Things Noted Here and There

History Carnival XXXVII will be up later today at Mode for Caleb. Join Caleb McDaniel in its festival of the best in history blogging!

Language Log's Mark Liberman and Geoffrey Pullum have put together a collection of their blog's best posts. Katie Haegelie,"With Wit, Style, Linguists Compile Words on Words," Philadelphia Inquirer, 13 August, reviews Far From the Madding Gerund. Michael Allen blogs at Grumpy Old Bookman. His first six months of posts are between hard covers now. Frank Wilson's"British ‘Bookman' is One Funny Blogger," Philadelphia Inquirer, 13 August, reviews Grumpy Old Bookman: The Book of the Famous Blog. At least five or six of my colleagues at Cliopatria really should put together editions of their very own bests. Thanks to Alfredo Perez at Political Theory Daily Review for the tip.

Jon Meacham,"The Savage South," Washington Monthly, September, reviews Nicholas Lemann, Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War.

Ray Arsenault,"Talking About a Revolution," Washington Post, 13 August, reviews Peniel E. Joseph's Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America.

KCJohnson and FIRE get results.

Finally, ... So, did you hear the one about Snow White and the Supremes?