First lines: "The first impulse of the reader of Seeking Paradise: The Sprit of the Shakers might be to dismiss it as a coffee"... Citation: Catholic Books Review [online]. [accessed 17 Dec. 2003].
First lines: "The opening words, "This book is a celebration of Merton's love of the Shakers," begin the preface"... Citation: Merton Annual 17: 343-345.
First lines: "Those who are familiar with Shaker furniture and craftsmanship and"... Citation: Cistercian Studies Quarterly 39.3 (2004): 355-356.
Reviews of The Selected Essays of Thomas Merton.
First lines: "Thomas Merton holds an unparalled"... Citation: Spirit and Life Magazine (September-October 2013): 16.
First lines: "One of the great delights of reading Thomas Merton is the sheer quantity"... Citation: Modern Believing 55.2 (2014): 207-209.
First lines: "Thomas Merton's Selected Essays is a carefully selected collection of the essays of"... Citation: Theology 118.4 (July-August 2015): 315-316.
Reviews of The Selected Poems of Thomas Merton.
First lines: "To the swiftly increasing numbers of foreign editions of "Mertoniana"--the Seven Storey Mountain,"... Citation: Renascence 4 (Spring 1952): 197-199. Therese Lentfoehr SDS.
First lines: "The recent numerous reprints and translations of articles by Thomas Merton in such foreign"... Citation: Renascence 15 (Fall 1962): 46-50. Therese Lentfoehr SDS.
First lines: "There is justness as well as wit in Mr. Allan M. Laing's New Statesman epigram (22nd April, 1950)--"... Citation: Month [London] 5 (April 1951): 247-249.
First lines: "Here, at least, is something of an answer to the sometimes not-too-carefully-made charge that SPIRIT"... Citation: Spirit 27 (May 1960): 59-62.
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Reviews of The Seven Storey Mountain.
First lines: "Harcourt, Brace will publish The Seven Storey Mountain, an unusual autobiography by Thomas Merton"... Citation: Press Cleveland, OH (29 June 1948).
First lines: "'The Seven Storey Mountain' by Thomas Merton (Brother M. Louis) is the autobiography of a young man,"... Citation: News Newark NJ (1 February 1948).
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: "In Bernanos' "Diary of a Country Priest," when a renegade cleric who has been asked by the dying"... Citation: Commonweal 49 (15 October 1948): 16. George Miles.
First lines: "This is the autobiography of a man who was town between a lobe of worldly pleasures and a hunger for"... Citation: Chicago Tribune (17 October 1948). Edward Barry.
First lines: "The Seven Storey Mountain is the autobiography of Thomas Merton, a convert to Catholicism, who is"... Citation: Best Sellers [Scranton, PA] 8 (15 October 1948): 146. Stephen McKenna, CSSR.
First lines: "Rather in the style of St. Augustine's confessions is Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton, a young"... Citation: Herald Syracuse NY (14 November 1948).
First lines: "This is the autobiography of a cosmopolite and a true child of our century who, after tasting the"... Citation: Journal Milwaukee Wis (14 November 1948).
First lines: "This is the autobiography of the 33-year-old Trappist monk whose poetry has excited a good deal of"... Citation: Journal Providence, RI (28 November 1948). W.T.S.
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: "A book describing one man's transition from lack of faith to a condition of religious peace is"... Citation: Vindicator Youngstown O (19 December 1948).
First lines: "Acclaimed by Monsignor Fulton [] century form of the Confessions of [] biographical document of the"... Citation: Catholic Booklist Rosary College River Forest, IL (1949). Incomplete copy.
First lines: "The new non-fiction books at the public library include: "The Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas"... Citation: Tribune LaCrosse Wisc (13 January 1949).
First lines: "...Another new printing of 25,000 copies of "The Seven Storey Mountain," by Thomas Merton--the"... Citation: Chronicle San Francisco, CA (5 February 1949).
First lines: "A very unusual autobiography of a young American who after being thoroughly immersed in the world,"... Citation: State Columbia SC (13 February 1949).
First lines: "Seven Story Mountain is an outstanding autobiography of Thomas Merton, who entered a Trappist"... Citation: Facts Redland, CA (4 February 1949).
First lines: "Thomas Merton's The Seven Story Mountain (Harcourt $3.00) continues to astound the booksellers and"... Citation: Commonweal (25 February 1949).
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: "A manuscript of Thomas Merton's "The Seven Storey Mountain," the Trappist monk's autobiography which"... Citation: Journal Milwaukee (March 1949).
First lines: "William James would have found ample documentation for his "Varieties of Religious Experience in the"...
First lines: "Last December, a book, written by a young Trappist monk, was published and reviewed, but received"... Citation: Vallejo, CA (10 April 1949).
First lines: "new York, March 26--"What d'ya mean, 'best seller?'" asks the Saturday Review of Literature, and the"... Citation: Cleveland Plain Dealer (27 March 1949).
First lines: "A highly interesting account of mental and spiritual development from youth to manhood is furnished"... Citation: Think New York City (May 1949).
First lines: "I asked about the new items on the Harcourt Brace list, and it appears that Thomas Merton is writing"... Citation: Times Herald Dallas, TX (1 May 1949).
First lines: "Assembling in the dining room at the home of Mrs. Ernest J. Woelfel of Summit avenue, Peabody, just"... Citation: Telegram-News Lynn, Mass (8 May 1949).
First lines: "As a companion volume to "the Seven Storey Mountain," by Thomas Merton, Harcourt, Brace will release"... Citation: Enterprise Riverside CA (22 August 1949).
First lines: "A companion volume to Thomas Merton's now famous autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain," will be"... Citation: News Detroit, MI (28 August 1949).
First lines: "The Golden Book Award of the Catholic Writers Guild of America for the best nonfiction volume by a"... Citation: Times Indianapolis IN (29 January 1950).
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: "Thomas Merton, after living in ten years what most men live in thirty, entered the Trappist"... Citation: America 80 (16 October 1943): 47-48. Hubert N. Hart.
First lines: "At the last judgment it will not be embarrassing to have our sins made public, nor will the"... Citation: Integrity 3 (october 1948): 43-44. Carol Jackson.
First lines: "The recent hegira in Western society, especially of the young, to sit at the feet of oriental gurus,"... Citation: Times [London] (18 December 1975): 22. Joseph McCulloch.
First lines: "The extraordinary success of Thomas Merton's autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, owes as"... Citation: Thought 24 (March 1949): 10-14.
First lines: "The young American poet here details the story of his life from his birth in 1915 to the present day"... Citation: Catholic Library World 20 (January 1949): 134.
First lines: "One of the most haunting phrases in Thomas Merton's writings is a passage in The Seven Storey"... Citation: U.S. Catholic (April 2000): 22-23, 25.
First lines: "In this time and culture few persons are born to the ways of asceticism and Christian mysticism." Citation: Carroll Quarterly 2 (Fall-Winter 1948): 40-42.
First lines: "In the years since the war biography and autobiography"... Citation: Catholic Telegraph (February 25, 1949).
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Reviews of The Shining Wilderness.
First lines: "Thomas Merton is not all that well known in England, at least to judge from the story with which"... Citation: Merton Annual 3: 310-311.
First lines: "The Sign of Jonas is the story of a priestly paradox--the candid self-assessment of a man who left"... Citation: News [Newburyport, Mass] (5 March 1953). Jim Stack.
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: "Thomas Merton has a great deal to offer men and women of every faith. Those who have read his"... Citation: Mutual Press Clipping. Harrison Smith. Also see 06a, 06c, 09b, 09c, 10b, 12d, 13a, 14c, 15a.
First lines: "Eleven years ago Thomas Merton, now Father Louis, entered the Trappist monastery of Gethsemani in"... Citation: New York Post (8 February 1953). Martha MacGregor.
First lines: "Thomas Merton has a great deal to offer men and women of every faith. Those who have read his"... Citation: News Santa Barbara, CA (9 February 1953). Harrison Smith. Also see 60a, 06c, 07c, 09b, 10b, 12d, 13a, 14c, 15a.
First lines: "Thomas Merton has a great deal to offer men and women of every faith. Those who have read his"... Citation: Beacon Wichita Kansas (8 February 1953). Harrison Smith. Also see 60a, 06c, 07c, 09b, 09c, 12d, 13a, 14c, 15a.
First lines: "I am quite sure there has been no books like this, It is a diary kept during five years spent in a"... Citation: New York Times Book Review 58 (8 February 1953): 1. George N. Shuster.
First lines: "Out of the stillness of the Trappist monastery in Gethsemane, Ky., comes the welcome voice of Thomas"... Citation: Courant Hartford Conn (8 February 1953). A.D.V.
