Things Noted Here & There

Jerold S. Auerbach,"Victory Lap," CHE, 16 September, is the Wellesley historian's reflections on his last year of teaching.

Jill Lepore,"His Highness," New Yorker, 27 September, reviews Ron Chernow's Washington: A Life.

Mary Beth Norton,"At War With the Shakers," NYT, 17 September, reviews Ilyon Woo's The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times.

Emma Brockes,"Mystery Diva," NYT, 17 September, reviews Robert Gottlieb's Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt.

Andrew Tepper,"Melting Pot," NYT, 17 September, reviews Mae Ngai's The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America.

Eugene Rogan reviews Jonathan Schneer's The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict for the Washington Post, 19 September.

Andrew Roberts,"WW2 Britain Blew Up Jewish Refugee Ships," Daily Beast, 19 September, reviews Keith Jeffrey's MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949.

Andrew Roberts,"WW2 Britain Blew Up Jewish Refugee Ships," Daily Beast, 19 September, reviews Keith Jeffrey's MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949.

Charles Kaiser reviews H. W. Brands's American Dreams: The United States Since 1945 for the Washington Post, 19 September.

Connie Schultz,"lIn the 2008 election, Hillary Clinton lost but feminism won," Washington Post, 19 September, reviews Rebecca Traister's Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election That Changed Everything for American Women.