Henry Hazlitt: A Bibliography (Preface)
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Notes From the Compiler
This enormous bibliography of Mr. Hazlitt's work is, unfortunately, not complete. First, many of his articles, especially those written for Newsweek, were widely reprinted. Some of these reprints are noted in the bibliography, depending on the circulation and significance of the forum. But as a rule, the bibliography confines itself to listing only the first appearance of articles or reviews. For example, Hazlitt's columns for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate (1966-69) were sold to hundreds of newspapers and magazines on a weekly basis all over the world. They are listed here only by their original source.
Second, no attempt has been made to include all of the hundreds of foreign-language editions of Mr. Hazlitt's books and articles. Economics in One Lesson, e.g., was translated into at least ten languages. Third, the bibliography omits Mr. Hazlitt's unsigned editorials and articles for the New York Evening Post (1916-18), the monthly financial letter of the Mechanics & Metals National Bank (1919-20), the New York Evening Mail (1921-23), the New York Herald (1923-24), and the New York Sun (1924-25).
This is because Mr. Hazlitt's personal papers did not contain these articles; and even though the newspapers are available, it is impossible to identify which unsigned editorials were Mr. Hazlitt's. I have my suspicions, based on style and content, but to attribute these articles to Mr. Hazlitt would have been too speculative. Adding them would have undoubtedly added another thousand or so items, and their absence explains the gaps in articles between 1917 and 1926.
The main purpose of this extensive bibliography, with more than 10,000 entries, is to generate an appreciation for the range of Mr. Hazlitt's interests, his extraordinary productivity, and his immense contribution to many of this century's debates on politics, economics, culture, and literature. The bibliography's primary contribution to Hazlitt studies is to identify nearly three thousand unsigned articles or editorials, mostly from the New York Times, as Mr. Hazlitt's own.
This project involved cooperative efforts from a number of individuals and institutions. A special thank you to the staff, and especially Ms. Kathleen Manwaring, of the George Arents Research Library at Syracuse University; the staff has been diligent in keeping Mr. Hazlitt's papers in top condition and were extremely helpful during my stay there. Thanks also to Brian Kreischer, then a student at Syracuse, for his help in handling and cataloging Mr. Hazlitt's scrapbooks and files at Arents.
Thanks to the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, which graciously permitted me access to the part of Mr. Hazlitt's personal library and papers stored there. Thanks also to members of the staff of the Library of Congress for their help in finding otherwise inaccessible pamphlets and cataloging foreign language editions of Mr. Hazlitt's books. A special thanks to Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., for his suggestions and guidance. Finally, I am grateful to Murray Rothbard for writing the summaries and commentaries on Mr. Hazlitt?s books.
Jeffrey Tucker (The Mises Institute)
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