Magazine and Newspaper Work, 1926: Edited and Annotated by S. T. Joshi

In 1926, H. L. Mencken continued his prodigious journalistic work in both magazines and newspapers. He coedited the American Mercury and contributed editorials and a book review column to almost every issue, while also writing occasional reviews for the Nation. He wrote trenchant reviews of the work of Theodore Dreiser, Ring Lardner, James Branch Cabell, Sinclair Lewis, H. G. Wells, and many others. as well as books on religion, politics, and African Americans. In his newspaper work, Mencke...