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Jeremy Adler,"When Goethe met Napoleon," TLS, 16 June, reviews Rüdiger Safranski's Goethe und Schiller: Geschichte einer Freundschaft and Gustav Seibt's Goethe und Napoleon: Eine historische Begegnung .

Janice P. Nimura,"Remember the General Slocum," The Morning News, 16 June, recalls New York's deadliest tragedy before 9/11.

Jessa Crispin,"Two Women's Modern Odyssey," Barnes & Noble Review, 16 June, locates her review of Keri Walsh's edition of The Letters of Sylvia Beach in the classroom of Cliopatria's friend and colleague, Manan Ahmed. Where else?

Christopher Benfey,"Picasso vs. Degas," Slate, 16 June, is a slideshow/essay based on"Picasso Looks at Degas, an exhibit at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA.

Michael Tomasky,"Against Despair," Democracy, Summer, argues that"our misreading of history harms progressivism today."