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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1958/07/04
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 51]
John GuntherInside Russia Today I sent back the big Kulski book yesterday and one other. I will be sending the Current History volume as soon ..
1958/07/18
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 52]
Albert Camuschute, recit By now everything of the U of K. Library that I had borrowed is on its way back. Unless the unbound an unmarke..
1961/10/16
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 145]
Denise LevertovOverland to the Islands Did I send to your library a book of poetry called Overland to the Islands by Denise Levertov? I think I did. ..
1962/08/11
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 162]
CassiodorusIntroduction to Divine and Human Readings by Cassiodorus Senator / Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Jones Leslie Webber You have already sent me the book from Columbia. It is the edition of Cassiodorus's "Divine and Human Readings..
1964/11/11
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 201]
Eugène IonescoPoesie / ed. Renan Many thanks for all the Ionesco. I am sending back Renan today. There are very interesting things in it but I ..
1965/02/29
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 225]
Eudo C. MasonRilke, Europe and the English-Speaking World Today I am returning Peters, Rilke, Masks and the Man. As I mentioned in my card I would like if possible toe ..
1965/02/29
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 225]
H.F. PetersRainer Maria Rilke, Masks and the Man Today I am returning Peters, Rilke, Masks and the Man. As I mentioned in my card I would like if possible toe ..
1965/03/10
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 212]
Johann Peter HebelTreasure Chest Talking about diversion, I never said how much I liked Hebel's stories. They have a completely wonderful tone ..
1966/04/22
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 234]
Daisetz Teitaro SuzukiMysticism : Christian and Buddhist Many thanks for the Pavese books. I am well into one of them and he is a marvelous writer. I returned Suzuki o..
1966/04/22
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 234]
Edwin MuirAutobiography Many thanks for the Pavese books. I am well into one of them and he is a marvelous writer. I returned Suzuki o..
1966/04/22
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 234]
Robert Stephen BriffaultMothers: the Matriarchal Theory of Social Origins Many thanks for the Pavese books. I am well into one of them and he is a marvelous writer. I returned Suzuki o..
1966/05/20
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 228]
Walker PercyLast Gentleman If you have in the library Walker Percy's new novel The Last Gentleman - look at pages 26-28, a very funny com..
1966/07/30
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 233]
Edwin MuirAutobiography Can you help me with some more books? I have to review Edwin Muir's collected poems for Sewanee Review and I w..
1966/07/30
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 233]
Edwin MuirCollected Poems Can you help me with some more books? I have to review Edwin Muir's collected poems for Sewanee Review and I w..
1967/07/27
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 253]
Victor HammerFragments for C.R.H. Victor's beautiful book - surelyhis most beautiful in every way - arrived this morning and I have spent the af..

Abbreviations ▲ Source of Merton's Quotation and Citation
Ltrs: CforT The Courage for Truth: Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers.
Ltrs: Giroux Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton.
Ltrs: Hammer The Letters of Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer.
Ltrs: HGL The Hidden Ground of Love.
Ltrs: Laughlin Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters.
Ltrs: Leclercq Survival or Prophecy? The Letters of Merton and Jean Leclercq.
Ltrs: RtoJ The Road to Joy: Letters to New and Old Friends.
Ltrs: Ruether Letters of Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether.
Ltrs: SofC The School of Charity. Letters on Religious Renewal.
Ltrs: WtoF Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Merton in Times of Crisis.