Appreciation and Criticism

1920

H.L. MENCKEN: Fanfare, by Burton Rascoe; The American Critic, by Vincent O'Sullivan; Bibliography, by F.C. Henderson [pseud.] New York, Knopf, 1920. 32 p. ports., facsims.

1923

JEROME, HELEN. The Secret of Woman. New York, Boni and Liveright, 1923. 144 p.

A reply to H.L. Mencken, with a dedication "To H.L. Mencken with a faint hope of reforming him."

1925

BOYD, ERNEST AUGUSTUS. H.L. Mencken. New York, McBride, 1925. 85 p. (Modern American Writers Ser., no.4)

GOLDBERG, ISAAC. The Man Mencken, A Biographical and Critical Survey, illustrated and documented. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1925. xiv, 388 p. ports., illus., facsims. (incl. music)

HERGESHEIMER, JOSEPH. Mr. Henry L. Mencken. In The Borzoi, 1925. New York,Knopf 1925, p. 102-106, port. facing p. 143.

Intimate portrait by a close friend. - Adler.

1930

DE CASSERES, BENJAMIN. Mencken and Shaw; The Anatomy of America's Voltaire and England's Other John Bull. New York, Silas Newton [1930] x, 146 p.

1951

MANCHESTER, WILLIAM RAYMOND. Disturber of the Peace; the Life of H.L. Mencken with an introduction by Gerald W. Johnson. New York, Harper, 1951. xiv, 336 p.

English edition has title: The Sage of Baltimore. London, Melrose, 1952. 272 p.

1964

CASTAGNA, EDWIN. Long, Warm Friendship: H.L.M.-E.P.F.L. Baltimore, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1964. 9 p.

Originally delivered as an address before the District of Columbia Library Association, April, 1963.

1968

JOHNS, BUD. The Ombibulous Mr. Mencken; a Drinking Biography. San Francisco, Synergistic Press, 1968.63 p.

MAYFIELD, SARA. The Constant Circle; H.L. Mencken and His Friends. New York, Delacourt Press, 1968. 307 p.

1917

BOURNE, RANDOLPH. H.L. Mencken; Review of A Book of Prefaces, New Republic, Nov. 24, 1917, p. 102.

SHERMAN, STUART P. Beautifying American Literature; Review of A Book of Prefaces. Nation, Nov.29, 1917, p.593.

1919

HACKETT, FRANCIS. The Living Speech; Review of American Language, by F.H. New Republic, May 31, 1919,p. 155.

1921

WILSON, EDMUND. H.L. Mencken; an Appraisal. New Republic, June 1, 1921, p. 10.

1928

ROGERS, CAMERON. Mencken, a Portrait. Outlook and Independent, Nov. 21, 1928, p. 1187.

A feeble critique by an inferior. - Froelicher.

1962

MENCKENIANA, a Ouarterly Review, edited by Betty Adler. Baltimore, Enoch Prat Free Library, 1962-

1930

CABELL, JAMES BRANCH. Dreams on Cosmogony; Review of Treatise on the Gods. New York, Herald Tribune Books, Apr. 13, 1930. With cartoon.

McDOUGALL, SALLY. Mencken, the Perfect Husband. [New York] World, Aug. 17, 1930.

1931

MACDONALD, A B. After Again Blasting "Yokels" of the Southwest, H.L. Mencken Defends His Views to a Visitor. Kansas City Star, March 1, 1931.

1934/b>

PARSHLEY, H.M. H.L. Mencken's Natural History of Morals, Review of Treatise on Right and Wrong. New York, Herald Tribune Books, April 8, 1934.