| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01a | Thomas Merton | Thomas Merton whose two great books - The Seven Storey Mountain and the Waters of Siloe - have sold | |
Publishers' Weekly (30 June 1951).
| 1951 |
| 01b | W.K. Stewart Co. announces with pleaure a new book by Thomas Merton | In showing that the way to truth is through contemplation, Father Merton presents a brilliant | |
Courier Journal (16 September 1951).
| 1951 |
| 01c | Thomas Merton: The Ascent to Truth | Thomas Merton's new book, which he recently finished on the anniversary of his ninth year in the | |
| no-year |
| 01d | More Merton | Harcourt, Brace will publish a new Thomas Merton book, "The Ascent to Truth," described as "heavy | |
Courier Journal (10 July 1951)
| 1951 |
| 02a | Merton Asks Rise to Truth | "The only thing that can save the world from a complete more collapse is a spiritual revolution," is | Burns, George V. |
Press Cleveland Ohio (25 September 1951)
| 1951 |
| 02b | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton | Every reading, thinking person realized that "the present unrest in five continents, with everyone | Taylor, Pamela |
Book of the Month (September 1951). Pamela Taylor
| 1951 |
| 02c | The Ascent to Truth | Thomas Merton first came into prominence as the author of The Seven Storey Mountain, a spiritual | Harcourt, Brace |
V Kirkus Bulletin NY City (15 September 1951). Brace Harcourt
| 1951 |
| 03a | Mystical Contemplation, and Intuitive State | This new book by Thomas Merton is three things in one. It is a general introduction to Christian | Sugrue, Thomas |
NY Herald Tribune (23 September 1951). Thomas Sugrue
| 1951 |
| 03b | Merton Takes Reader Along Mystic Path | In one of Hemingway's' magnificently symbolic short stories, a Spanish waiter, who fears the | Brady, Charles A. |
Evening News Buffalo NY (22 September 1951). Charles A. Brady
| 1951 |
| 03c | 'Ascent to Truth' by Father Merton | "The only thing that can save the world from complete moral collapse is a spiritual revolution." | |
Star Toronto, Canada (29 September 1951).
| 1951 |
| 04a | The Object is Always the Love of God | "Mystic" is for the secularist a convenient word of opprobrium, for the religious an accolade. Few | Pike, James A. |
New York Times (23 September 1951): 3,34. James A. Pike.
2 copies
| 1951 |
| 04b | The Illuminative Way | Not so long ago, Thomas Merton wrote in "The Seven Storey Mountain" the account of his quest for | Looby, James F. |
Sunday Courant Hartford Conn. (30 September 1951). James F. Looby
| 1951 |
| 04c | Contemplation Highest Activity | The Cistercian monk who wrote the immensely popular "Seven Storey Mountain," now with his persuasive | Marchand, LaFayette L. |
Globe Boston Mass (7 October 1951). LaFayette L. Marchand
| 1951 |
| 04d | | An exploration of Catholic mysticism and an attempt to define the nature and function of the | |
New Yorker (29 September 1951).
| 1951 |
| 05a | Thomas Merton exposition | "The Ascent to Truth" is Thomas Merton's latest work. It is an exposition of the 16th century | |
Post Houston Texas (7 October 1951)
| 1951 |
| 05b | Introduction to God | One need not be a scholar to enjoy this new book by the noted Trappist who gave us "The Seven Storey | |
Union Sacramento Calif (7 October 1951).
| 1951 |
| 05c | The Prelude to Mysticism | Father Merton's newest book, "The Ascent to Truth," is splendid in more than one way. To begin with | Osuch, Joseph M., SJ |
Enquirer Cincinnati Ohio (7 October 1951). Rev. Joseph M. Osuch, SJ
| 1951 |
| 05d | Mystics in Spotlight | In this informative history and interpretation of the "dark side" of Catholic mysticism and | |
Times Hartford Conn. (13 October 1951). E.C.
| 1951 |
| 05e | Carmelite Saint Merton's Subject | it has been nearly nine years now since Thomas Merton united himself with the Cistercian order and | |
Tennessean Nashville Tenn. (7 October 1951). L.H.
