Thursday's Notes

Neil Genzlinger,"Following That Fast Cash," NYT, 12 January, reviews the PBS documentary, based on Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money, which will premier on Tuesday evening.

The new Common-place is up, with all things early American.

Bill Kauffman,"Darwin in the New World," WSJ, 9 January, reviews Barry Werth's Banquet at Delmonico's: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Darwinism in America.

Caleb Crain,"Children of the Left, Unite!" NYT, 9 January, reviews Julia L. Mickenberg and Philip Nel, eds., Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature.