| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01 | Conjectures of a guilty bystander | It is a relief to have this book in full form to dispel the shrillness of the excerpts published in | Stark, Philip M., SJ |
America 115 (10 December 1966). Philip M. Stark
| 1966 |
| 02 | Conjectures of a guilty bystander by Thomas Merton; Doubleday; $4.95 | The Trappist monk who wrote "The Seven Storey Mountain" about his conversion to Catholicism now has | |
Bee Sacramento CA (4 June 1964). P.W.
| 1967 |
| 03 | 'Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander' | Cities leave me with a sense of placelessness and exile--the ceaseless motion of hot traffic, tired | |
Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield Mass. (8 August 1966).
| 1966 |
| 04 | The outspoken Trappist | The first of the Thomas Merton books that I read was the Seven Storey Mountain in 1948. I got in the | Coffey, Warren |
Book Week 4 (27 November 1966). Warren Coffey
| 1966 |
| 05 | Conjectures of a guilty bystander | The conjectures of Thomas Merton about the world of the '60s are drawn from notebooks the monk has | Schnaubelt, Ann |
Chimes Quarterly [St Mary's College] (Summer 1967): 278-280. Ann Schnaubelt
| 1967 |
| 06 | Merton, Thomas. Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander | Et tu Thomas Merton! Everyone else rereads the self as natural mode. Why not you? Catholic thought | |
Choice 4 (January 1968): 1256
| 1968 |
| 07 | Merton '68 | Thomas Merton characterizes his new book by saying that is "consists of a series of sketches and | Nicholl, Donald |
Clergy Review 53 (October 1968): 833-834. Donald Nicholl
| 1968 |
| 08 | Thomas Merton's Speculations | Thomas Merton, the Kentucky Trappist monk who lives as a hermit in the woods of the Abbey of Our | Habich, William |
Courier Journal Louisville KY (25 December 1966).William Habich
| 1966 |
| 09 | Raindrops and Riddles | Almost simultaneously, two new yet dissimilar books have been ushered out of the Kentucky woods by | Forest, James H. |
Critic 25 (April-May 1967): 70-72. James Forest
| 1967 |
| 10 | Statesmen Fail to Interpret New Signals, Merton Claims | Thomas Merton was born in France of English and American parents, came to the United States | Carroll, Tom |
Dayton Daily News Dayton OH (22 January 1967). Tom Carroll
| 1967 |
| 11 | Conjectures of a guilty bystander. By Thomas Merton. New York, Doubleday, 1966. pp.320. $4.95 | I read Seven Storey Mountain when I was 16 years old, and since then Merton has followed me wherever | Plummer, Joachim, OP |
Dominicana 52 (March 1967): 73-74. Joachim Plummer, OP
| 1967 |
| 12 | Merton Tells Inner Thoughts | The inner thoughts of a man, ranging from nuclear armaments to whether there is anything human in | |
Express San Antonio Texas (29 January 1967). S.S.
| 1967 |
| 13 | Thomas Merton's Notes Hold Variety of Ideas | There is considerable appeal in this book which provides insight into Thomas Merton's thought that | Friedebertha, Sister M., OSF |
Fort Wayne News Sentinel (21 January 1967).Sister M. Friedebertha, OSF
| 1967 |
| 14 | Conjectures of a guilty bystander | As Dag Hammarskjold's Markings represents the religious thoughts of a layman, so this book by Thomas | Yungblut, John |
Friends Journal (1 March 1967). John Yungblut
| 1967 |
| 15 | Seeking Meaning in the Sixties | "This book--is a personal and monastic meditation, a testimony of Christian reflection in the | Hawes, William L. |
Gazette Charleston WV (15 January 1967). William L. Hawes
| 1967 |
| 16 | Concern for Individual in Today's Angry World | This is Thomas Merton's thirty-first book and probably best represents his thought. As a Trappist | Cargas, Harry J. |
Globe Democrat St Louis MO (25 December 1966). Harry J. Cargas
| 1966 |
| 17 | A guilty bystander's unique viewpoint | The Trappist monk who made his mark some years back with "The Seven Storey Mounting" has produced | Woessner, Bob |
Green Bay Press Gazette (26 November 1966). Bob Woessner
| 1966 |
| 18 | "Much to Praise...Much to Deplore..." | "In times like ours," Father Merton writes, "it is more than ever necessary for the individual to | Tusiani, Joseph |
Homiletic and Pastoral Review 67 (March 1967):531-532. Joseph Tusiani
| 1967 |
| 19 | A Lively Trappist on the Times | This book is for lively companionship. The Trappist poet, autobiographer and essayist offers here | Cattoi, Louise |
Journal Milwaukee WI (12 February 1967). Louise Cattoi
| 1967 |
| 20 | merton Bares Thoughts | This is a book put together from notes kept for Father Merton over the last 10 years and is a series | Conver, Bill |
Journal Star Peoria IL (26 November 1966). Bill Conver
| 1966 |
| 21 | | Thomas Merton's latest book, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander (Doubleday, $4.95), consists of | Claire, William F. |