| 1951 |
| 06a | The Accent to Truth. By Thomas Merton. New York: Harcourt, Brace. $3.50 | For some of the many followers of Father Thomas Merton, this latest book from the pen of the | Leach, Joseph |
Herald-Post El Paso Texas (13 October 1951). Joseph Leach
| 1951 |
| 06b | Difficult but Rewarding Study Of Man's Quest for Highest Verity | Thomas Merton's new book was finished on the anniversary of his ninth year in the Cistercian order. | Harris, Gerladine C. |
Dispatch Columbus O (14 October 1951). Gerladine C. Harris
| 1951 |
| 06c | The Ascent to Truth. Thomas Merton | The prologue of this book states its purpose as follows: "The function of this book is to define the | |
Sun Telegram Lowell Mass (14 October 1951).
| 1951 |
| 06d | Books | It was Miss Evelyn Underhill who said, "The greatest mystics have not been heretics but Catholic | Wu, John C.H. |
Commonweal 55 (26 October 1951): 72-73. John C.H. Wu
| 1951 |
| 07a | Merton . . . On Progress in Mysticism | Interested reader of Thomas Merton will be avid about this book "The Ascent to Truth" and will find | Williamson, Mary Paula |
The Pilot Boston Mass (20 October 1951). Mary Paula Williamson
| 1951 |
| 07b | Third Book by Trappist | In his third book, Thomas Merton, expounds the doctrines of John of the cross, to prove that with | |
Colonist Victoria BC. J.R.A.
| no-year |
| 07c | Directed to Half-Believers | Of the dozen-odd theological texts this reviewer has studied "The Ascent to Truth" is the first to | |
SaSkatoon Star Phoenix Sask., Canada (27 October 1951). J.W.T.
| 1951 |
| 08a | The Ascent to Truth | "The only thing that can save the world from complete moral collapse is a spiritual revolution," | Bregy, Katherine |
Sign 31 (November 1951): 66. Katherine Bregy
| 1951 |
| 08b | Fiction | Thomas Merton's new book which he recently finished on the anniversary of his ninth year in the | |
Reporter Berlin NH (1 November 1951).
| 1951 |
| 08c | Merton, Thomas. | "This new book by Thomas Merton is three things in one. It is a general introduction to Christian | Hurley, R.J.; Thomas Sugrue, and J.A. Pike |
Book Rev Digest (November 1951).
Contains excerpts from reviews by R.J. Hurley, Thomas Sugrue, and J.A. Pike
| 1951 |
| 09a | Assembly-Line Production Mars Merton's New Book | There is so much of good in "The Ascent to Truth" that I am reluctant to set down my opinion that it | Shaw, J.G. |
Ensign Ottawa Ont. (3 November 1951). J.G. Shaw.
Copy on 10b
| 1951 |
| 09b | Merton Borrows From the Mystics | God is Truth. When we make the ascent to truth we approach close to God. We shall be happy | Fitzpatrick, A.M. |
Catholic Universe Bul Cleveland Ohio (2 November 1951). FR. A.M. Fitzpatrick
| 1951 |
| 09c | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton; McLeod's; 342 pages; $4.50 | The author of this book and The Seven Storey Mountain is Father Louis of the Trappist Order and this | |
Times Moncton, NB Canada (November 1951). Copy of 10a
| 1951 |
| 10a | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton; McLeod's; 342 pages; $4.50 | The author of this book and The Seven Storey Mountain is Father Louis of the Trappist Order and this | |
Times Moncton, NB Canada (November 1951). Copy of 09c
| 1951 |
| 10b | Assembly-Line Production Mars Merton's New Book | There is so much of good in "The Ascent to Truth" that I am reluctant to set down my opinion that it | Shaw, J.G. |
Ensign Ottawa Ont. (3 November 1951). J.G. Shaw.
Copy of 9a
| 1951 |
| 11a | Climbing toward God | Strictly speaking, this is a book without an ending, a study without a solution. It seems like an | McInnis, R.J. |
America 86 (10 November 1951): 158,160. R.J. McInnis
| 1951 |
| 11b | Merton's 'Ascent to Truth' His Most Important Book | Thomas Merton's latest and most ambitious work to date, The Ascent to Truth, is a more or less | Simons, John W. |
Catholic Messenger Davenport Ia (8 November 1951). Father John. W. Simons
| 1951 |
| 12a | Rare Insights | It should be said at once that this is a very different book from the author's overwhelming success | |
Traveler Boston, Mass. (31 October 1951). F.J.L.
| 1951 |
| 12b | Contemplation as the Way to Truth | Fr. Louis' ascent to ultimate truth, which is God, is by the path of contemplation. To guide the | |
Republican Springfield Mass (October). J.C.C
| no-year |
| 12c | Mysticism In Search For Truth | In Thomas Merton's best seller, Seven Storey Mountain, the Catholic convert and Trappist monk told | Dunlap, Katherine |
Inquirer Philadelphia Pa (21 October 1951). Katherine Dunlap
| 1951 |
| 12d | Catholic Book Club--October Selection | We live in a time of interest not only in the field of religious reading generally and of curiosity | Theall, D. Bernard, OSB |
Best Sellers 11.156 [Scranton Pa] (15 November 1951): 156. D. Bernard Theall, OSB
| 1951 |
| 12e | | Perhaps no one has gained a wider hearing among English-speaking readers on mysticism than the | |
America (24 November 1951).
| 1951 |
| 13a | Truth, Elusive and Mystical | The author of "The Seven Storey Mountain" and "The Waters of Siloe," who put on the Trappist habit | Inge, Welford |
Oklahoman Oklahoma City Oklahoma (16 December 1951). Welford Inge
| 1951 |
| 13b | Thomas Merton Points Way for Ascent to Truth | Father Louis Merton, OCSO, known to the reading public as Thomas Merton, the author of the former | |
Star [?] Pasadena California
| no-year |
| 13c | Merton, Thomas | A Devout member of the order of the Discalced Carmelites, Father Merton is convinced that only | |
US Quarterly Book Review (December 1951).
| 1951 |
| 14a | Mysticism in Religious Experience | The modern Western mind has very little knowledge of what is meant by the word mysticism, as the | Kean, Charles D. |
Post Dispatch St. Louis Mo (13 January 1952). Rev. Charles D. Kean
| 1952 |
| 14b | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co.; 342 pp.; $3.50 | This book is not an autobiographical record as Father Merton's popular book, "The Seven Storey | |
Chronicle San Francisco Calif (28 October 1951).
| 1951 |
| 14c | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton. Harcourt, Brace. 1951 $3.50 | In this book Father Merton, author of The Seven Storey Mountain, sets forth the thesis that only a | |
Library Journal NY City (1 September 1952). L.S.
| 1952 |
| 14d | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton | "The function of this book is to define the nature of the contemplative experience, to show | Diviney, Charles E. |
Rev. Charles E. Diviney
| no-year |
| 15a | Merton, Thomas. The Ascent to truth | Nature of the contemplative experience and something of the necessary self-denial which leads up to | |
Book Bulletin Chicago Library (January 1952).
| 1952 |
| 15b | Ascent to Truth | A book truly in the noble tradition of St. John of the Cross. Its sublime concepts are conveyed in | |
Pilot Boston Mass (16 February 1952).
| 1952 |
| 15c | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton | Saint Paul tells us we are all called to be saints. For the prayer life of the saint a full | |
Monitor San Francisco Calif (22 February 1952).
| 1952 |
| 15d | Study of a Mystic | In "The Seven Storey Mountain" Thomas Merton spoke briefly with admiration and gratitude of the | Hughes, Serge |
Saturday Review of Literature 35 (1 March 1952): 44-45. Serge Hughes
| 1952 |
| 16a | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton. Harcourt, Brace, and Co., New York. $3.50 | An attitude of alarm that prevails among many thinking people could be one reason for Father Louis | Collentine, Richard J. |
Ava Maria [Buffalo, NY] 75 (23 February 1952): 250. Richard J. Collentine
| 1952 |
| 16b | Merton, Thomas | Father Merton's literary output is a living refutation of the theory that monks are lazy. In his | |
Catholic Booklist St. Catherine KY (1952).
| 1952 |
| 17a | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton | Saint Paul tells us we are all called to be saints. For the prayer life of the saint a full | |
America (23 February 1952).
| 1952 |
| 17b | Merton, Thomas. The Ascent to Truth | Taking up where his Seven Storey Mountain left off, Father Merton tries to guide the reader on a | |
Guidepost, Cincinnati Ohio (December).
| no-year |
| 17c | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton. Harcourt Brace & Co., NY 1951. pp 342. $3.50 | It is difficult I suppose, for a non-Catholic and a nonmystic to evaluate fairly a book like The | |
Personalist (Spring 1953). E.L.T.
| 1953 |
| 17d | Merton, Thomas | Brilliant exposition of the nature of mystical contemplation as expounded in the works of Saint John | |
Bookmark Albany NY (October 1951)
| 1951 |
| 18a | | Thomas Merton's new book, "The Ascent to Truth," will be published in September (Harcourt, Brace) | |
News Newark NJ (26 July 1951).
