Things Noted Here and There

Adam Kirsch,"Money Made Him Do It," Slate, 22 February, reviews Peter Martin's Samuel Johnson: A Biography and Jeffrey Meyers's Samuel Johnson: The Struggle.

John Bowen,"Dickens's Refuge for Fallen Women," TLS, 18 February, reviews Jenny Hartley's Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women.

Eric Hobsbawm,"Era of Wonders," LRB, 26 February, reviews Simon Winchester's Bomb, Book and Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China.

Louise Steinman reviews Samuel D. Kassow's Who Will Write Our History? Rediscovering a Hidden Archive From the Warsaw Ghetto for the LA Times, 22 February.

Steve Weinberg,"Echoes of Vietnam war crimes," Philadelphia Inquirer, 22 February, reviews Deborah Nelson's The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth About U.S. War Crimes. Hat tip.