Anecdotal Evidence

A blog about the intersection of books and life.

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

'To Be the Symbol of a Great Largesse'

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Sometimes I suspect I’m a country man marooned in the city, though I grew up in the suburbs. Years ago I read an anthropologist who theorize...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

'Provocative Openness of Mind and Limitless Curiosity'

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I think I understand a reader who fails to share my pleasure in reading Montaigne. It’s easy to think of the Frenchman as a blowhard whose e...
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Monday, May 25, 2026

'Thinking of Young Men Whom I Had Known'

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In 1943, at age forty-three, Yvor Winters was safely beyond draft age but tried to secure a commission in the U.S. Army. He was turned down ...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

'Visited by the Bookstore Angel'

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“Such places are not merely shops. They are glorious strongholds of true civilisation. They refuse to flatter the customer, to congratulate ...
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Saturday, May 23, 2026

'Our Self-Important Postures'

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My middle son, a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, is visiting for a few days. The conversation turned to nostalgia. He’s young and cont...
Friday, May 22, 2026

'Fury at Death and Its Imbecile Trick'

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In the early evening of January 22, 1900, Jules Renard learns that his older brother, Maurice, who works for the State Railways, has fainted...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

'Abundant, if Somewhat Precious Wit'

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In Wednesday’s post I quoted an 1895 profile of Max Beerbohm in which the anonymous writer referred to Beerbohm’s reputed “passion for parad...
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