| 1951 |
| 18b | Inspirational | Thomas Merton's "The Ascent to Truth" has been announced for publication Sept. 20 by Harcourt, Brace | |
NY Herald Tribune (6 July 1951).
| 1951 |
| 18c | | Thomas Merton's long heralded The Ascent to Truth (Harcourt, Brace, $3.50) also is on the bookstands | |
News Cleveland Ohio (21 September 1951).
| 1951 |
| 18d | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton. 342 pages. Harcourt Brace. $3.50 | Still displaying a keen interest in the secular civilization surging around his cloister the | |
Times NY City (17 November 1951).
| 1951 |
| 18e | Trappist Monk Turns | Thomas Merton (who has been called the "Talkative Trappist") has written another book. It is called | |
World Herald Omaha Neb (October).
| no-year |
| 18f | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton | An explanation of the value of contemplation, largely through the teachings of a 16th century | |
Retail Bookseller NY City (September 1951).
| 1951 |
| 18g | | Thomas Merton completed his newest book, The Ascent to Truth on the anniversary of his ninth year in | |
Herald News Fall River Mass (11 October 1951).
| 1951 |
| 18h | | Thomas Merton's newest, "The Ascent to Truth" (Harcourt Brace) attempts to balance the difficult | |
Beacon-Journal Akron Ohio (11 November 1951).
| 1951 |
| 18i | Reviews in Brief: | The author of "The Seven Storey Mountain" believes that because modern man is without love he is | |
News Detroit Michigan (25 November 1951)
| 1951 |
| 19a | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton. (Compass-Viking, $1.45) | Brother Merton's thesis is that the contemporary world needs "a spiritual revolution" and that its | |
| 1959 |
| 19b | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton (Harcourt Brace) $3.50 | This is the latest philosophical discussion by the popular Catholic writer, whose simplicity of | |
Mirror Los Angeles California (10 November 1951)
| 1951 |
| 20 | The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton. Harcourt Brace. $3.50 | If in his Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton gathered an audience and set the stage for that | Lentfoehr, Therese, SDS |
Renascence 4 (Spring 1952): 207-209. Sister M. Therese, SDS
| 1952 |
| 21 | Merton Reissued | Thomas Merton explains the teaching of St John of the Cross on mystical prayer and union with God as | Luff, S.G.A. |
Clergy Review 62 (august 1977): 336-337. S.G.A. Luff
| 1977 |
| 22 | Merton Goes up Mount of Contemplation | Thomas Merton's new book, which he recently finished on the anniversary of his ninth year in the | O'Brien, John A. |
Chicago Sunday Tribune (7 October 1957). John A. O'Brien
| 1957 |
| 23 | Merton and St. John of the Cross | The author of the Imitation bids us, "Ask not who said this, but attend to what is said." It is | Shaw, James |
Integrity 6.3 (December 1951):45-46. James Shaw
| 1951 |
| 24 | Mystical Ascent | The best wines come from wines that grow on hard and chalky | James, Bruno S. |
Month [London] 7 (April 1952):242-244.
| 1952 |
| 25 | | The purpose of the world, the nature of man, the meaning of truth- | Sullivan, Walter |
Catholic World (November 1951) [:156-157.
| 1951 |
| 26 | | Before any reviewer opens the fire of his criticism on Thomas Merton's | Squire, Aelred, OP |
Blackfriars 33 (March 1952) 144-146.
| 1952 |
| 27 | | The popular Trappist author's latest book summarizes the mystical | Ducey, Michael |
American Benedictine Review 2 (December 1951) 440-441.
| 1951 |
| 28 | | This important book is the complement of the author's Seeds of Contemplation. All readers of the latter book should read this. | Watkin, E. I. |
Dublin Review 226 (1st quarter 1952): 74-77.
| 1952 |
| 29 | | In these days, when even Catholics are in danger of being infected with | Walker, Bruno, OCR. |
Life of the Spirit 7.80 (February 1953): 370-371.
| 1953. |
| 30 | The Nature of Mysticism | The growth of interest in mysticism | |
Times Literary Supplement [London] 2619 (Apr. 11 1952): 256.
| 1952. |
| 31 | | The name of Thomas Merton is already | Costelloe, Patrick O |
The Furrow, 3.4 (Apr. 1952): 223-224
| 1952. |