Sunday's Notes

Richard Eden,"Andrew Marr's history book is pulped amid great mystery," Telegraph, 8 March, treats the sudden and mysterious withdrawal and pulping of Marr's A History of Modern Britain. Thanks to Manan Ahmed for the tip.

Jonathan Yardley,"The Wife Who Got Away," Washington Post, 8 March, reviews Wendy Moore's Wedlock: The True Story of the Disastrous Marriage and Remarkable Divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore.

Katie Roiphe,"Writing Women," NYT, 5 March, reviews Elaine Showalter's A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers From Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx.

Baz Dreisinger,"A Transracial Man," NYT, 5 March, reviews Martha A. Sandweiss's Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line.