Jubilee 14 (March 1967): 42. William F. Claire
| 1967 |
| 22 | merton, Thomas | "Maybe the best way to characterize this book is to say that it consists of a series of sketches and | Amrhein, John K. |
Library Journal 91 (15 November 1966): 5624. John K. Amrhein
| 1966 |
| 23 | Recent Publications | The complexity and ambiguity of contemporary life have put a tremendous strain on our perspective. | Godfrey, Aaron W. |
Liturgical Arts 35 (May 1967): 130. Aaron W. Godfrey
| 1967 |
| 24 | The Judgement of Thomas Merton | Here is a strange and moving book, difficult to classify, difficult even to describe. Superficially, | Sykes, Christopher |
Month [London] 40 (October 1968): 211-212. Christopher Sykes
| 1968 |
| 25 | Life viewed too facilely | Once more we have the work of Thomas Merton, this time in two books published almost simultaneously | Murray, Michele |
National Catholic Reporter 3 (21 December 1966): 9. Michele Murray
| 1966 |
| 26 | Conjectures of a guilty bystander | In the interval since that rather noisy book Elected Silence we have grown so used to being shouted | Squire, Aelred, OP |
New Blackfriars 49 (September 1968): 665-666. Aelred Squire, OP
| 1968 |
| 27 | Comments Not Only For Lent | This is delightful reading. It includes meditations, collections, descriptions of particular moments | Pasley, Gertrude |
Newark News (26 February 1967). Gertrude Pasley
| 1967 |
| 28 | Thoughts on religion, life stimulating | The author of the famous The Seven Storey Mountain has written a collection of spontaneous thoughts | Chips, Ian |
News Birmingham Alabama (4 December 1966). Ian Chips
| 1966 |
| 29 | Conjectures of a guilty bystander | Father Merton, even when he is writing casual notes, is always interesting and provocative. He | |
Newsday (7 January 1967). Ian Chips
| 1967 |
| 30 | For 'Lent in a Year of War' | Thomas Merton was the secular name of the Trappist monk, Father M. Louis, of the Abbey of Gethsemani | Reeves, Elizabeth |
Oberlin Herald Topeka, KS (20 March 1969). Elizabeth Reeves
| 1969 |
| 31 | Fr. Thomas Merton, Poet of Innocence | In 1956, Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk who has achieve world-wide fame as an author in the world | O'Hara, Mary |
Press Pittsburg, PA (27 November 1966). Mary O'Hara
| 1966 |
| 32 | Books in Review | When the Seven Storey Mountain became a best seller, I read it. That many years ago I was just out | Eckhart, John J. |
Priest 23 (May 1967): 401-403. John J. Eckhart
| 1967 |
| 33 | November 4 | Not a spiritual journal, but notebook writings--reflections, insights, metaphors, judgments on | Kitching, Jessie |
Publishers Weekly 190 (22 August 1966): 103. Jessie Kitching
| 1966 |
| 34 | Monk for all Seasons | The Christian church and the committed Christian are in turmoil. Any one who takes Christianity | Supik, Wilma |
Record [Hackensack, NJ] (5 November 1966): A4. Wilma Supik
| 1966 |
| 35 | Conjectures of a guilty bystander | Thomas Merton was catapulted into international literary prominence by his autobiographical Seven | Peter Thomas Rohrback, OCD |
Sign 46 (February 1967): 58. Peter Thomas Rohrback, OCD
| 1967 |
| 36 | Conjectures of a guilty bystander | Thomas Merton's stunning new book is a portent. Clearly the fruit of nearly a decade of interior | Christopher, Morley, Jr. |
Times Chattanooga, TN (4 December 1966). Fr. Christopher Morley Jr
| 1966 |
| 37 | Solves World's Problems | by this time we know that any book by Thomas Merton, whatever else it may contain, will have the | Canisius, Peter |
Peter Canisius
| no-year |
| 38 | Conjectures of a Guilty Reviewer | There was once a convert to catholicism who wrote a beautiful, moving book explaining why he had | Edwards, Lee |
Triumph 2 (March 1967): 34. Lee Edwards.
| 1967 |
| 39 | | From the notes, opinions, experiences, reflections and meditations of the last decade | Lukacsy, Ann E. |
Catholic Library World 38 (May-June 1967): 611.
| 1967 |
| 40 | Balancing the Books: Merton Observes | When Thomas Merton entered a | Kennedy, J. S. |
The Faith (February 1967): 292. (Reproduced from Our Sunday Visitor.)
| 1967. |
| 41 | | Merton's latest book is a series of reflections and observations drawn from notebooks kept since 1956 | Schlesinger, Bruno P. |
The Shield (September 1967) [cited in Bruno Schlesinger letter 17 August 1967]. One copy from Schlesinger correspondence file at Merton Center and one alternate version from Saint Mary's College archives.
| 1967. |
| 42 | Christian Concern | It would be a pity if a pretentious | Evans, Illtud OP |
Times Literary Supplement [London] 3471 (Sept. 5 1968): 948.
| 1968. |
| 43 | | In his twentieth book since his Elected Silence Father Thomas | O'Donoghue, Noel-Dermot |
The Furrow, 19. 9, Supplement: Books, 5 (Summer, 1968): 4-6.
| 1968. |