First lines: "Thomas Merton has a great deal to offer men and women of every faith. Those who have read his"... Citation: Evening News Buffalo, NY (14 February 1953). Harrison Smith. Also see 60a, 06c, 07c, 09b, 09c, 10b, 13a, 14c, 15a.
First lines: "Thomas Merton has a great deal to offer men and women of every faith. Those who have read his"... Citation: Union San Diego, CA (8 February 1953). Harrison Smith. Also see 60a, 06c, 07c, 09b, 09c, 10b, 12d, 14c, 15a.
First lines: "When "the Seven Storey Mountain," the autobiography of Thomas Merton, poet and man of the world who"... Citation: Journal Milwaukee Wis (8 February 1953). Louise Cattoi.
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: "What manner of life does a Trappist monk lead? Is it a life of silence and negativity interspersed"... Citation: Spectator Hamilton, Ont Canada (28 February 1953). J.P.
First lines: "Intimate glimpses into the soul of a man who can hardly wait to lose himself in God are given in"... Citation: Ensign Ottawa Canada (21 March 1953). Leo MacGillivray.
First lines: "Thomas Merton, American author of the best-selling book, "The Seven Storey Mountain," has now had"... Citation: Edmonton Journal Alta. Canada (28 March 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: "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: "In "the Sign of Jonas," a journal by Thomas Merton, you get a glimpse of life in a monastery. This"... Citation: Press Pittsburg, PA (24 May 1953). Marty Lazorcak.
First lines: "Five years after Thomas Merton became a Trappist monk, and before the publication of The Seven"... Citation: US Quarterly Book Review (June 1953).
First lines: "For a variety of reasons many persons will be drawn to the reading of this book. Some will wish to"... Citation: Catholic World 176 (March 1953): 474-475.
First lines: "The Sign of Jonas contains Thomas Merton's Trappist journal from December, 1946, to July, 1952,"... Citation: Thought 29 (June 1954): 314-315.
First lines: "Elected Silence was an important and interesting book; important because it illustrated the thirst for contemplation"... Citation: Tablet [London] (6 June 1953): 12.
First lines: "Thomas Merton is certainly the only Catholic writer on the"... Citation: Life of the Spirit 8.89 (November 1953): 236-238.
First lines: "This is a sequel to Elected Silence. It is the diary"... Citation: The Furrow, 4.10 (Oct. 1953): 608-609.
Reviews of Silence, Joy.
First lines: "Merton, who wrote "the Seven Storey Mountain," maintains that the monastic life is experiencing its"... Citation: Citizen Hollywood CA (4 January 1957). Patty Scratch.
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: "This is just the book for persons who have wondered about monks and monastic life. "A monk is a man"... Citation: New Sentinel Fort Wayne, IN (5 January 1957). Richard Neil Kramer.
First lines: "The story of people finishing the last page of Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain and hopping"... Citation: Telegram Worcester, MA (6 January 1957). Frederick L. Rushton.
First lines: "On a day that produces John Keats' fusillade into the wallow of mediocrity that claims so many of us"... Citation: New York World Telegram (17 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: "To the countless Americans who have become interested in the monastic life and its meaning through"... Citation: Standard New Bedford, MA (24 February 1957). L.M.
First lines: "Books about and by Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, are on Farrar, Straus & Cudahy's publication"... Citation: New York Times (13 October 1956).
First lines: "Evelyn Waugh has written that America is discovering the monastic life and its meaning because of"... Citation: Sun Jackson, TN (14 July 1957). Blanche Rousseau-Evans.
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: "A striking phenomenon in Roman"... Citation: Times Literary Supplement [London] 2910 (Dec. 6 1957): 744.
First lines: "This book, in the words of its author,"... Citation: The Scapular (July-August 1957): 35.
First lines: "Thomas Merton's The Silent Life"... Citation: Vermont Catholic Tribune (January 25, 1957).
First lines: "The Trappist is the greatest enigma, the new hero (with all its false implications of)"... Citation: The News Weekly (January 6, 1957): 2-B.
First lines: "Something on everyman's shelf of books"... Citation: Jubilee (March 1959).
Reviews of Solitude and Love of the World.
First lines: "As the glue dried out and crumbled, and the pages seperated from the binding of my 1973"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 24:4 (Winter 1999): 26-28.
Reviews of The Spirit of Simplicity.
First lines: "The early twentieth century saw a flowering of Cistercian writing. Dom"... Citation: The Merton Annual 31 (2018): 213-215.