine elected new superior general / trip to Brazil / how to start a "spirituality program".

First lines: "I have a copy of Mr. Bailey's letter to you of October second, explaining to you that I am the"...

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Barbara, Mary, Sr., O.S.F.".

First lines: "Many thanks for your double-letter. I will try to answer it speedily while its contents are still"... Contents index: book of Michel Foucault / poem on the segregation of lepers / Eichmann / Cardinal Heenan / pieces on Shoshoneans, Zen and art, "Original Child Bomb" / Christian radicalism and Karl Barth / Vietnam.

First lines: "I enjoyed your piece in the last PN (or the last one here) about the Writers take sides book. I"... Contents index: «Writers Take Sides on Vietnam» / a companion piece to Ishi / the magazine «Motive».

First lines: "The grace of Christ be with you in abundance this Christmas. You know how much I truly desire this"... Contents index: "unfortunate situation" at Duns Scotus and former Friar Ross Greenwell, now Robert Greenwell / asking for a lecture at St. Louis University on self-deception or Vietnam / life after the Franciscans / action vs. contemplation.

First lines: "Thanks for your letter. It shows that you are finding your way confidently and I am sure you will"... Contents index: refusal of this lecture and necessity of refusing many others.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Barr, Ernest E.".

First lines: "Thank you for your form letter on Father Davis and authoritarianism in the Church; also for your"... Contents index: philosophical argument in Barr's book «The Paradoxical Church» / argues "the institutional Church is itself a form of idolatry; and this makes institutionalized religion «a living paradox»… the agent of Christ [and of] the anti-Christ" / all institutions are bad, including families / sacraments / upaya / Zen.

First lines: "In the latest issue of «Liturgical Arts» magazine I noticed that you are preparing to print"... Contents index: requests a copy of «Monks Pond».

This group of letters contains early letters mainly from Barry to Merton, and later letters from Merton to Barry. There is one letter from Fr. Oliver from St. Vincent's Abbey in Pennsylvania discussing obtaining book for Merton on Dom Calmet. Most are original letters from both men with a few later carbon copies of Merton's. Earlier letters discuss articles and book ideas for Merton to publish with the «American Benedictine Review» and plans to help publish and contribute to a book by Serge Bolshakoff. In the last letter, Merton gives a lengthy description of his views on monasticism at the time and its likely prospects for the future.

First lines: "If Father Louis O.C.S.O. is getting interested in Dom Calmet to the extent of preparing an essay on"... Contents index: limited sources for Merton's interest in Dom Calmet and for other sources of French and Spanish Benedictina at St. John's (Collegeville, MN) and St. Vincent's (Latrobe, Pennsylvania), or anywhere in the United States / compiling of bibliography.

First lines: "Under separate cover you are receiving three complimentary copies of the last issue of THE REVIEW in"... Contents index: thanks for article submission.

First lines: "I believe I did not yet answer your letter about the publication of my letter to Fr Ronald. But as"... Contents index: Merton's abbot not in favor of publishing letter to Fr. Ronald concerning monastic formation and the priesthood / Serge Bolshakoff manuscript / Merton offering a review article on Dom Adalbert de Voguë's French book on the Rule of St. Benedict and the Rule of the Master.

First lines: "Your letter reached me here where I am on a research tour. Thank you for sending the ms. on Anselm."... Contents index: [verso: St. Peter's Basilica] writing from Rome / preface for the Bolshakoff volume / Helicon Press / Second Vatican Council.

First lines: "Here is the Bolshakoff ms and the preface with it. I understand that the whole thing is to be"... Contents index: suggestions about the revisions needed to publish the Bolshakoff manuscript / rumor that Herder is coming out with a book on Cassian.

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter of February 27th. I have of course been thinking seriously about your"... Contents index: creating list of peace articles for book / arrangements with Farrar Straus and Cudahy / «Blackfriars» article "Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra Concerning Giants" / peace book may not get imprimatur / "first strike attitude" in some Catholics - Communism will take the Church without more H-bombs.

First lines: "Father Philip Berrigan asked me to get the address of Chris McNair for you, and it is: 61 Sixth"... Contents index: Merton's article in the «New York Review».

This group of letters contains two original letters from Barton to Merton and two carbon copies from Merton to Barton. It is partly a scholarly discussion about "Sir Gawain", Arthurian legend, and Milton; in addition, the two men discuss the current political climate of Vietnam through the lens of literature and mythology.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Barzun, Jacques".

First lines: "I have looked in likely places for any letters I may have received from my friend and one-time"... Contents index: none of Merton's letters to Barzun are extant / mostly talked with Merton "viva voce conversation".

First lines: "Je vous remercie, avec un peu de retard, pour l'envoi de votre article, très intéressant d'ailleurs,"...

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bastos, María Luisa".

First lines: "Our firm has chosen to publish a set of Four Freedom Songs composed by C. Alexander Peloquin to the"... Contents index: attempting to establish a royalty agreement with Merton for "Four Freedom Songs".

First lines: "I know that you must be inundated with letters seeking your advice on all sorts of matters, but I'm"... Contents index: working on new edition of Thomas Aquinas' «Summa Theologica» / Dom Lemercier and Mexican experiment with psychiatry and monasticism / article in «Blackfriars» by Rosemary Haughton / Sigmund Freud / P. Albert Plé's book, «Chastity and Affectivity».

First lines: "Yesterday I had the very great pleasure of speaking at some length with Rabbi Abraham Heschel who"... Contents index: [Letter as sent] Jewish Chapter of the Second Vatican Council / need for healing between Christians and Jews to serve both faiths / the fear of alienation with Moslems countered with reinforcement of the status of all "people of the Book" in the «Koran» / promises to Abraham / Protestant ecumenism.

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bebianno, Elza".

First lines: "I want to answer your good letter as quickly as possible because if I leave it in the drawer my mind"... Contents index: «Pax Christi» / suggests Archbishop Roberts, S.J., who is involved in such issues for the Second Vatican Council; Fr. Bernard Häring, C.SS.R.; James Laughlin at New Directions for support; John Heidbrink at FOR for publication / in writing about war, not in touch with Rome - discouraged by institutional aspect.

First lines: "I am so very happy that you are willing to do a commentary on Camus' «The Plague» for the"... Contents index: series for Seabury Press / enclosing Frederick Dillistone's piece on Patrick White's «Riders in the Chariot» / Modern Library edition of Camus' «The Plague» / Merton's enclosure of a mimeographed letter about the actions of Fr. Charles Davis and about Merton's life as a hermit.