Weak Endnotes

Brenda Wineapple,"French Connections," NYT, 29 July, reviews Caroline Moorehead's Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era.

Dennis Drabelle,"Literature," Washington Post, 2 August, reviews Denise D. Knight and Jennifer S. Tuttle, eds., The Selected Letters of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Mark Harris,"Dream and Delirium," NYT, 29 July, reviews Werner Herzog's Conquest of the Useless: Reflections From the Making of"Fitzcarraldo". Translated by Krishna Winston.

Douglas Foster,"The Promise of South Africa," Washington Post, 2 August, reviews Alec Russell's Bring Me My Machine Gun: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa From Mandela to Zuma.

Fouad Ajami,"Strangers in the Land," NYT, 29 July, reviews Christopher Caldwell's Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West.