Weak Endnotes

David Brooks,"The Return of History," NYT, 25 March, argues that a history of economics will return it to a field of history.

Emily Wilson,"Stoicism and Us," TNR, 17 March, reviews Frank McLynn's Marcus Aurelius: A Life and William B. Irvine's A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy.

"William Shakespeare: Hero or hoax, The man and his pen," The Economist, 25 March, reviews James Shapiro's Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?

Linda Gordon,"Who's White?" NYT, 25 March, reviews Nell Painter's The History of White People.

James MccConnachie reviews Adrian Tinniswood's Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century Mediterranean for London's Sunday Times, 28 March.

Stacy Schiff,"Traveling Woman," NYT, 25 March, reviews Michael O'Brien's Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon.

Frances Wilson reviews Hilary Spurling's Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in China for London's Sunday Times, 28 March.

Hugh Pearman reviews Stephen Games's Pevsner — The Early Life: Germany and Art for London's Sunday Times, 28 March.